[wp-forums] To what extent should weallowvolunteerstoplacelinks to their site

Sun Sep 27 15:00:02 UTC 2009

I think it's fair to characterize those kind of posts as spam.  IMHO

MichaelH

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From: "t31os" <wp_t31os at t31os.co.uk>
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to their site

> Hi Michael (and all readers),
>
> Shall i take it these kinds of posts can "generally" be considered spam?
>
> It's certainly not the first account of this type I've seen, and they are
> primarily the type of accounts I was targeting in my previous comments.
>
> Thanks,
> Rgds,
>
> t31os
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Michael E.
> Hancock
> Sent: 27 September 2009 15:12
> To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> Subject: Re: [wp-forums] To what extent should we
> allowvolunteerstoplacelinks to their site
>
> Cleaned up.
>
> Thanks.
>
> MichaelH
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "t31os" <wp_t31os at t31os.co.uk>
> To: <wp-forums at lists.automattic.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 9:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [wp-forums] To what extent should we allow
> volunteerstoplacelinks to their site
>
>
>> Just to follow up on my previous comments regarding link promoting in the
>> form of help..
>>
>> Here's an example.
>> http://wordpress.org/support/profile/4595514
>>
>> Absolutely no user activity other then that to promote his solution.. I
>> wanted to offer a good clear example, and spotted this guy today.
>>
>> Opinions?
>>
>> Rgds,
>>
>> t31os
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>> [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of t31os
>> Sent: 24 September 2009 16:57
>> To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
>> Subject: Re: [wp-forums] To what extent should we allow volunteers
>> toplacelinks to their site
>>
>> Hi Michael (and all),
>>
>> I do not wish to stir trouble regarding users posting links, and I don't
>> wish to hinder help in the forums, after all it's tough enough on those
>> that
>> do try to devote their time in helping others. Of course the thread above
>> is
>> a clear example of me doing the opposite (lucky it didn't get nasty), but
>> as
>> I said there in the thread, forget it, I'll get over it..
>>
>> My point was simply this..
>>
>> There seems to be a growing trend (perhaps I'm imaging that though) of
>> users
>> posting links to their sites only to give more vague and inferior
>> solutions
>> to questions that are well documented in the Codex (I'd wager they may
>> even
>> be aware of this). Not always, granted there are some very friendly and
>> helpful users that do offer valid and friendly help (I try to be one when
>> I
>> can).
>>
>> I also see this with promoting particular plugins or solutions, authors
>> digging up multiple threads just so they can pimp their solution to a
>> given
>> problem. This would be great if they were filling a niche (something 
>> noone
>> else has done and people have asked for), heck I've posted a couple of
>> threads like that myself, but I've seen posts dug up for common (well
>> documented problems) numerous times simply so the user can link to 
>> his/her
>> own site promoting their given method to X.
>>
>> I think for me, there seems to be this margin of flexibility surrounding
>> posting of links depending on the nature and reasoning of the link 
>> posted.
>>
>> If users can post links to their sites every time they offer a fix to a
>> problem (even if it's well documented already) then I can see this issue
>> growing exponentially as other users catch on and realise they can
>> circumvent link posting rules and advertise, just as long as they do it 
>> in
>> the form of help.
>>
>> By all means if anyone thinks I'm just a picky old fool, then point it
>> out,
>> we're all adults here and I won't take it personally.
>>
>> Rgds,
>> t31os
>>
>> Mark (if you prefer).
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>> [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Michael E.
>> Hancock
>> Sent: 24 September 2009 15:20
>> To: WordPress Forum
>> Subject: [wp-forums] To what extent should we allow volunteers to
>> placelinks
>> to their site
>>
>> A recent thread in the Forums [1] raises the question, "To what extent
>> should we allow volunteers to place links to their site when answering
>> questions in the Forum?"
>>
>> What's the proper policy?
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] http://wordpress.org/support/topic/312391
>>
>>
>>
>> MichaelH
>>
>>
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