Log spam? Opinions?

[+khaytsus]

I tend to browse around at local caches, seeing last logs etc, when I'm having a little down time or taking a break at work etc... today I see this log in one of our local caches:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...56-8a428b04e22d

 

Does this seem like spam to you guys? Maybe the idea is okay, but it seems too tied into the commercial website from which it is hosted.

[+TotemLake]

...and here I thought this was going to be about spam carving.

[+sbell111]

I don't have a problem with it.

 

Many people have personal trackables. Many of these items are trackable somewhere other than on GC.com (like the original TBs). I see no problem with pointing people to the site on which they are tracked.

[+JohnnyVegas]

All I can say is that anyone that would pay some one else to money to shop for them has really got to be lazy.

[+Team Cotati]

All I can say is that anyone that would pay some one else to money to shop for them has really got to be lazy.

 

Yeah, you're right, I just bumped into Don Trump the other day at Safeway. You wouldn't believe the junk that that man eats.

[+StarBrand]

Such "trackables" never really get anywhere for the most part. I wouldn't worry about it - not too many folks will ever see the other site.

[+Team_CSG]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....SPAM!!

[+JohnnyVegas]

All I can say is that anyone that would pay some one else to money to shop for them has really got to be lazy.

 

Yeah, you're right, I just bumped into Don Trump the other day at Safeway. You wouldn't believe the junk that that man eats.

And it goes right to his hair

[+KoosKoos]

Nah, no different than if someone left a bunch of coupons to a local store. Yes, it's a bit of advertising and not sure I'd value it highly as a trade, but giving them away (without overloading the other contents)? I have no problem with it.

 

P.S. Go SPAM! Austin, Texas, Home of Spamarama

[+TrailGators]

Such "trackables" never really get anywhere for the most part. I wouldn't worry about it - not too many folks will ever see the other site.

I agree. However, if he/she keeps doing it in their logs then it get annoying...

[+benh57]

It seems the log was nuked.. what was it?

[+Okiebryan]

Something about "left 10 tracking cards that can be tracked at www.whateversite.com come visit!"

[+WRASTRO]

It was a log with a link to the latest greatest website ever for tracking some geo-coupons and for selling/promoting other stuff. Not surprised if it went away. Seems like TPTB may have quietly removed it.

[+Okiebryan]

I would have deleted it from one of my caches. It left a bad taste when I looked at it. High slime factor.

[+WRASTRO]

I would have deleted it from one of my caches. It left a bad taste when I looked at it. High slime factor.

 

Gotta agree with that.

[+StarBrand]

It seems the log was nuked.. what was it?

Obviously TPTB had a problem with it.

[+Knight2000]

I hate that Trimble crap.

 

I wouldn't even consider using that unless they removed their spam from every log that is used for.

[+cache_test_dummies]

It seems the log was nuked.. what was it?

Obviously TPTB had a problem with it.

Or the cache owner deleted it. Or the person who recorded the log originally deleted it.

[+DavidMac]

I hate that Trimble crap.

 

I wouldn't even consider using that unless they removed their spam from every log that is used for.

 

I posted about this a while back. It turns out that the Trimble message is just the default text that is already filled in when you go to write up a log, and that you can delete it if you want. People leave it in either out of laziness, or because they just don't know that they can delete it.

 

Well, okay, maybe there's somebody out there who just wants to brag about their fancy phone.

 

With TPTB using travel bugs as one way to offset the costs of running the website, I would imagine that they don't think highly of people advertising third party tracking services on the site.