Atlassian's 2023 partner post cites $3 billion in sales, and spam hit its comments
A comment pitching a Binance referral code sits under an Atlassian post on its app marketplace. The post itself has real details worth knowing.
The short version
- The comment is spam: its author name is a Binance referral-code pitch, not a reply to the post.
- Atlassian's post says the Marketplace passed $3 billion in lifetime sales in fiscal year 2023.
- It cites more than 1,700 independent developers and partners and over 5,300 apps.
- Partners earn Platinum, Gold or Silver badges for meeting app security and customer support requirements.
- The post follows a 6-month program level review of partners.
Why it matters
A comment under a company's page can look official, but the company did not write it. Knowing what the post actually says helps you tell real news from the noise beneath it. If you buy or build apps for business tools, the tier badges are a useful trust signal.
The spam comment
The item in our feed is a comment on Atlassian's July 2023 post, "Marketplace Partner Program Tier Membership Update." The comment's author name is a Binance referral-code pitch. Binance is a crypto exchange, and a referral code is a link or code that pays the sender when you sign up.
The comment says nothing about the post. Spammers often put their names and links on old, trusted business pages because search engines index those pages and readers assume they are safe.
What the post actually says
As atlassian.com reported in the post, the Atlassian Marketplace passed $3 billion in lifetime sales in fiscal year 2023. The Marketplace is a store where outside developers sell apps that add features to Atlassian's products.
Atlassian credits more than 1,700 independent developers and partners. It says over 5,300 apps are available. It also ties the growth to enterprise customers adopting more apps as its cloud business grows.
How the tier badges work
After a 6-month program level review, Atlassian announced a new group of partners that earned a tiered badge. The badge shows a partner meets Atlassian's App Security and Customer Support requirements. The tiers are Platinum, Gold and Silver.
Partners new to their tier were marked in bold in the original list. The partner names did not come through in the text we have, so we cannot say who moved up.
What to take from it
The post is a company marketing its own partner program, so treat the figures as Atlassian's own claims. The spam is a separate matter. It shows how a comment can borrow the credibility of the page it sits under.
Read the post itself for the program news. Do not trust anything in the comments, and do not click referral links there.
What to watch
- Whether Atlassian clears spam from its older indexed posts.
- Which partners hold each tier, since the list is missing from the text we have.
Try it
Open any company blog post you read this week and look at who wrote the comments. If an author name is a sales pitch or a sign-up line, skip it and report it if you can.
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