I know that double posting advertisements is an unavoidable thing, and completely unintentional (we've all done it by accident before) but I think it's something we should all keep tabs on. Here's a bunch of my ads (some from this contest, and others from my June advertising) that other's have posted on again without realising:
If your ads have ever been deleted without reason then this is likely the issue. I started noticing that some of my other ads from Oct 16th were being deleted, and when I inquired within the site, I was told that it was a double posting issue. Many sites don't allow duplicate advertising (especially in the 'First link' threads), so often the original ad gets deleted, which is super frustrating for the person who advertised there first (because now I won't be able to use them for the contest, and I can't prove mine was there first due to it being deleted). The above list are my original ads that have not YET been removed, but if were to include all of my other ones that were, the list would be much longer. -_-
Also a note to staff who are reviewing the competition: make sure to be extra mindful of double posting, as many of the duplicate ads I listed above have already been accepted for points/quota by other members... so you may need to go back and check to make sure it is only the first, original ad being accepted for the contest.
I'll be putting up the whole list of mine pretty soon when I know for sure that the pack quota prizes have been given out, so that will hopefully help the double posting issue. Good luck in the rest competition everyone! 25 days to go!
Update: A reminder that advertising twice on the same site is fine as long as the first ad was posted a minimum of 8 months ago (the staff stated this at the start of the competition). This message was only directed at the sites that I listed, which were well within the 8 month bracket
Apologies if I double-posted anyone. I tried very hard not to but if I have please let me know and I'll remove mine with the swiftness of a MOTHER EAGLE!
Congrats and good luck to everyone who participated in the advertising contest - we'll try and get the results up as soon as possible (although as you can see by the sheer magnitude of participation, it will not be an easy feat)!! I've already gone through and marked all of the duplicate ads so the staff know which ones to disregard as we work our way through them all. Please note that once a batch of ads have been accepted and tallied up, anything that happens to those ads afterwards will not deduct from their overall ad count e.g. if the board goes offline, or if they get deleted due to double advertisements, as is the case with a few accepted ads already. This is really the only fair way it can be done.
If anyone feels that any errors or mistakes have been made with their ads, please do approach us and let us know! ^.^