Or did he just comment on the giveaway thread created by another user?
~if this be the case, then I don't understand why he got banned if his or her comment/post wasn't spammy.
The above is where my confusion lies, and I really want to understand so i can know what to tell my newbie friends on the forum on the topic of avoiding a ban.
A user can get a ban for even commenting or replying in a giveaway thread.This is no secret. In case you didn't know, now you know.
Replying in a giveaway thread means that one is under an incentive to post there hence it still counts as spam. if I create a post asking 100 members to reply and each receiving $10 for replying. According to you, aren't the 100 replies I will get on my thread not considered spam?