# Editing Old Posts and Adding Links Doesn't Alert Anybody

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-old-posts-and-adding-links-doesnt-alert-anybody/19373>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [8월 28, 2014, 4:39오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-old-posts-and-adding-links-doesnt-alert-anybody/19373 "2014-08-28T04:39:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon94057749](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@anon94057749](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon94057749)\
**Post date:** [8월 28, 2014, 10:55오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-old-posts-and-adding-links-doesnt-alert-anybody/19373/7 "2014-08-28T10:55:40Z")

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> [@michaeld](#):
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> “All you need to do” … 😄  
> This takes a lot of time and effort, and if it is apparently not noticed… I don’t think this is a big problem.  
> Users that achieve Leader status are pretty trusted.

No. Users achieve Leader status automatically. The only _trust_ signal there is is the number of “likes” received, and you can get those with some sock puppets (which you would have anyway, why only build up only one user to “Leader” when you can have several).

> [@Mittineague](#):
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> But I doubt many SPAMmers would have the patience nor put in the effort just for followed links.

They wouldn’t have to do it themselves. I’m pretty sure you can rent worker bees in China or whereever for such tasks (it’s done with mmorpgs afaik).

And high-quality back links attract _top_ money. AFAIK sums paid can reach 4-digit numbers if only the page rank of the page where the link is placed is high enough.

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