Since when did asking for the ATOT effect become a felony?

[purbeast0]

I'm referring to this thread.

I'm just wondering when this became not allowed here. First I've seen one of those threads get locked?

(mods sorry if this offends you, I'm just wondering)

(mods sorry if this offends you, I'm just wondering)

If that were true, you wouldn't have chosen such an idiotic thread title.
AnandTech Moderator

 

[ironcrotch]

Probably when someone got ratted out for cheating? Maybe there was a similar complaint issued to the mods.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Probably when someone got ratted out for cheating? Maybe there was a similar complaint issued to the mods.

Yah I'm seriously wondering if that was the case, and if someone knows link us to it!

 

[Crono]

You should ask in forum issues, not in OT, but I think they're cracking down to stop people posting just to get hits on their sites.

 

[Baked]

AT admins got complains from these small voting sites of massive /. effect from AT perhaps?

Ps. I never help w/ these ATOT effect things. Cheating is wrong. BAD!

 

[pontifex]

they should have deleted the thread, not locked it, imo.

i believe you should win contests on your own merits, not by the amount of friends you have or the amount of forums you can spam your stuff on.

i wouldn't have a problem asking people to go to the site and vote on their favorite one.
the problem is asking people to go vote for one in particular (specifically their own)

 

[mugs]

Perhaps they considered it spamming because it was related to a website.

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
I'm referring to this thread.

I'm just wondering when this became not allowed here. First I've seen one of those threads get locked?

(mods sorry if this offends you, I'm just wondering)

I figured you'd be concerned the most as it helped you "win" an Xbox in the past so you don't want to lose the ability to fluff future contests for your own personal gain (which btw, all bs aside, your hex design sucked. Nothing personal, it just wasn't that great compared to some others there).

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: pontifex
they should have deleted the thread, not locked it, imo.

i believe you should win contests on your own merits, not by the amount of friends you have or the amount of forums you can spam your stuff on.

i think that thread was fine...he said needed votes, not for his friend specifically...just overall...whats wrong with that?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Drakkon

Originally posted by: pontifex
they should have deleted the thread, not locked it, imo.

i believe you should win contests on your own merits, not by the amount of friends you have or the amount of forums you can spam your stuff on.

i think that thread was fine...he said needed votes, not for his friend specifically...just overall...whats wrong with that?

Please vote for my site, www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com so we can maintain our high listing!

he specifically asked that people vote for his site. you must be blind

 

[QED]

Hmmm... I bet you could do some serious damage to a company you hate by pairing the ATOT effect with their Google Adsense advertisement (where I believe they have to pay a decent amount of money per click)...

:evil:

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Drakkon

Originally posted by: pontifex
they should have deleted the thread, not locked it, imo.

i believe you should win contests on your own merits, not by the amount of friends you have or the amount of forums you can spam your stuff on.

i think that thread was fine...he said needed votes, not for his friend specifically...just overall...whats wrong with that?

Please vote for my site, www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com so we can maintain our high listing!

he specifically asked that people vote for his site. you must be blind

actually Drakkon isn`t blind,,hes just one of these 9/11 consipracy peeps...only read what he wamts..leaves all the rest..lol

 

[KarenMarie]

if i remember correctly... there was a thread a LONG time ago about a kid contest and having their bike pimped out. someone posted for his friends kid and the ATOT effect kicked in to the point where the kid was ahead by eons... and someone got wind of what happened and another forum backed a different kid and it got to the point where these two kids had like eleventy billion more votes than all the other kids combined. and when one of the losing kids found out what happened they called "CHEAT". and then the parents got involved and kids were crying and parents were cursing... does anyone else remember that?

well, iirc... it was decided at the time that there were no more ATOT effect threads allowed... except for stuff like... "look at this site, please vote for whatever you think it best, but I am x " which technically were the same thing, but a blind eye was turned.

perhaps a Mod could clarify if i am correct?

 

[minendo]

That guy uses every fvcking chance possible to start a thread to pimp his site. I'm glad they finally locked his threads.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: minendo
That guy uses every fvcking chance possible to start a thread to pimp his site. I'm glad they finally locked his threads.

Hey, guys, check out my new site! www..... Oh, wait.



Are all ATeffect threads being locked then as a matter of principle? Including the babe voting things?