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Padding

Someone gave me a review that said more or less he or she didn't see the point of this sort of poem. It was written to a contest guidelines. The rest of the "review" was just a heap of letters than meant nothing. I explained the point of the form (i.e. as laid down in the contest rules) and asked what the mess of letters meant.
Just letters.
Just to make the review long enough? I asked.
Yep.
I think that contravenes the site rules, I said.
Well... it gives you another review towards Recognised!

I hadn't even thought of that. Because I rarely promote much, I often get only the two complementary site reviews, so I see this sort of thing as stealing a reward from someone who might have actually reviewed properly.
I wonder how common the attitude that numbers count more than content is among writers.