Don't downvote this because it *was* spam. It isn't spam any longer, I edited it pointing the links to other sites. It is much funnier to make their hard work generate traffic for their competition.

If he keeps it up, than downvote his edit/creation but don't delete the post.

Ah...This is not spam. I wrote this article so people could learn about the issue of disappearing bees...what the heck made you think it is spam?

Jesh...I spent alot of time writing this and I am very interested in what others think about this. Honey bees and the colony collapse disorder is a real environmental threat...

So Please down vote this person for clamming this as spam..

Did you even read the article?

Spam is useless crap that morons throw up for no reason...

Get a hold of yourself man...

Read the article and educate yourself my friend...

WOW

What the heck....

This is a strange place...Did you go tell all your buddies to down play my article?

Man ... Twisted... I wish you well

To quote from the Plime FAQ (since you must have forgotten to read it before posting):

Actually, if you would bother to read my post, it said not to downvote you.

If you wrote it, if it is your article than it is spam. Pure and simple.

We are not here to generate traffic for you, to make you money. Go pay Google and other sites if you want to advertise.

Post links to other sites and all will be great.
Post your own thoughts in the forum.

O my gosh...So if you have something good to share with people...You cant..That is funny.

If I wrote it than it is spam...That is even funnier...

The internet was created to share information. I am sharing good information...and because it is mine, than it is NOT worthy of your presence...

You said NOT to downvote it because you edited it...To one of your buddies sites...

whatever...

There that is better...

Now no one has to read it...ahhhh...Life Liberty and Justice...

except on Plime

Dude, I am trying to be nice to you.

If you wrote it, than yes it is spam. You are trying to generate traffic for your site in order to benefit.

You are not trying to share information.

Read the FAQ, you will see there are areas that you can post personal stuff. The front page isn't one of them.

It really isn't hard to understand. Posting your own links is advertising. Advertising isn't free. You nor any of us are allowed to post our own links.

I changed the links to other random sites so as to try and prevent the link from being deleted. This would help you, would prevent you from lowering your rank and give you time to learn to interact with people on a friendly basis, not one of business. The sites are not my buddies.

You know theres also a thread that discouraged starting drama, as you are now. Would you like me to find it for you?

I guess I was partially at fault as well. I Should have just left a polite message informing him about spamming instead of being cute.

I still think changing the spammers links instead of deleting the post is funny and karmic, but it was too in-your-face.

Still he didn't listen when we tried to explain it to him.

I didn't downvote anything until he played the "I'm-taking-my-marbles-and-going-home" card.

I upvoted every comment on this page for two reasons:

1) I love a good verbal confrontation where everybody gets their point across and there is a lesson to be learned and it is.

2) I felt that trafficmasters deserves a second chance at posting if he/she has learned the error of their posts and because he/she has been here for aboot 5-6 months. (I love an underdog story) :)

So, here you go, trafficmasters. Try to redeem yourself. And please, don't make me regret this! ;)

Well done, I only downvoted his edits and even then only after he got all offended, but before I realized that I was being a jerk as well.

He has been a member for 5 months so no excuse for not knowing the rules.

He is intelligent enough to read and write and work a computer so he should know basic common-sense that you don't use sites such as this for free advertising.

Still, he can learn. That was why I thought simply editing his posts to point to non-spam sites would be a good thing. He may get points which would might encourage him to stick around and hopefully learn the error of his ways. I do hope he does so and if he does I will upvote his initial non-spam posts

I agree with what you did to his post (i.e. change the url). I too thought is was humorous in a clever way. I also agree that he/she should know the rules having been here for aboot 5-6 months. Let's hope we get some good posts out of this plimer! ;)