[G&R] Increasing amount of spam due to stream announcements.

[Lutpin]

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.


jessee39 needs 7 threads for their streams in 24 hours:

Today at 05:34:00 AM - Jesse's streaming
Today at 05:19:30 AM - Jesse streaming live ! Huge giveaway !
Today at 05:15:55 AM - Jesse's streaming stake.com live now ~ huge Giveaway's
Today at 05:19:15 AM - Jesse is streaming live today
Today at 05:11:50 AM - [Jesse] Streaming Stake.com - Big Giveaways!
October 02, 2017, 06:15:02 AM - Jesse Streaming live - Stake -02102017- Huge BTC giveaways
October 02, 2017, 05:13:22 AM - COME JOIN JESSE'S TWTCH AND WIN!! GIVEAWAYS

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
October 02, 2017, 02:19:26 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 84
October 01, 2017, 02:00:24 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 83
September 30, 2017, 01:54:59 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 82
September 29, 2017, 01:55:48 AM - Shinjo Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 81
September 28, 2017, 02:01:54 AM - Streaming Live Now - Giveaway & Fun #Stream 80

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


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 ]

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[hilariousandco]

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?

[TokensFund.io]

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.

[hilariousandco]

And this looks like ref spam:

Hi Everyone ,

Rainbowsheep is back beaaaa !!!
Streaming in few min  

Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/pdshinjo


Join us for Giveaway. Leave your Stake Username .

New to STAKE?
Join Now :
https://stake.com/?code=StreamShinjo

Why are multiple people spamming this as well:

Jesse's streaming stake.com live now come watch for fun & huge giveaway's!

https://www.twitch.tv/jessee39

Jesse's streaming stake.com live now come watch for fun & huge giveaway's!

https://www.twitch.tv/jessee39

hello everyone jesse will be streaming love today, hope you guys will be here...
https://www.twitch.tv/jessee39

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

[Lutpin]

And this looks like ref spam

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.

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

I'd say that's very likely.

[hilariousandco]

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.

[LoyceV]

And this looks like ref spam:

It is. I don't really get why you quote it instead of deleting it though. Shinjo's post history is filled with the same ref spam. That explains the explosion of streaming threads, they earn from it.

Join us for Giveaway. Leave your Stake Username .

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

Personally, I think plain announcements of streams without any further in-thread content are pointless and spam.

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

[Lutpin]

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.

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


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

[hilariousandco]

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.

[Lutpin]

Bump.


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