New rather fishy members placing posts which do not matter at all....

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The last few days I find it rather strange a few of our new members are posting rather nothing saying posts on topics.
The posts are similar to: "I think this a very good solution, I will give it a try". Personally I would never place these answers on a forum for the sake of not spoiling the forum with nothing saying posts.
Not sure what the intentions are of these new members, as I find it rather strange, they all have a website connecting to ink/refill/printer sites. Could this be a new strategy to spam their products on this forum in a "subtile" way ? Just not to get thrown out if the spamming is too obvious........;)
 

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pharmacist said:
...Not sure what the intentions are of these new members, as I find it rather strange, they all have a website connecting to ink/refill/printer sites. Could this be a new strategy to spam their products on this forum in a "subtile" way ? Just not to get thrown out if the spamming is too obvious........;)
It is better than those xxx spam. At least they are selling printer related stuff. But, regardless they wasted my time. I do not mind the merchant members as long as they provide information and help.
 

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Embguy,

The posts are not even mercantile. Sometimes the answers or replies sound very irrelevant and very funny. One could suspect that the "persons" behind these posts are actually some kind of posting/spamming machines or maybe robots ;)
 

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We've banned a few and are reviewing the others. We try to give peeps the benefit of the doubt before outright banning them. We do appreciate you guys staying on top of things and reporting them!
 
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