Is there a rule on the forum you cannot post links to your site in your posts?

12 years ago

You can post links to your posts as long as you don't overdo it, and it is 100% relevant to the topic being discussed and you think it will help someone who has a question related to it. Even if it is slightly irrelevant, posting a link will get you into trouble.

You can post a link to your blog in your signature - that is the norm around here, as you must have seen. You would have to have a really good reason for posting it in the body of your reply.

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rosetrees

12 years ago

Yes. Self promotion isn't allowed here. You can add a link to your own site(s) in your signature, but be careful to make sure that your posts aren't being made just to promote your link.

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wilken

12 years ago

Thanks everyone for your replies. I find it a little bit too restrictive though. If I've written a post 1700 words long on my blog, I think it's stupid (not to mention it won't be a fresh content) to copy-paste it here. It's also pointless to retell it in its entirety. So, I think, making a short summary and posting a link to the full post makes a lot of sense. Without the link, on the other hand, the summary is not enough to describe everything written in the original post.

I think such policies have driven away many (great) people from this and similar forums and I cannot understand this. Such rules should be applied on a case by case principle, not just blindly following them.

Thanks again for all answers.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

Thanks everyone for your replies. I find it a little bit too restrictive though. If I've written a post 1700 words long on my blog, I think it's stupid (not to mention it won't be a fresh content) to copy-paste it here. It's also pointless to retell it in its entirety. So, I think, making a short summary and posting a link to the full post makes a lot of sense. Without the link, on the other hand, the summary is not enough to describe everything written in the original post.

I think such policies have driven away many (great) people from this and similar forums and I cannot understand this. Such rules should be applied on a case by case principle, not just blindly following them.

Thanks again for all answers.

No, no no! You're not thinking about the big picture. Can you imagine the way the forum would look if everyone were allowed to post links to their websites in every post?

Why our beloved forum would turn into a spam fest and look like the Sunday Classifieds.

The quality of the forum would degrade quickly, and the sense of community be all but lost among the clutter of spamming.

You can dream and want and wish all you want, but it is never going to happen. It wouldn't be in the best interests of the forum, sorry.

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Gene Pimentel 12 years ago

A forum is a place for active discussion - not for posting content/articles. If you feel your article deserves attention, there is a separate section of the forum for you to post articles.
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Alexa Smith

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

If I've written a post 1700 words long on my blog, I think it's stupid (not to mention it won't be a fresh content) to copy-paste it here. It's also pointless to retell it in its entirety. So, I think, making a short summary and posting a link to the full post makes a lot of sense.

Paul Myers will correct me if I'm wrong about this, but I think you can do exactly that by posting the short summary and the link to the rest (or indeed the entire article, which is what I'd probably prefer to do, myself) in the "Articles" Forum: Articles

(It's true that you have to pay some nominal monthly amount to post there, but I think it's the ideal "home" for the kind of material you're suggesting?).

Originally Posted by wilken

Like in the title, is there a rule on the forum you cannot post links to your site in your posts?

I think there are circumstances under which it's tolerated, such as answering a specific question from a fellow-Warrior, but that's clearly a whole different ball-game from starting a thread to do it? One has a self-promotional connotation; the other just a "helping out" one.

That's not unreasonable, is it, especially when the "Articles" Forum is there for people who want to start a thread to do it?

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*Pants* Sorry...I'm...late. Girls.

I was going to say ... there's no way we should have to get through a discussion of this nature without your pictorial input, at least ...

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R Hagel

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

I think such policies have driven away many (great) people from this and similar forums and I cannot understand this.

Totally agree.

If we opened up the rules according to your suggestions, why I bet this forum would have at least 500,000 members... instead of the meager, even laughable 476,151 members that it currently has. Never mind that this place would look more like an article-directory dumping ground than a discussion forum.

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Bill Farnham

12 years ago

Originally Posted by R Hagel

If we opened up the rules according to your suggestions, why I bet this forum would have at least 500,000 members... instead of the meager, even laughable 476,151 members that it currently has. Never mind that this place would look more like an article-directory dumping ground than a discussion forum.

Could we please keep the logic to a minimum here. You people are totally ruining a perfectly good thread on the virtues of malcontentness.

Get a grip...

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Paul Myers

12 years ago

Becky,

If we opened up the rules according to your suggestions, why I bet this forum would have at least 500,000 members... instead of the meager, even laughable 476,151 members that it currently has. Never mind that this place would look more like an article-directory dumping ground than a discussion forum.

See why we named the Gibbsmack Button after you?

In all fairness, wilken didn't say the forum would be ruined without the change s/he prefers. Just that we'd lose some good people as a result of the current policy. And that's true. The thing s/he and everyone else who says that misses is that we'd lose good people if we adopted their policies, too. Any set of rules will turn away some group.

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Becky,See why we named the Gibbsmack Button after you?

In all fairness, wilken didn't say the forum would be ruined without the change s/he prefers. Just that we'd lose some good people as a result of the current policy. And that's true. The thing s/he and everyone else who says that misses is that we'd lose good people if we adopted their policies, too. Any set of rules will turn away some group.

Paul

Unfortunately, you are one of the very few that actually have paid any attention to what I am saying. I will not continue this "discussion" cause there are some (and especially one) people with thousands of posts here that are a shame for the forum. I know nobody would agree with this on the thread but I had to say it. So, this is my last post on the subject.

I'm well aware that any change will bring some people in and drive others away. But this is not necessarily bad. As I see the current situation here, there are a few hypocrites and even plain liars, there are also (similar to other forums, of course) a lot of pseudo intelligent and pretentious people. So a change can be good, yet I don't expect it to happen. This is not the end of the world though. And let's face it, one can never make a popular forum like this if it depends only on a minority (of "good" people). So, for the profit of the forum it's probably Ok.

To Joe Robinson, it might be strange for you but there is nothing to opt in on the site I posted. Yes, there are a few products on the site but they are not on the page posted here, they are not even related to the subject and in order somebody to reach them at least several clicks will be needed. Practically, no chance at all to make a sale this way and this has never been my intention.

I just tried to be helpful. Well, it didn't work. Nothing to die for.

Last thing... The guy pretending to explain "what happened" actually has not written almost anything true in his explanation. But then, he has had the most ridiculous behavior during the whole "discussion" so this is not a surprise at all. If I were the owner of the forum I would definitely kick such pretentious liars out. For the price of his 4000 posts probably hundreds of better people have been driven away.

There is a lot of malice in the forum (I've witnessed many cases of ill-founded assaults on mostly newer members) and this is even a bigger problem than deleting relevant links. And of course, it drives even more good people away. A few well established rotten apples are enough to drive ten times bigger audience away.

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Joseph Robinson Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

I was going to say ... there's no way we should have to get through a discussion of this nature without your pictorial input, at least ...

I do what I can. Someone has to help the visual learners out there :rolleyes:.
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sbucciarel

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

If I've written a post 1700 words long on my blog, I think it's stupid (not to mention it won't be a fresh content) to copy-paste it here. It's also pointless to retell it in its entirety. So, I think, making a short summary and posting a link to the full post makes a lot of sense. Without the link, on the other hand, the summary is not enough to describe everything written in the original post.

Not only can you not post links but you cannot copy/paste your articles here. They will be deleted.

You want to discuss something, discuss it. The WF is not an article directory or an opportunity for backlinks. Just imagine the WF with everyone just pasting their blog post excerpts and backlinks to their sites. It's very easy to see why the rule is in place.

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wilken

12 years ago

Well, actually I do not agree. I do not see how it will turn the forum into a spam fest if the rules are applied on a case by case basis. I absolutely do not agree with this.
Not to mention that because of some other rules (for having 50 posts or whatever), there is already a lot of spam in the forum. The rules should be applied with care in order to produce rgeat results. I don't see it to be this way in the moment. Sorry, it's unpleasant to be said but it's the truth.

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Gene Pimentel

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

Well, actually I do not agree. I do not see how it will turn the forum into a spam fest if the rules are applied on a case by case basis.

That would require a full time employee or two for a forum this size. Who foots that bill?

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel

That would require a full time employee or two for a forum this size. Who foots that bill?

Well, somebody is doing this moderation right now, anyway. Somebody is deleting links/posts. So it won't require much more time. It's fairly easy to recognize whether something is spam or not.
All I'm saying is that the excessive moderation mutilates certain discussions.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

Well, somebody is doing this moderation right now, anyway. Somebody is deleting links/posts. So it won't require much more time. It's fairly easy to recognize whether something is spam or not.
All I'm saying is that the excessive moderation mutilates certain discussions.

If it were done on a case by case basis it would indeed take more time.

Not all members are putting links in their posts now at all.

The moderation does indeed mutilate certain discussions, discussions that are against the rules.

Speaking of the rules, have you even read them?

Terra

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wilken 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Speaking of the rules, have you even read them?

Terra

Yes, I have read them. I started the topic because I wasn't able to find anything against posting such links.
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Fernando Veloso 12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

All I'm saying is that the excessive moderation mutilates certain discussions.

Now that's an awesome image... Mods mutilating discussions...

Where's Joe and his meme's?
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- wilken 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso
  
  Now that's an awesome image... Mods mutilating discussions...
  
  Where's Joe and his meme's?
  
  What is so surprising here? Mods are mutilating discussions on thousands of boards out there. It's nothing new.
  I've also been a moderator on a couple of forums and I dare to say that I have always been very careful in this job.
  
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  Fernando Veloso 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso
  
  Now that's an awesome image... Mods mutilating discussions...
  
  Originally Posted by wilken
  
  What is so surprising here?
  
  Beside people imagining Mods mutilating discussions? :p
  
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- Joseph Robinson Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso
  
  Now that's an awesome image... Mods mutilating discussions...
  
  Where's Joe and his meme's?
  
  *Pants* Sorry...I'm...late. Girls.
  
  You hit the nail on the head, OP. Everyone linking to their articles is all about stimulating conversation! It's not like it takes away the "discussion" part of the discussion and sends them away to another site to go read. And the fact that they get to see your site that may or may not have an opt in or a product to sell? Well, who would ever post a link to their stuff just to try to snag some subscribers/money?
  
  Mods are idiots. They roam the forum like vultures trying to find stimulating conversations to shut down.
  
  Oh...oh no. Here comes one now! Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnn!
  
  Yes, I am entirely OK with how far I went to make the picture relevant.
  
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Dan Allard

12 years ago

Like MissTerraK said, this place would quickly become full of people promoting their crap and the quality of this forum would suffer. Rather than "driving people away" the policies actually make this forum a better place.

Not to mention a forum is for discussion. (lol looks like Gene Pimentel beat me to that point)

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Dan Allard

Like MissTerraK said, this place would quickly become full of people promoting their crap and the quality of this forum would suffer. Rather than "driving people away" the policies actually make this forum a better place.

Not to mention a forum is for discussion. (lol looks like Gene Pimentel beat me to that point)

If you are honest enough you would probably admit that this or any forum is already full of people promoting their crap.

Judging links on a case by case basis won't contribute for more spam in any way.

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Gene Pimentel

12 years ago

There is hardly "excessive moderation" here. Preventing people from posting links to their websites does not in any way "mutilate certain discussions". Ir encourages conversation on the topics at hand. That's the purpose of a forum. Discussion. Not links to exterior resources that are self-serving.

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel

There is hardly "excessive moderation" here. Preventing people from posting links to their websites does not in any way "mutilate certain discussions". Ir encourages conversation on the topics at hand. That's the purpose of a forum. Discussion. Not links to exterior resources that are self-serving.

This is simply not true.

Preventing people from getting enough information obviously mutilates the discussion.
The bigger problem I see though is that many people are already mutilated themselves. You automatically asume that all links to exterior resources are self-promoting. And of course, this is wrong. The whole idea of the Internet is absed on this. And it's not serious to say that links are an obstacle. If people want to discuss something the link could only help. and I'm not talking for spam links. Surprisingly enough, there are millions of links that are not spam.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

This is simply not true.

Preventing people from getting enough information obviously mutilates the discussion.
The bigger problem I see though is that many people are already mutilated themselves. You automatically asume that all links to exterior resources are self-promoting. And of course, this is wrong. The whole idea of the Internet is absed on this. And it's not serious to say that links are an obstacle. If people want to discuss something the link could only help. and I'm not talking for spam links. Surprisingly enough, there are millions of links that are not spam.

Quite frankly, people who look for more information on the net use the search engines. That's what they are there for. The forum is not a search engine although it has a wonderful search option.

Perhaps if you want to drive more traffic to your site, you could concentrate on ranking it in the search engines rather than trying to use the forum?

Terra

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Perhaps if you want to drive more traffic to your site, you could concentrate on ranking it in the search engines rather than trying to use the forum?

Terra

Everyone wants to drive more traffic to a site but my intention was not to use the forum for this. I just wanted to share some useful info and it was quite long. I don't think I should rewrite 1700 words just because of someone's phobia. It's pointless. Whatever, people usually prefer to burn themselves on their own.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

Everyone wants to drive more traffic to a site but my intention was not to use the forum for this. I just wanted to share some useful info and it was quite long. I don't think I should rewrite 1700 words just because of someone's phobia. It's pointless. Whatever, people usually prefer to burn themselves on their own.

As Gene mentioned to you, we do have the perfect place for you to post your 1700 words right here. Articles

Have you checked it out yet?

Terra

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wilken 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

As Gene mentioned to you, we do have the perfect place for you to post your 1700 words right here. Articles

Have you checked it out yet?

Terra

I'm aware of it but again, this will assume to rewrite the article if I've already posted it on my site. And it does not make sense. If I am a visitor of let's say 5 forums, should I rewrite an article 5 times in order to post it "appropriately" on each of the forums? It's way better to make it once and post links to it. This is the whole point of the Internet as I've already said. And it does not prevent a good discussion.
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Dan Curtis 12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

The bigger problem I see though is that many people are already mutilated themselves.

The whole idea of the Internet is absed on this.

This is a problem. We don't need any more self-mutilation.

On the other hand I don't know if I would agree that the whole idea of the internet is absed on this.
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- Kay King 12 years ago
  
  If I am a visitor of let's say 5 forums, should I rewrite an article 5 times in order to post it
  
  No - not for this forum at least. It's a discussion forum - not a "post my article" forum. It's not a "visit my website - here's the link" forum either. That's just how it is. There is an article section if you want to use it.
  
  I do understand what you are saying - but what others are saying is "no". No one likes being told "no" but sometimes that's the answer to the question.
  
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David Sneen

12 years ago

True, there are millions of links that are not spam. But, just go to Twitter. Most of the links are spam. Those that are not are often hastily compiled, so they have the tweets necessary to put up a self-promoting link. There is very little interaction; almost no conversation.

My point; if you open up the links, there will be a lot more spam...a lot less conversation.

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Sneen

True, there are millions of links that are not spam. But, just go to Twitter. Most of the links are spam. Those that are not are often hastily compiled, so they have the tweets necessary to put up a self-promoting link. There is very little interaction; almost no conversation.

My point; if you open up the links, there will be a lot more spam...a lot less conversation.

I agree about Twitter. Also I've said there are millions of links that are not spam but I won't deny there are billions of links that are spam.

The links are open even now. All I'm saying is that it does not help deleting every link because of some self-promoting fear.

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Frank Donovan

12 years ago

This is a silly discussion.

Even if each post was considered on its own merit (a task which would be next to impossible to administer), there'd be nothing stopping a poster swapping out any links at a later date to point them to whatever site or offer he wanted.

Ain't gonna happen.

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Frank Donovan

This is a silly discussion.

Even if each post was considered on its own merit (a task which would be next to impossible to administer), there'd be nothing stopping a poster swapping out any links at a later date to point them to whatever site or offer he wanted.

Ain't gonna happen.

Frank

Hm, I see actually a lot of links right now that are not deleted. What about them? Couldn't they be swapped too?
You assume that everyone is bad. This is not the right approach. Even in the court you're supposed to be guilty only when a verdict is pronounced.

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Fernando Veloso

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

Hm, I see actually a lot of links right now that are not deleted. What about them? Couldn't they be swapped too?
You assume that everyone is bad. This is not the right approach. Even in the court you're supposed to be guilty only when a verdict is pronounced.

Funny.

That's the opposite of what you say in here, in another thread of yours: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...mmissions.html

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wilken 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso

Funny.

That's the opposite of what you say in here, in another thread of yours: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...mmissions.html

Nothing funny here.
The only one pretending to be a clown is you.
Obviously, there was a link in that post that was deleted.
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- Fernando Veloso 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by wilken
  
  Nothing funny here.
  The only one pretending to be a clown is you.
  Obviously, there was a link in that post that was deleted.
  
  Sure was a link in there... Deleted by Mods. Which then deleted the whole thread.
  
  But I can explain what happened - since you keep missing it and most people here don't have a clue:
  
  Your thread was nuked to eternity cause you were making pretty hard accusations towards 3 major hosting companies - and when I advised you to "at least provide proof" of those "illegal activities", you got all sensible and denied providing proof.
  
  Remember you saying you don't need to provide proof cause you know it's real?
  
  (Well, guess that settles it, then...)
  
  But you insist on taking it personal, when in fact, I was being polite and pleasant with you.
  
  Honestly I usually don't waste my time with people like YOU and crap like that - being a FC Porto fan I am used to listen far worse, and I know it's a retarded, low life way to change focus when people need to distract the path of a discussion.
  
  That's just part of this thing we call "being alive". Sometimes we meet good people, sometimes we just can't stand the smell in the room.
  
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Rod Cortez

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

Hm, I see actually a lot of links right now that are not deleted. What about them? Couldn't they be swapped too?
You assume that everyone is bad. This is not the right approach. Even in the court you're supposed to be guilty only when a verdict is pronounced.

Wilken,

The moderators take the entire post into account. You have to bear in mind that they've seen and read thousands of posts, checked IP addresses, sometimes have read the posters previous posts, etc. and have a lot of experience under their belt. Also bear in mind they have some discretion on how they enforce both the written and unwritten rules in this forum.

So while you might think you weren't violating any of the rules, they thought differently.

This is a public forum, but it's privately owned. If the moderators did not moderate the way they do for a forum of this size, it would go to hell in a handbasket in a matter of a few hours.

We have an article section in this forum to use for people who want to post their articles. You can also post to your own blog here as long as it follows the forum's guidelines.

This is a discussion forum and if something is deemed too self-promotional or if the post violates another of the forum's rules, then it will get deleted. Arguing how this forum is run after more than a decade and half of being around where the mods have seen just about everything is pretty pointless.

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The only one pretending to be a clown is you.

A friend of mine has three cats that grew up from the same litter. When one catches a mouse, he brings it inside and all three take turns playing with it, then ignoring it. A really good mouse lasts for a day or so.

You, sir, are unlikely to be that fortunate.

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wilken

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

Wilken,

The moderators take the entire post into account. You have to bear in mind that they've seen and read thousands of posts, checked IP addresses, sometimes have read the posters previous posts, etc. and have a lot of experience under their belt. Also bear in mind they have some discretion on how they enforce both the written and unwritten rules in this forum.

So while you might think you weren't violating any of the rules, they thought differently.

This is a public forum, but it's privately owned. If the moderators did not moderate the way they do for a forum of this size, it would go to hell in a handbasket in a matter of a few hours.

We have an article section in this forum to use for people who want to post their articles. You can also post to your own blog here as long as it follows the forum's guidelines.

This is a discussion forum and if something is deemed too self-promotional or if the post violates another of the forum's rules, then it will get deleted. Arguing how this forum is run after more than a decade and half of being around where the mods have seen just about everything is pretty pointless.

RoD

I agree with almost everything in your post. I've been a mod too so I know what it is like on the other side. I am just expressing my opinion and even my experience. It's a fact that certain practicies drive a lot of good people away so everything should be applied carefully. I know that on a such huge forum, driving a few people away is not so important. But this is my opinion and I express it. I do not expect to change the rules.

I do not expect to change the way they are applied either but who knows...

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JohnMcCabe

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

This is simply not true.

Preventing people from getting enough information obviously mutilates the discussion.
The bigger problem I see though is that many people are already mutilated themselves. You automatically asume that all links to exterior resources are self-promoting. And of course, this is wrong. The whole idea of the Internet is absed on this. And it's not serious to say that links are an obstacle. If people want to discuss something the link could only help. and I'm not talking for spam links. Surprisingly enough, there are millions of links that are not spam.

I was going to just let this discussion slide by as another whiner crying that they didn't get to do what they want to do.

The problems arise because, while your motives may be pure as the driven snow, those of others are not.

Even if we posit that the link you posted was indeed worthwhile and relevant, allowing it opens the doors for the forum lawyers to point and argue that their link is just as relevant as yours. Then it gets down to a value judgment, and discussions like this one.

Multiply that by the number of people who could get into those arguments and even the able moderators here would go insane.

It isn't even the links that cause the problems - members can render their own judgments about the value of a link by using or not using the report function (the little red and white triangle under the poster's name). If enough members report a post, it goes into moderation for one of the official mods to check out.

The problem comes from the interminable arguments, good intentions or not, over whether each disputed link should be allowed or not.

It is what it is, my friend. You can argue all day about how unfair it is, and maybe in isolated cases, it is. But running this place like the benevolent dictatorship that it is has been working well.

So the choice you have to make is whether you can live with that or whether you should watch that the door doesn't hit you on the way out.

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wilken 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe

You can argue all day about how unfair it is, and maybe in isolated cases, it is.

I am not saying it is unfair. It is a private forum after all.
Most of the people miss the point anyway.
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- Paul Myers 12 years ago
  
  Wilken,
  
  Well, actually I do not agree. I do not see how it will turn the forum into a spam fest if the rules are applied on a case by case basis. I absolutely do not agree with this.
  
  And the disagreement turns into arguments about where the line should be drawn. That has already been covered several times.
  
  Those don't tend to remain civil discussions. Even if there was enough time in a day to engage in all of them, they're counter-productive, because people have to WIN, DAMMIT, even when the goal of the rules is for everyone to win.
  
  It gets nasty. Such as when people get their egos involved and start calling other members clowns for having different opinions.
  
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Raydal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by wilken

Like in the title, is there a rule on the forum you cannot post links to your site in your posts?

I think the simple answer to your question is that is depends on
the CONTEXT.

Self-promotion is of course discouraged but people post links to
their sites all the time when asking for a critique.

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tryinhere

12 years ago

A funny subject, there are some here and all they do is post a useless one liner with a link to an article / the huffer and puffer post comes to mind along with many others / these are posted daily.

I often wondered if i posted a few short words then just attached links to articles in my sites how long I would last.

I never bothered asking the question, as it really makes no difference to me what people do here but given this post / the questions out there / what about all of this huffnpuff type posts surly they must fall into the exact same category as above ? / a grey line

of course as above the link does not go to a personal post / my error

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 12 years ago

I will not continue this "discussion"

They say four days after the thread stopped. :rolleyes:

It's a discussion forum - not a "post my article" forum.

There you go. Can't get any more clear cut.

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Nixgan

12 years ago

One word , YES !

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sbucciarel Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nixgan

One word , NO!

Read much? Guess not. Let me Fix that for You
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  Originally Posted by sbucciarel
  
  Read much? Guess not. Let me Fix that for You
  
  Or "Eight Words! - Read all thread so no looky like plonker".
  
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Banned 12 years ago

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sbucciarel Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Warrior Machine

If its yes. That's so rude. If I try to help one out with a certain site, how would I do that I my post is deleted for a link share?

Depends on the link. Link to your own site will most likely be deleted. Link to an outside resource that is not an affiliate link, and it most likely will stick.

Far too many people try the link to the own site, even using the appropriate hyperlink keywords and think they're being oh so clever by using the forum for their little backlink farm. Let one do it and many will do it.

There are ample opportunities for advertising on this forum, from your own signature to WSOs, Classifieds, Complete Sites for Sale, Warriors for Hire, Banner Ad, Article Directory, etc.
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