# What is "Audition Posting"?

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**Created:** [July 4, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-audition-posting/545541 "2010-07-04T18:42:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-audition-posting/545541/8 "2010-07-05T18:36:09Z")

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over in that other thread

> [@Which way did he go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-did-he-go/545451/3):
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> There was a new poster early this morning, _Thrustin_, who disappeared with his thread, which was mainly posted to link to his druming on youtube. Not a bad sort, but we just don’t allow it.

What do you mean “mainly posted to link to his drumming”? How many times did he do it?

I’ve got to say, seems like an incredibly wide definition of “spam”. Didn’t seem he was actively promoting sales or directing people to some personal website.

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