This blog post isn't about knocking the affiliate WSO system,- in fact I think it's a terrific system and that the script used to manage it is excellent and so full marks go to Mike Lantz for his innovative skills there.

What this post is about however, is the huge barrage of emails that clog up my inbox all telling me about the latest and greatest WSO that just came out.

Now, I love this Warrior Forum and I do buy a fair number of WSO's. Probably between 1 and 4 per week...

At any large forum there is often a large amount of forum reply spam. In other words members will post meaningless or nearly meaningless replies in an effort to do one of the following:

1) Get their signature file noticed.
2) Get their post count up to increase their forum benefits (i.e. some forums require that you post a certain number of times before you can have a signature line).

Often it's easy to identify reply spam because the posters engaging in this...

First One's free:
This spam is very annoying as the spammer (and recently a long term Warrior member) has a false sense of security thinking we can't spot it. Basically they start a thread with a basic statement or challenge revealing a few tips on how to accomplish whatever.

Everyone thanks the spammer and he goes on to build a website or blog to accompany the discussion. This is when it turns spammy and drops the bombshell. "you can now follow my progress at (URL) as...