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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on September 11, 2013, 05:05:29 pm

Title: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: Sandwich on September 11, 2013, 05:05:29 pm: Yup, another giveaway I'll likely never win. :p But this post increases my chances, so there! :p

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I've redacted the link for the reasons explained below. If you want to spam, DON'T! --The E
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: deathfun on September 11, 2013, 06:42:28 pm: Dear god
Think of all the porn I could download
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: BloodEagle on September 11, 2013, 07:05:14 pm: Quote from: deathfun on September 11, 2013, 06:42:28 pm
Dear god
Think of all the porn I could download

Roughly one-trillionth of what is available, I'd imagine. :P
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: Black Wolf on September 11, 2013, 07:17:31 pm: You know Sambo, I get that you want to win these competitions you post about, but you do realize they're totally, 100% spam, right? Other users would probably get threads like this locked and link stripped. :doubt:
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: Klaustrophobia on September 11, 2013, 08:54:23 pm: the "we aren't trying to spam" line in the contest post tickled me.

don't spam, but totally put this all over facebook, twitter, and your other forums.
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: Fury on September 12, 2013, 12:23:48 am: Meh, my storage usage on my home PC is currently at 309 GB. Not gonna need 4TB.
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: The E on September 12, 2013, 01:25:51 am: Quote from: Sandwich on September 11, 2013, 05:05:29 pm
Yup, another giveaway I'll likely never win. :p But this post increases my chances, so there! :p

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So this post of yours? It's 100% pure, natural spam. As such, I've redacted the link.
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: Mongoose on September 12, 2013, 02:12:43 am: Yeah, sorry Sandwich, but I have to agree. Companies that use this type of incentive for contests are being assholes, and we shouldn't take them up on it.
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: Sandwich on September 12, 2013, 05:35:35 am: So had I worded my post more like "anyone need more HDD space?", would it have been more acceptable? Just curious...
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: Phantom Hoover on September 12, 2013, 05:49:51 am: no, because you would still have been link spamming
Title: Re: Multiple 4TB HDDs Worldwide Giveaway
Post by: The E on September 12, 2013, 05:57:34 am: Quote from: Sandwich on September 12, 2013, 05:35:35 am
So had I worded my post more like "anyone need more HDD space?", would it have been more acceptable? Just curious...

If the link had gone to some ridiculously good offer on newegg or something, it would have been fine I suppose. As it stands, it was a link to a forum post that was a pretty blatant attempt at generating links to that site in return for the (rather slim) chance to win a couple HDDs.