diff --git a/background.js b/background.js
index ae1f7e45..f2759f1f 100644
--- a/background.js
+++ b/background.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function submitVote(type, UUID, callback) {
         }
 
         //publish this vote
-        sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/voteOnSponsorTime?UUID=" + UUID + "&userID=" + userID + "&type=" + type, function(xmlhttp, error) {
+        sendRequestToServer("POST", "/api/voteOnSponsorTime?UUID=" + UUID + "&userID=" + userID + "&type=" + type, function(xmlhttp, error) {
             if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
                 callback({
                     successType: 1
diff --git a/content.js b/content.js
index 55f2a3ca..71164509 100644
--- a/content.js
+++ b/content.js
@@ -652,9 +652,9 @@ function skipToTime(v, index, sponsorTimes, openNotice) {
         }
     }
 
-    //send telemetry that a this sponsor was skipped happened
+    //send telemetry that a this sponsor was skipped
     if (trackViewCount && !sponsorSkipped[index]) {
-        sendRequestToServer("GET", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
+        sendRequestToServer("POST", "/api/viewedVideoSponsorTime?UUID=" + currentUUID);
 
         if (!disableAutoSkip) {
             // Count this as a skip