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Look, I know that some of you have your own forums. And you really LOVE your own forums.

But no one here needs to have their PM box spammed with invites to other forums. I'm sure there are about 20 different small forums, and a few other major ones that you guys would love to advertise.

The truth is, if every one of them did that, people would get pms constantly about them and it turns into a hassle.

Your signature and your about me can be used for advertising. In no other place on this forum is advertising acceptable.
 
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I thought it was okay to link to your off-site blog on the status thing? Is that in a different category?
 

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Links to a developer blog and links to livestream are acceptable in profile feeds. :)

What's not acceptable is the "join my forum/site" type of feeds and/or pm's.
 
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I thought it was okay to link to your off-site blog on the status thing? Is that in a different category?
That is different. Sorry for the confusion. This is mostly about people trying to advertise their forums/communities.

Status updates for blog post updates are A-Ok

... Luninjarea
 
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:ph34r:

And just so this post is not totally spam, if any of you are unsure about whether a link is considered advertising, feel free to pm me. :)
 

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The general rule of thumb: if you're trying to get people to join/watch something off site because of lack of exposure, it's probably advertizing.
 

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Good to know guys, thanks.
 

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Mako's breaking all the rules! [spam]

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On topic, this is a pretty set standard on most forums. In-fact I think this is already in the rules.
 

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On topic, this is a pretty set standard on most forums. In-fact I think this is already in the rules.
This is mostly a friendly reminder because we've had some problems recently.
 

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Question of Example.

If I want my friend "Z-Guy" to look at my wordpress or page I can't pm him about it?

Is that what you mean? or do you mean mass messages? I guess you mean for anything right?

The general rule of thumb: if you're trying to get people to join/watch something off site because of lack of exposure, it's probably advertizing.
I guess if I just go by this it will keep us all out of trouble.
 
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I would assume if you have a friend that you want to look at something, as long as he is okay with it and it's via PM that should be fine. He's your friend, and chances are you guys probably communicate in other areas. I think what they are talking about here is just randomly sending out PM's of invites, regardless of how well you know them or not. People begin to get annoyed or suspicious, and then report those pm's to a mod to look into or make it stop.

Basically, whoever you pm make sure they're comfortable with asking them to look at something in another site for you and make sure you know them well enough that they won't go complaining to TF.
 

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