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It just seems that he uses a 'standard text' when voting an article. That shouldn't be considered as spam nor abusive.
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My first impression would be a no.
But I am bloody sure that he is rating articles without reading them just to increase the rep points. Also his messages are exact same. But not sure if that falls under spam.. 
Great catch by the way! 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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Agent__007 wrote: Also his messages are exact same.
Note to self: Next time onwards we should leave some GUID
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Great comment, about the GUID!
Now, even if some behavior may look irritating to some, there is absolutely no reason to dub it spam just for that.
Both voting and leaving a comment (related to the commented post) is the activity which is supposed to take place there.
—SASergey A Kryukov
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Not Spam. Spam is simply Advertising something. This is not Abuse as well because there is nothing abusive in that message. ATM, i think warning would suffice to curb the reputation hunting.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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Rohan Leuva wrote: This is not Abuse as well because there is nothing abusive in that message
You have not quite grasped the concept of abuse. Abusiveness can be in form of abusive language (trolling, hate speech, etc), but it can also be abusive in the sense of being abusive in the usage of codeproject. Rep-point harvesting (especially when it is as obvious as this) is most certainly abuse. Abuse is actually any use of something in a way that it was not intended to be used (I know that this is a very wide definition so we have to apply some common sense also).
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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I use to open all the articles on moderation or the ones of the competitions, then I go closing the ones I don't like and if I feel to, then vote and/or comment in the still opened ones. So the events can get very time-close in my log.
I don't think he is doing it like that but... there are some possible scenarios that could be legitime for that.
In this case it seems a reputation hunt as others said. OG already warned, if he corrects his behaviour, then nothing. If not...
he will discover, than we can get ride of the reputation much faster than he acumulates it.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: he will discover, than we can get ride of the reputation much faster than he acumulates it.
Indeed, I wonder if they are running any scripts that detect such patterns and rollback the accumulated points.
AFAIK StackOverflow does run such scripts: One of my colleagues was on rep-hunting and asked his friend to upvote all his questions and answers. At first the rep-points were awarded and after a few hours they were rolled back with a penalty to both. I think it would be quite useful to run such scripts.
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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I don't think it's spam - the product has a free version and two posts a month or more apart kinda say he uses it rather than is involved with it.
I'd say keep an eye on him rather than squash him like a bug at the moment: we can wield the ban hammer later if we need to.
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'd say keep an eye on him rather than squash him like a bug at the moment: we can wield the ban hammer later if we need to.
That's my conclusion as well. Or a gentle visit by Sean...
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It's also Open Source[^] and can be hosted on your own server.
I have toyed with an instance on my personal server, and I like it.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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But why?! He only copies parts of the other answer... 
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Oh!  Of course!
If he's only copy'n'pasting that's OK!
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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Sorry...solutions don't have plagiarized flag....
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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They have an Abuse flag though!
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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User gone, answers got quite cleaned up
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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With 4 atm
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Gone
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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