What Does It Mean To "Spam" In Bounty Campaigns?

[Coltpython]

The reason why I ask is because I did the cyberfm (reddit) bounty campaign and got awarded the highest stakes for that campaign initially as I put in a lot of effort creating unique posts and posting them in different relevant subreddits.

Then some days before distribution, I checked the campaign spreadsheet again and noticed my stakes/rewards had been reduced significantly and I was scored zero stakes for the final week in which I put in most effort.

I complained to the bounty manager and he replied that I spammed. I was shocked as all the posts were uniquely different from each other. I asked him to clarify how that can be defined as spam. He (or she) said it was because I was posting too fast one after the other without allowing a 3 to 4 minute interval.

I lost over $400 because of this and I just have to ask the great people of this forum what they understand by the word "spam". Does it really have anything to do with the timing of your unique posts? Or is this just a lame excuse to cheat me of my honest earnings?

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[ivanleon]

The definition of spam includes the fact that the distributor of information sends mass advertising messages to recipients who do not want to receive it. Indirectly, this definition is similar to the case described in this discussion above. I don't know how long you've been bounty hunting, but usually the conditions indicate that there is a 1 hour gap between messages, otherwise you can do everything at once. But I think that with a large number of companies, you can get confused, so you need to immediately make a gap between them, so that there are no such situations.

[ShareAccepted]

Looks a bit more like a rapid-posting rather than spamming. You may be banned from Bitcointalk for sending too many post in a short interval, call it spam or anything else.

[Onestepinhell]

The reason why I ask is because I did the cyberfm (reddit) bounty campaign and got awarded the highest stakes for that campaign initially as I put in a lot of effort creating unique posts and posting them in different relevant subreddits.

Then some days before distribution, I checked the campaign spreadsheet again and noticed my stakes/rewards had been reduced significantly and I was scored zero stakes for the final week in which I put in most effort.

I complained to the bounty manager and he replied that I spammed. I was shocked as all the posts were uniquely different from each other. I asked him to clarify how that can be defined as spam. He (or she) said it was because I was posting too fast one after the other without allowing a 3 to 4 minute interval.

I lost over $400 because of this and I just have to ask the great people of this forum what they understand by the word "spam". Does it really have anything to do with the timing of your unique posts? Or is this just a lame excuse to cheat me of my honest earnings?

i am it a fan of bounty camapugns as i believe tahf there are other ways to find out what is the best for ylu and to earn money

[raden1922]

If we ever read the rules of a bounty campaign, sometimes there are rules that are very disciplined and make participants really have to qualify for the campaign. And sometimes there are rules that can be changed at any time. In this case you and also we must be really more thorough in carrying out campaign tasks, so as not to experience removal from members or participants. But I think in this case, you have tried very hard. This will be a very valuable experience for all of us as participants when participating in the campaign. If it is said to be spam, that is their right as manager. We can only follow the rules they make and at least do the job as well as possible. KEEP THE SPIRIT..!!

[Sylvial]

Someone actually quoted the entire lengthy post just to post a incoherent one-liner. I feel like calling the cops on him .

To the issue at hand, I feel the bounty manager did not clearly spell out what they meant by spam. He may have posted unique posts albeit less than 5 minutes interval, which some people with busy schedules in the real world do, so long as they're not of low quality. I think he deserves to be paid by the bounty manager as no part in the rules stated the timing apart for each post

[Fuhre]

Yes, I also saw that it was a matter of time when you were too fast in a post not in line with the rank you have, a few hours better bear less than a few hours, so that it's called spam by making successive posts, you also have to understand that every rule here must be followed in great detail, for each rank is certainly different, I think that you are indeed guilty of consecutive posts in a very short time, it becomes a lesson to be able to participate in every bounty campaign.

[rockyfeller]

Okay don't ever react on this- They are just following the rules of BItcointalk= it suppose to be 360 seconds gap time before posting another post- or give atleat 10 mins per post this is a safe zone for me so Moderators will not give you a red mark for spamming. Be careful next time okay

[Lighthouze]

Not sure your protest will yield any results except they decide to award you stakes on compassionate grounds. Some of these bounty managers try to emulate the rules on Bitcointalk for the bounties they manage, hence the strict rule on posts and time interval between posts. Sometimes, it's intended to protect you as a bounty hunter, in order not to seen as a spammer and the moderator deletes your posts and bans the account.

[Applechild]

Spamming means sending indiscriminate message to a large number of users at the same time without giving time interval. That is what I  know as spamming initially. But joining this forum I have come to the realization that everyone have their own definition of every and anything based on individual understanding. I see that certain ranks cannot post on topics or create many new ones as fast as you may want to do so because everything has been programmed and monitored. So to avoid putting your posts and comments as spam, you allow some time interval. I also noticed that searching sometimes so fast attracts warnings. So let’s calm down and have some fun while we post to earn.

[leviathon]

Spamming basically means posting the same things over and over again in a bid to increase your post count on the forum. It could be something like a bot programmed to post the same thing over and over again or it could be someone just coming and copy pasting the post of others on the forum. Basically just posting useless things

[Gozie51]

I think apart from the timing which seem obvious that you could have gone against it, maybe your posts too where not quality enough as to making much contribution to the topic. Offline or off topic and one liner can also be termed as spamming.

[jonatuzc]

The reason why I ask is because I did the cyberfm (reddit) bounty campaign and got awarded the highest stakes for that campaign initially as I put in a lot of effort creating unique posts and posting them in different relevant subreddits.

Then some days before distribution, I checked the campaign spreadsheet again and noticed my stakes/rewards had been reduced significantly and I was scored zero stakes for the final week in which I put in most effort.

I complained to the bounty manager and he replied that I spammed. I was shocked as all the posts were uniquely different from each other. I asked him to clarify how that can be defined as spam. He (or she) said it was because I was posting too fast one after the other without allowing a 3 to 4 minute interval.

I lost over $400 because of this and I just have to ask the great people of this forum what they understand by the word "spam". Does it really have anything to do with the timing of your unique posts? Or is this just a lame excuse to cheat me of my honest earnings?

In my own opinion I think this is cheating , their reason just doesn’t make any sense to me– marked spam just because you posted within 3 to 4 minutes of each post, that doesn’t make it a spam. Spam means repeating the post several times on different pages.

So this is cheating,cause as long as you made unique posts, then it shouldn’t be labeled as spam. Try to reason with them, if it doesn’t work then leave it, you still can’t force them. So you’ve got to take whatever they give you.

[Sponsoredby15]

He  already clarify to you the reason why you didn't get the stake. Even here in bitcointalk.org you must have an interval of post to avoid spamming. Even if you have a unique post but the interval is few minutes away it is already considered as spam. Try that in Facebook and you will get an automatic ban.

[rosezionjohn]

Someone actually quoted the entire lengthy post just to post a incoherent one-liner. I feel like calling the cops on him

I thought it was just me 

To the OP, I don't know but I think you deserve to get paid since you posted in several relevant subreddits.
Just to be clear, how many did you post in one subreddit? Maybe you posted too many in 1 day?

[masterrex]

The reason why I ask is because I did the cyberfm (reddit) bounty campaign and got awarded the highest stakes for that campaign initially as I put in a lot of effort creating unique posts and posting them in different relevant subreddits.

Then some days before distribution, I checked the campaign spreadsheet again and noticed my stakes/rewards had been reduced significantly and I was scored zero stakes for the final week in which I put in most effort.

I complained to the bounty manager and he replied that I spammed. I was shocked as all the posts were uniquely different from each other. I asked him to clarify how that can be defined as spam. He (or she) said it was because I was posting too fast one after the other without allowing a 3 to 4 minute interval.

I lost over $400 because of this and I just have to ask the great people of this forum what they understand by the word "spam". Does it really have anything to do with the timing of your unique posts? Or is this just a lame excuse to cheat me of my honest earnings?

This is the sad part and all just happen in the end of the campaign sounds interesting! I think i smell something fishy here, this problems are not new at all, At first the bounty thread is not specifically pinpoint some weird rules and you just surprised in the end that you are violating the rules well the definition of Spam according to the Dictionary is this!    Spam
/spam/Submit
noun
1.
irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients.
verb
1.
send the same message indiscriminately to (large numbers of recipients) on the Internet.
are you doing this element to be call as spammers if not its obvious you been cheated!

[Whaletale]

Yes he said it right, you can spam by sending the same topic again and again with no reform and adequate timing , which might also result in banning you from a group , you must have done such before your stake was revoked. So try to post with spacing and timing next time to avoid such cause you have also confirmed it in your post that you post alot which result to spam.

[Coltpython]

Yes, I also saw that it was a matter of time when you were too fast in a post not in line with the rank you have, a few hours better bear less than a few hours, so that it's called spam by making successive posts, you also have to understand that every rule here must be followed in great detail, for each rank is certainly different, I think that you are indeed guilty of consecutive posts in a very short time, it becomes a lesson to be able to participate in every bounty campaign.

They are posted in different subreddits with different users potentially. Not just one. So how does it term as being called spam? I think some of these campaign managers are very irrational if you ask me

[Coltpython]

Yes he said it right, you can spam by sending the same topic again and again with no reform and adequate timing , which might also result in banning you from a group , you must have done such before your stake was revoked. So try to post with spacing and timing next time to avoid such cause you have also confirmed it in your post that you post alot which result to spam.

Listen to yourself. You must be joking! You can request for the reports and I will show it to you. I made different posts in each subreddit and the manager knows this. That was why I was given the highest stakes at the onset. For some reason he decided to strip me of my hard earned rewards several weeks later without my knowledge. The bounty itself has its issues with wrong rewards allocation

[DominickA86]

Spam means, when you take part in 50 bounty campaigns in Twitter and Facebook. This means that you should make 20-30 reposts per day and if you are doing this at one time, it means spam. If you have such a situation, just try to make at least 30 min/ 1 hour pause between reposting the next post.