Official thread

[Important] Commission Farming in War Room

Savages,


We’ve recently come across some suspicious behavior within the War Room. Majorly, a bunch of dummy profiles were being used for farming commission points.


Commission Farming is against the Bravado terms of service. Some examples of commission farming are:

  • Spamming with useless posts/comments/polls
  • Creating fake profiles to upvote your own content
  • Working with a friend to upvote each other back n forth.

Commission is supposed to be our way of saying “thank you” to those who add value to this anonymous community, and help salespeople to become better at their jobs. But witnessing it being misused simply breaks our hearts.


We have some rules of conduct in the WR, and this behavior is not meant to be excused. Especially in the case of flagrant violation of community rules. Additionally, it’s unfair to a large number of authentic WR savages who have been creating value every single day without being involved in any such activity.


In the spirit of keeping the commission pure, we’ve decided to ban the users who are responsible for this and roll back the (unearned) commission points.


We’ll be investigating further to check if other WR members have been involved, which also includes checking how such users entered the WR in the first place (who referred them). If the results turn out to be grave, it can lead to a permanent ban for these users.


We’d also like to bring to your notice that we‘ve put additional automatic safeguards in place to detect this kind of behavior going forward. Any violation can lead to a ban without a warning.


Nonetheless, if you suspect a user is involved in commission farming, you can tag@Gasty /@BravadoMod /@sahil on a particular post or comment. You can also choose to DM us.


We still wouldn’t want to cap any commission points in the War Room since many savages here are earning it rightfully and respectfully. A huge shoutout to these superheroes from us, who earn their commission.


Using the WR and the commission in the right spirit is going to help us in our core mission of helping salespeople become smarter, sharper, richer, and happier.


To the War Room!



-TeamBravado

😳 Ethics
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jefe
Arsonist
25
🍁
Glad you guys are taking steps to address this kind of BS.
Filth
Politicker
14
Live Filthy or Die Clean
Was seeing a lot of nonsense posts from users who don't even take the time to throw an image on their profile - always a red flag. Drop the banhammer!
jefe
Arsonist
11
🍁
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Mobi85
Politicker
11
Regional Sales Manager
Thank you for addressing this and sorry that some bad apples create headaches for everyone else.
saaskicker
Celebrated Contributor
9
Enterprise AE
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antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
7
Bravado's Resident Asshole
I think there needs to be a limit on the super invites as well. Like maybe monthly or quarterly.
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
11
Sales Rep
Or maybe you get commission once the referred person posts?

Offering referrals is a good way to get people to join and wouldnt want to take it away.
antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
6
Bravado's Resident Asshole
Yes, it is a good way to get people in here. However, seeing people at 600 points in a week just from referring 6 people means the refresh rate is too fast
CuriousFox
WR Officer
5
🦊
This isn't a bad idea. 🤔
Sunbunny31
Politicker
5
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Problem could be that the referred person comes in, spams a bunch of polls, and the cycle continues.
SADNES5
Politicker
7
down voters are marketing spies
Bring that ban hammer down. @Gasty
Jr7
Politicker
7
AM
profiles with very high commissions have been seen lately at the beginning of the week without any type of contribution.
jefe
Arsonist
3
🍁
Some have actually shown up on the leaderboard at points through the week.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
3
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
400 points, 0 posts. All the time.
jefe
Arsonist
3
🍁
All. The. Damn. Time.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
7
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Thank you! Appreciate the housecleaning.
thedue
Valued Contributor
7
VP of Sales
Liking every comment in this chat is going to get me in trouble, right?
Hosshead
Opinionated
4
Retired
That's what I was wondering.
Avon
Politicker
6
Senior Account Executive
Props for keeping the integrity here
Pachacuti
Politicker
6
They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
When I see 8-10 upvotes on a simple "Congrats on a deal win" post, it screams collusion. 1 upvote as a thanks for the acknowledging my win is good but when so many "people" upvote you simply saying "congrats" or "good job", thats a major red flag.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
7
🦊
Not all the time but I hear ya.
TennisandSales
Politicker
6
Head Of Sales
hahah YESSSS!!!
SoccerandSales
Big Shot
5
Account Executive
Thank you for taking the steps to address this, I feel like it isn't super often, but can definitely be frustrating to see
ChumpChange
Politicker
5
Channel Manager
See that's why we can't have nice things.
TennisandSales
Politicker
3
Head Of Sales
haha this is exactly what I was thinking!
ThatNewAE
Big Shot
5
Account Executive - Mid enterprise
Thank you for addressing this. :)
nomdeguerre
Executive
5
Account executive
Can you imagine their results if they dedicated this kind of work to a real job instead of this scamming BS?
Rosie
Catalyst
3
Sales Director
Damn these spammers...I love this place because of the people so let's keep it that way. Just ban whoever breaks the rules
Sunbunny31
Politicker
4
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
I'm all for it. Also up for a "Wall of Shame". LOL.
NotCreativeEnough
Big Shot
3
Professional Day Ruiner
a wall of shame would be fun. instead of completely banning the person give them "read only" access. Then when they log in it sends them straight to the shaming post and they see all their commission stripped away.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
1
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
That is truly savage.
salesforliving
Opinionated
3
AE
There will always be someone looking for a way to take advantage of others. Karma will do its job either way..
Jbeans
Opinionated
2
Director of Sales
This is how badly peeps want a hoodie?!! Who has time to do this? 😂 like come on now.
NotCreativeEnough
Big Shot
2
Professional Day Ruiner
love it. the obvious farming posts were getting very old and very annoying.
champchamp
Arsonist
2
Certified Savage
How about a commission bounty program?

If a member provides strong evidence/information that leads to the removal of perpetrators, the bounty hunter gets rewarded with commish.
Gasty
Notable Contributor
0
War Room Community Manager
Can't say it's a bad idea @champchamp. Noted!
Soo
1
Senior
Glad you guys are taking steps to address this kind of BS.
Thesaasvendor
Tycoon
1
Solution specialist
I'm kinda working a third job here, reading an update from my commission structure..
TheQueenofDiamonds
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Don't these people have jobs? Like where is all this extra time to BS the system?

Can I pls have a few lessons from these people on time management?
JuiceBox
Opinionated
0
Director
I havent been active lately, just been swamped TBH, but i appreciate this sort of a response. Makes me know this community will continue to be valuable to all of us.
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If the War Room ends commission all together I would:
46% Still visit all the time, it’s more than gift cards to me
15% Stop coming all together. Like in sales, I’m here for the money!
39% I would still visit, but much left often and would put in less effort
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