Why the “Wow cool post, thanks for sharing” comments spreading on Facebook

The cause of these comment trend are basically from post spamming. It started from Facebook accounts that use an auto-commenting program to regularly post content on several Facebook pages. Some of the phrases being used are the following: “New top fan share ko lang”, “Waiting for my top fan badge!”, “New Top fan! I recommend this!!”, “Top fan checking in …” and the latest is the “Wow cool post, thanks for sharing”.

The main purpose of spammers spreading these kind of comment is to eventually earn a Top Fan badge to get perks like comment highlight, raffles prizes, and fan ranking. The Top Fan title is given only by Facebook to those who are active followers who leaves comments, likes or reactions to the page.

After a wave of comments spammed, a lot of people actually joined the trend and unknowingly became part of the spam spreading across the social media pages. This type of trend is known as “CopyPasta”, where a block of text copied and pasted across the internet by individual through social media platforms, to the point it becomes spam.

Origin

The exact comment phrase originally started from IGN page last May 9, 2019, when a group of trolls flooded their comment thread with “Wow cool post IGN, thanks for sharing“, as a sign of protest for posting non-gaming related content.