These contest threads promise you winnings that you can't win
 

Look at all these contest threads... "win $10,000 in this thread", "$2000 contest thread", "win over $2400 in this thread" and so on.

Meanwhile you look inside and you can maybe win $1000 for top poster, or $500, or $400.... maybe get $100 if you're lucky enough to get the 500'th post or something.

Is there a chance that I can go in there and actually win $10k?? No.

Seriously people, if you're spending all your time trying to win $400 by May 1st (over a month from now), perhaps your energies are ill focused. If you can't do some honest work and make more than $400 between now and May 1st, there's something seriously wrong.

Don't get me wrong, the contest threads are cool and all, but just very misleading. And people I've never heard of are all over those threads racking up a huge post count and a little bit of money and have probably never done an honest day's work in their life... ie. a teenage surfer at home using his dad's net connection.

wel a psp or an ipod is always cool :) but 10k? did I miss that thread?

It is starting to get ridiculous..I counted 7..

The contests are about to go away. The cheating is so bad. They are not even trying to hide it anymore.


I think you would be surprised just how much some people are winning in those threads spread out over numerious usernames.

Contests are cool if everybody had a chance to win.too bad it's starting to get out of control...I can see why Lens closes them

I am about to quit fucking with all together.

but I can right now, I'm stuck, I starting fucking around in them and thought I could get some cash with not to much effort. It turned out to be harder than I thought. I'm fighting the bird in the hand deal right now and still trying to finish this month out.

Lots of cheating going on, plus most contests are boring as hell and consist only in post-whoring...

I used to be able to pick the brains of some people while posting in those contest. I"ve made more money from the help I got than from anything I won.

Not anymore, you cant read them fast enough.

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this one only posts in contests ,

there are now a few huge "contest" threads on the front page at all times.

it's nothig but spam.

I like bouncing boobies also.


What would think about someone who is not elible to win a prize in the thread, but continues to post over 400 times in the same thread?


I'm not saying they are cheating, but I cant understand that logic.

I like contests where you win f.e $50 or $100 for making f.e the 200th post in it.

When you come on GFY and see that such contest will have the winning post in 10 minutes, then you can post there and try to win - nothing wrong with it and that can be even fun.


But I hate contests where there is a prize for the most posts in a thread, because then you have people posting 3.5k posts in one ( ! ) single thread, as the current big Pussy Cash contest thread proves.

Contests are overrated :)

I don't actually post in contests unless I've joined the program. Otherwise it just seems to be people post-whoring who have no plans to actually use GFY as a webmaster resource

It looks like that is true.
Isn't that against the rules

I think its funnier when you see the contestents that have only posted in contest threads. Nothing else. No website, obviously not in the adult industry.

Then you see they have GFY refferals.

Anyone want to explain that?

Yes, and a few have been caught + exposed right here ...

True and I am sure if there are more they will be exposed too.

It's really pretty smart by the contest starters, look at how many of them are over that $2400 mark. Not many really.

How much does it cost for advertising on GFY? $2500/month? $3000/month??

The newest AFF thread is giving away $2000 in their thread, spread out over many people for over 1 month. That's getting BETTER advertising than having a banner, and it's costing them less for a longer period of time.

Smart.

The people runninng the contest could weed out most of the cheaters with a few simple rules but they don´t seem to care they just want the exposure.

I dropped doing the contests where you have finish in the top of the poster list its impossible to win some people isn´t doing anything but posting in the contest thread.

The problem is that most of the sponsors are way to busy to worry about catching cheaters. Once people like you and other realy webmasters stop playing along and the cheaters are the only ones left, they will probably do something.

Exactly thats why they have the contests :)
But look at the digibucks thread I have been posting in it for a couple of weeks now trying to get it to 10K so I can get the prizes I won and there are some cool webmaster prizes in it but we are only a few people posting in it make you wonder how many of the people playing in the contests are webmasters.

I obviously like the contest I make a little $$ and have some fun doing it and I would like them to stay but the rules needs to be tighten.
Rules like you have to post an url where you promote the program and the whois have to be the same as on your account or you have to send a sale or traffic to the program..
Things that will weed out the cheaters but the problem is the sponsors don´t care if its Joe Webmaster or Bob Surfer that wins they just want the exposure plenty of examples of that.

I don't play for the top poster part of the contests,
cause the top posters part is too easy to cheat in.
Anyone could set it up with a couple of people and then do noting but post until they are assured the win.

I just play for the post number spot wins.
with those it doesn't matter how many people are playing to win.
the more the better.
I do not need to cheat to win.
I only play cause the contests are here (can't pass up a chance at free money)and I love contests.

Can't agree with you more, Stu :) If you have to scramble over yourself to win a measley few hundred bucks in some whore thread or something similarly silly, perhaps you need to reasess your focus in the industry.

You make a good point. If you told me that I had to post 500 times for 200 bucks I wouldn't do it. But you look up and your 25 post away from 200 bucks, I will do that. Problem is that you are 25 away every time you check the board.

I agree, those contest post are time wasting more than anything !

Does Lensman benefit from these threads?

From one thread:

.?. 1834
sickbeatz 1609
Keyser Soze 724
hova 417
thefool 355
iggysick 312
cool1 289
tungsten 246
wdsguy 217
JaceXXX 203
psyko514 195
uproared 187
adonthenet 150
FunForOne 127
beta-tester 113
8 Characters 105

From another:

Silent_Thunder 3284
iggysick 3221
Firehorse 1344
adonthenet 1343
beta-tester 1343
hova 1019
FunForOne 1015
born4porn 914
boner 2.0 760
Entropy 755
=^..^= 747
BastarD 731
tungsten 588
Satisfaction 405
FrankHolland 405
allen135 405
kuthi123 404
Trent Edison 400
cool1 375
Bigfuck 339
.?. 300
gecko 281
Keyser Soze 239
AmigoPorn 212
steadfast 211
Raf1 210
polish_aristocrat 210
davidb 180
brilsmurf 142
Furious_Male 132
dimitar 111
traffic addict 103

That's nuts.

Thats not to bad considering the first prize was a trip from anywhere in the world to Miami, 3 days hotel stay, ticket to the show, dinner with 2 hotties and $500 spending money :)

The other one is crazy since first place is and Ipod and a couple hundred cash.

Well, the theory is that page views goes way up and thus ad rates can be increased, but I don't think it applies so much to GFY as it does other boards.
The ad rates here would remain as they are with or without the extra posts from contest threads.

Don´t know but you have to ask before you have a contest I could imagine they take a fee for it.

It's just crazy to know that some people make more posts in one thread than most make in a year.

I'm also willing to bet that alot of the same people post in all of those threads. :winkwink:

Only reason I have that number of posts is I won $500, a year of statsremote, pinned hall of fame spot for two days on prettyhotbabes.com and 4 big thumbs rotating for a week on prettyhotbabes.com

But I won´t get it before the thread reaches 10K :)

Ofcause it is I think its the same 20 people taking 80% of the prizes in all the contests :)
I think I won $2.5-3K worth of prizes and cash over the last 2 months so ofcause I spend a little time on it. If I never won or won very little I wouldn´t bother playing :)

Very true Stuart :thumbsup

I wouldn't even waste my time posting 25 times for a measly 200

The SilverCash Scavenger Hunt was a good model for a nice contest. More programs should do the same, a contest where there is affiliate involvement and program knowledge determining the winners.

Not everyone can be a big timer like you with loads of money.
For some people its nice with a little extra they can use on fun stuff.

fraud can be one of the worst things you can encounter in the net

Scammers are everywhere.

BULLSHIT , i caught a purple jellyfish in the net onetime it was pretty damn bad.