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I think we're all used to the games and rounds section being filled with tiny giveaway threads, sports match predictions and stuff like that.
Lately, it's also being heavily spammed by announcements for streams (mostly people gambling), which amounts for up to 3 or 4 new threads per single stream. I'll add a few examples.

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jessee39 needs 7 threads for their streams in 24 hours:

Today at 05:34:00 AM - Jesse's streaming (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2232663.0)
Today at 05:19:30 AM - Jesse streaming live ! Huge giveaway ! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2232630.0)
Today at 05:15:55 AM - Jesse's streaming stake.com live now ~ huge Giveaway's (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2232625.0)
Today at 05:19:15 AM - Jesse is streaming live today (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2232629.0)
Today at 05:11:50 AM - [Jesse] Streaming Stake.com - Big Giveaways! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2232601.0)
October 02, 2017, 06:15:02 AM - Jesse Streaming live - Stake -02102017- Huge BTC giveaways (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2223888.0)
October 02, 2017, 05:13:22 AM - COME JOIN JESSE'S TWTCH AND WIN!! GIVEAWAYS (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2223769.0)

Shinjo posts a thread about their streams almost every day (over 80 by now):

Today at 02:04:37 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 84 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2231279.0)
October 02, 2017, 02:19:26 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 84 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2223518.0)
October 01, 2017, 02:00:24 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 83 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2220900.0)
September 30, 2017, 01:54:59 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 82 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2218215.0)
September 29, 2017, 01:55:48 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 81 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2215847.0)
September 28, 2017, 02:01:54 AM - Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 80 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2213352.0)

Yaronovich announces their streams in a similar way (up to 28 threads till today):

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;threads;u=924439;sa=showPosts

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Personally, I think plain announcements of streams without any further in-thread content are pointless and spam.
At the very max, streamers should stick to one thread for their streams and update those thread, rather than creating new ones every day (or more than just a single one per day).

[This does not include threads related to streams that actually include a giveaway/serve a purpose. For example threads such as this one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1939189.0 ]

They all should probably be trashed. They shouldn't be having more than one thread for sure and following the one bump per 24 hours rule. Are they even giving bitcoin away?

I did reported their post few times. they're giving out like $.001 or .$.0002 cent in every 15-20 min.

And this looks like ref spam:


Why are multiple people spamming this as well:






Wonder if they're getting told or rewarded to do it.

I've reported a few of those cases as affiliate spam in the past.
With the recent increase in threads, I figured getting a general ruling rather than just reporting one thread after another would be better.

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I'd say that's very likely.

I've just PMd one guy about it to find out what's going on. I'll give them all a warning to knock it off later.

It is. I don't really get why you quote it instead of deleting it though. Shinjo (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=364679;sa=showPosts)'s post history is filled with the same ref spam. That explains the explosion of streaming threads, they earn from it.

It's a giveaway that doesn't even say what they're giving away.

Agreed. They can post this in the site's main thread if they want people to switch to twitch. Now they're just using Bitcointalk to get more traffic

Has there been any answer about the reason for spamming the G&R section?

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OlegBarca announces streams in a similar manner (#115 as of now, most threads should be removed for affiliate spam, too):
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;threads;u=956819;sa=showPosts

Yaronovich (mentioned in this thread earlier) still posts daily threads:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;threads;u=924439;sa=showPosts

One replied and said he wasn't getting paid to do it but I think there must be some possibility of a reward at least for doing so. Banned Yanonovich since he didn't listen.

Bump.

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There's still daily new threads by OlegBarca with affiliate links:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;threads;u=956819;sa=showPosts

Yanonovich is back from their ban and doing what they always did:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2279806.msg23131565#msg23131565