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Online Game Encouraging Spam

Posted by Zonk on from the dubious-techniques-to-say-the-least dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Outwar.com (an online game) has posted instructions on how to spam their unique link using underhanded and fraudulent techniques such as misleading URLs in forums and emails." Evidently by having people click on their link, players gain in-game power. These tips seem to directly contradict their stated spam policy. Shady.

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  1. Outwar is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...nothing but a boil on the ass of the internet. Putting up with the bullshit from their members is worse than spam; at least you can delete all those Viagra emails... Come to think of it, these are probably the same bunch of idiots that sign up for that free iPod crap.

  2. why don't you just code something that hits ... by rhino_badlands · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I would just code a script to loop and hit the link a ton of times, it doesn't look like it matters who hits the link or how many times they do so you could get over 1 Mill in a few minutes ...

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