[wp-forums] problematic profile image?

[Eric Mann]

That sounds fair to me.  I guess I just wanted to make sure this was a rule and
not an arbitrary moderation activity.

On July 21, 2010 at 2:51 PM esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net> wrote:

> on 21/07/2010 15:39 Eric Mann said the following:
> <snip>
> > But the second part of my question has been a bit lost - would placing a
> > Twitter
> > handle in a gravatar still constitute "spamming?"  It's not promoting a
> > business, just referring interested parties to an outside service.
>
> To keep things as simple as possible, I'd argue yes - it would. If
> people wish to contact you, they can do so indirectly via your profile &
> your own site. This means that users have to actively look for your
> contact info.
>
> Anything in a gravator or any similar information placed in a post as
> (for example) a .sig, depends on passive activity. Forum users are
> confronted with contact info whether they wanted it or not.
>
> Please bear in mind that I'm not passing judgement here. Just trying to
> define a rule that's as simple as possible to understand & apply.
>
> Mel / esmi
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