Alert! OBi Device Dead on Arrival or What?!

[fabiano.doggie69]

Introduction:
This is NOT the unboxing experience I was hoping for. Unwrapped my shiny new OBi, set everything up by the book, and was all set for the grand power-up moment. But, it's like I'm trying to wake up Sleeping Beauty without the prince's charm. เว็บแทงบอลขั้นต่ำ10บาท

The Real Deal:
No lights, no signs of life. I've double-checked, triple-checked the connections, but it's all silent on the OBi front. Before I hit panic mode, I'm reaching out to you, the OBi masters of this forum. Is it a common hiccup? Or did I just unbox a dud? Help a fellow member out!

[videobruce]

May I ask a simple question here?

Why do you think these are spam??? Unlike some of the other posts that appear to be advertising. And if they are, why aren't the posts deleted?

[MSRobi]

There are several clues:
- The poster has less than 5 posts, typically only 1 post.
- The post is usually nonsensical
- There is a link in the post and if there isn't, the poster comes back in 24 hours to add one

The link is usually hard to spot.  In the post above, it is a blank underline.

The real question is, if the spammer is paid by the click, why do they typically make it so hard to find the link?  The only speculation I have is that they are paid just for the posting because the software the payer is using only finds the link and doesn't inspect it to know that it is nearly invisible.

[videobruce]

Ok, but why not just delete the post and blackball the user?
I had no idea payment was involved. 
Thanks for the response.

[drgeoff]

It is easy to see if a post is spam. Press the Quote button and the raw html version of the post will be displayed. The actual URLs of all links can then be seen.

[Lavarock7]

They are not necessarily wanting people to see the link (at first). I believe they hope that the posting and link will get into the search engines. More links to their site, the higher in Google they get; at least that is how Google used to work the algorithm.