1) Plenty of FT'ers have already reached FT Evangelist status via the "one sentence reply with sarcastic emoticon strategy". For example:

I believe my own B.S. ^

2) Post padding can take the form of posting the same topic or providing the same reply to a topic previously posted. For example:

Question: "When will UA upgrade their premium cabin seats?"

Reply By FT Regular: "I've replied to this topic each of the past 100x it's been posted, but I'll do so again even though I never have flown UA! The premium cabin is unimportant. UA must upgrade their so-called soft product!"

3) My participation in this thread is perhaps not sincere, but appears so to the rest of the FT'ers reading it. Nevertheless, it inflates my post count. ^

4) In before the lock. ^

5) Perhaps this is a tounge in cheek strategy employed by the orignal poster to help reach the threshold necessary to participate in the Coupon Exchange forum.