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Monster Masterpiece
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I think posting contest and referral contest are not good. This is because there is people that may post something with low quality to fit contest requirement or tell something 3 or 4 times. Add referring people could incur some kind of intencive so people have inequal chances to win. Posting contest must be validated by moderator for post count. You could post 300 posts however in reality there is 120 quality posts then only 120 posts are counted for posting contest. Same referrals you could have 20 referrals posting 25 posts but only 7 referrals have posted quality posts. This approach is only my point of view.
Monster Masterpiece
New member
Using xenforo post counter would never reveal the true number of quality posting. There are people that posts a lot to reach the 1st place while it is trush posting and low quality and outside discussions. Also about referring postings so if I pay someone 1 $ to post 25 posts and this person wants to finish work and do the same the blog will be a lot of outside conversations. The postings and referral postings must be counted manually by a moderator so if a post is quality post and it adds value to the thread it is counted one post or one referral. If not then it is not counted. By the way, the first top poster could be in reality not a winner however 7th poster is the winner because moderator checks 7th poster and the majority of the posts adhere to the post and high quality. Same for referrals.
Monster Masterpiece
New member
Check random posts like if there is 500 posts then check random posts of the user to see if qualified to disqualified. Like see 25 participations of user randomly.
GeorgeT
New member
I don't know about many kinds of contests that's carried out on forums but only posting contests. If it's something that can help the forum, I would definitely be in support of it. I don't know if it's possible to run any kind of content that you task memebers to generate at least 5 quality backlinks to the forum. Member with the highest will win.
Monster Masterpiece
New member
It could be the case if members maintain high level quality of discussion and not spam forum for just a reward because this would be case for many people post just for post count however do not maintain thread clean.
Sara
Well-known member
It must not be only for contest that people supposed to be writing. I don't even know the reason why people prefer to spam in forums. I know we all have to win but it's always better to make your win look authentic and genuine.
GeorgeT
New member
Unfortunately, this is a common thing when it comes to any kind of posting contest. There is nothing you can be able to do that will prevent people from spamming the community in order for them to have a higher number of posts so that they can be able to win at the end of the contest.