Quote from: aksen on May 12, 2018, 03:19:32 AM

I hope no competitor will do this now because the forum staff does not care about such cases or is not in position to confirm the abuse as it is outside the forum. And in such a case, who would like to pay to give free bumps (more exposure) to their campaigns.

that's what they have in their minds, forum staff or mod won't do extra mile to check outside (unless provided by users)

Quote from: aksen on May 12, 2018, 03:19:32 AM

And in such a case, who would like to pay to give free bumps (more exposure) to their campaigns.

why wouldn't they if they feel that would get rid the competitor easily and draw more attention to his own project
they are allocating a lot money on bounty etc, why not throw a couple thousands on this 'malicious bumping'
on the image it shows 229/³²², so only cost him $32.2 (322*$0,1)

but it doesn't rule out the possibility that it could be initiated by the ANN owner itself
need some solid proofs and probably quite hard to find in this case