[wp-forums] The subtle distinctions between self promotion and assistance

[Mark Duncan]

Sure it's self promotion[1], but i've seen numerous[2] "Annoucement of 
new plugin that does X" threads on the forum, i always been under the 
impression users can annouce(though not repeatedly) that they've 
released a plugin on the repo via the forum...

How else would users know about it?
Other than browsing/searching the plugin repository?

[1] - 
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-new-tool-for-blog-developers?replies=1&view=all#post-2054183 


[2] - Examples of plugin annoucements
  - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-plugin-1
  - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-plugin-keywordluv
  - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/new-plugin-quick-dashlinks

NOTE: Just the first 3 threads i found with a quick forum search(i 
realise they're old threads - digging through threads is no fun with the 
volume of threads the .org forum has).

Mark / t31os

On 13/04/2011 14:18, ipstenu at ipstenu.org wrote:
> Marking him as a bozo for now will make it easier to ... monitor? For
> lack of a better term.
>
> My issue is that lately he's taken to just replying to people "My plugin
> will fix it!" when that's actually not the case. He says he wants to
> help, and his track record really does indicate that, yes, he's a good
> guy at heart, but he's ... trying to hard? I'm not sure how else to say
> 'Dude, your plugin isn't the solution for EVERYONE. Listen to what
> they're saying, understand THEIR problem, and solve it for them. Not you.'
>
> And this post was 100% shameless self promotion:
>
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-new-tool-for-blog-developers?replies=1&view=all#post-2054183
>
>
> There were a couple others I've deleted that were just ... He was acting
> like an annoying API bot on Twitter 'You said Communist! Red Scare Bot
> will tweet at you, now!'
>
> That was why I pointed out that if you're on the forums to support your
> plugin, fine. But if you're here to HELP, then you need to be altruistic
> and provide help WITHOUT just pimping your stuff.
>
> Quoting Mark Duncan <wp-t31os at ntlworld.com>:
>
>> Been having a read through his site and support topics and i think he
>> has well placed intentions for the most part, i'd love to see a
>> positive solution in place of adding another user to the long list of
>> spammers..
>>
>> Perhaps someone could outline the issues we have, and give him
>> directions on what to do to correct those problems, this at least
>> gives the user an opportunity to turn a negative reaction into a
>> positive one..
>>
>> Just my .2 ..
>>
>> Mark / t31os
>>
>> On 13/04/2011 12:20, Jane Wells wrote:
>>> On 4/13/11 7:19 AM, Mika A Epstein wrote:
>>>> If no one has by the time I'm off the train and in the office, I'll
>>>> strip his links.
>>>>
>>> On second thought, in light of the post esmi linked to, let's just mark
>>> him as spam.
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