Question

Would spam fanning be considered as gaming the system ?

Answer 1

I've noticed that several users fan A LOT of people for the only reason to raise their teamwork subscore.

Answer 2

Not really

Answer 3

Making a lot of accounts to fan you or others is gaming the system

Answer 4

@sammixboo What about this?

Don't game the system! Keep medals and achievements valuable, so please avoid:
Participating in "Medal Parties", which are questions specifically designed to inflate the medal count of the users who are participating.
Creating multiple accounts, or colluding with friends to gain unearned medals or achievements.
>>>>>>>>>>Artificially inflating your stats in any other way.<<<<<<<<<<

Answer 5

Spam fanning people is inflating your stats, so.....

Answer 6

But not the other way around. If you make accounts just to fan you then you are breaking the CoC. But if you fan a lot of users then you are not.

There are a lot of high SS users who fan people who have fanned them. It doesn't mean that they broke the CoC.

Answer 7

That's called gaming the system, the reason to fan someone is because you helped them or you're friends with them, you only spam fan because you want to raise your teamwork.

Answer 8

Nope. I am not friends with a lot of people I have fanned. I fanned them because they are very helpful, but I have never talked with them.

Answer 9

Sure....

Answer 10

I even fanned you... but you don't consider me your firend so I wonder what category that would fall into.

Answer 11

friend*

Answer 12

@TheSmartOne

Well, I noticed you also gave a lot of other people fans + testimonials, so there has to be some connection. Is it perhaps, because fanning a lot of people and giving them testimonials raises your teamwork sub-score ?

Answer 13

That's a use of spiritual blindness as well, you are trying to let people know that you're friendly, fanning a lot of people and giving them testimonials, but the truth is that you're gaming the system.

Answer 14

LOL ^^^

Answer 15

Besides, I heard @confluxepic say that he knew a way of raising your teamwork sub-score, but it was a secret.

Answer 16

... I fan people and I write them a testimonial because they deserve it. I don't see anything wrong in that.

Answer 17

You fan people and write them a testimonial because it's a good exchange, you get your teamwork-subscore raised by doing that and those people might give you fans and testimonials in exchange.

Why don't you take a screenshot of your whole fan list for us ?

Answer 18

I haven't even wrote a testimonial for everyone I have fanned....

Answer 19

That would take too long for you, going through someone like satellite73's fans and fanning them wouldn't take that long.

Answer 20

How would you know. have you done it?

Answer 21

iGreen told me that you must have went through satellite73's fans because he has like the most fans on OpenStudy.

Answer 22

I didn't. Have you asked him if he has? because he sure has.

Answer 23

You still haven't taken the screenshot of your fan list, and I'm asking you, and you're supposed to be the example, he's a regular user and you're an ambassador.

Answer 24

A screenshot really doesn't prove much.