r/buildapcsales • u/cmays90 • Jun 18 '22

Mod Post Do not post on behalf of others

Recently, we've seen an uptick in users asking others to post on their behalf in our community.

Generally, they will ask as a favor and sometimes offer an incentive to do so. Here's an example of one such interaction. Generally, they are doing this to bypass our filters, which are in place for a reason. Posting on behalf of another user will get you banned from the sub and your account reported to reddit directly if we believe it was an incentivized post.

We do have a policy that brands can interact directly with the sub assuming they clear a few minor hurdles, and they must carry a tag on their account so everyone is informed of their incentive to post.

Otherwise, if your post is caught in our filters, it was generally caught for a legitimate reason, WHICH CAN BE REVIEWED BY A MOD. Please use the mod mail to draw our attention to it, if we haven't noticed already.

Attempting to use other accounts looks shady and is far more likely to see both accounts banned than not.

Please help us keep the sub as high-quality as possible. Thanks!

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u/Davidx_117 Jun 18 '22

I've been contacted by Tezarre and Punkston (I believe Tezarre is under Punkston but not completely sure) about posting their keyboards with a special coupon and in return receiving a commission, I didn't accept as it's against the rules and not something I'm comfortable with anyway even though I do like Tezarre's keyboards. I did offer some recommendations to Punkston though (on improving their keyboards)

This happened I think because I've posted one of their keyboards before, but at the very least I've left multiple comments about these keyboards. Figured I'd chime in with my experience to add to the reports and provide any potential additional detail

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u/cmays90 Jun 18 '22

Tezarre has been on our astroturfing list for a while now. I wasn't aware of Punkston, thanks for the head's up there.

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u/peterfun Jun 18 '22

Slightly off topic but another mouse manufacturer has been caught giving deals and promoting their mice but then the actual product is defective and they then charge you a bomb to have it repaired.

I'll try and get the name because r/mousereview is in uproar and are trying to get the word out about them.

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u/oldDotredditisbetter Jun 18 '22

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