This user has posted the same answer on four different SO questions, all linking to a certain project's website.
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For me it definitely is:
- just linking to an external site
- not providing any actual content in the answer like at least a summary
- doesn't even try to address the actual question
Yes, because of the lack of content or any apparent direct relation to the question... I feel these cross the line as spam.
There are a lot of definitions of spam. In cases like these, I think the deciding factor is, are these messages being "posted indiscriminately?" "Indiscriminately" as in posted either mindlessly, undirected, or in a somewhat random manner.
There are cases where a user's otherwise perfectly legitimate answers also happen to include self-promotion. I don't necessarily consider those spam on that basis. You have to look at the context.
These do not pass my personal acid test.
I'd like to thank you for using up four of my spam votes for today. :)
My acid test is:
- Are the answers relevant to the question?
In this case, no. Specifically, in this case, they're copy-and-paste! - Are the answers distinct from one another, indicating at least an attempt by the user to address the question?
Once again, no. They're straight up copy-and-paste.
Thus, they reek of a canned meat-based product.