[wp-forums] Affiliate links

[Vicki Frei]

On 4/27/2006 7:33:29 AM, Podz (podz at tamba2.org.uk) wrote:
> I just moderated a post which had a link in.
> The link was an affiliate link but this was not indicated anywhere.
> I have not the slightest problem with doing what I did.
> 
> The rules do not cover affiliate links at all.
> 
> My feeling is that our forums are not the place for affiliate links
> UNLESS this is spelt out in crystal clear language
> ("If you click my
> link and buy something then I get x$$$$"). I do think
> we have users who
> will not know how these things work and in such cases an affiliate link
> exploits their ignorance. I think that's bad. In fact I still think they
> are bad - the "Who is the best host" threads are full of them sometimes.
> 
> Ban?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> P.

Delete and ban, now that the verbiage is in place....

V