[wp-forums] This post looks suspiciously advertastic

[Mika A Epstein]

Three things bother me about the post.

1) The URL has WordPress in it, which means he doesn't know jack about the community (or he's naive, could go either way, and neither I care to give money to)
2) His site doesn't use WordPress
3) His site is broken. FAQ and contact form don't work.

Which I hope is enough to keep people away, but it strikes me as a bit shady.

I don't care about advertising, I care about honest ones :) Heck, I'll pimp a paid for site if it's the best way to do something! But he pinged my radar somehow.

On 17 Oct 2010, at 1:16:33AM, James Huff wrote:

> Never mind, the OP replied while I was typing, so I won't be removing this one. I hope zurvio enjoys the revenue generated by his free ad space on our forums.
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> On Oct 16, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Joni Mueller wrote:
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>> Ha. I'm usually the one who points those out. (And got accused of "picking on" someone on LinkedIn for pointing it out.)   But notwithstanding the URL, had it been mikesmoveyourwp.com, I still say there's no reason why if someone has some product or service that provides a solution -- whether it's pay or free -- they should be prohibited from posting that link.  
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>> I do object to the posting of such links completely out of context to the topic at hand (which was the situation at LinkedIn).
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>> Joni Mueller
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>> From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com [wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Mika A Epstein [ipstenu at ipstenu.org]
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>> No, but there IS a 'no WordPress in your URL' law, as it were.
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