[wp-forums] Shall I tag for this

andrew nevins andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
Thu Mar 27 08:17:30 UTC 2014


Okay, but it'll mean certain promoters will thrive on the forums



On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Drew <xoodrew at gmail.com> wrote:

> My only point is that sometimes the information is available somewhere else
> in a more efficient form.
>
> It's fairly obvious if somebody is trying to link to something shady, so
> blanket-enforcing the "no-linking" rule could actually make solving the
> problem harder on all involved.
>
> Let's be moderators, not gatekeepers.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:54 AM, andrew nevins <
> andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > > Somebody will always be promoted in any instance.
> > I thought that was the point, you tell them not to link at all so that
> you
> > avoid someone being promoted
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Drew <xoodrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a difference between me linking to one of my own videos vs
> > > somebody else's video? Somebody will always be promoted in any
> instance.
> > >
> > > And if helps the OP understand how to fix their problem I guess I just
> > > don't see the harm.  As long as they aren't charging for the video or
> > other
> > > linked instructions,  I don't see how this would be any different than,
> > > say, linking to a text tutorial in a pastebin.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:28 AM, andrew nevins <
> > > andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yeah, but I was under the impression that you shouldn't let people
> link
> > > to
> > > > their sites like that
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Drew <xoodrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I wouldn't. People are gonna do what they're gonna do, and I don't
> > see
> > > > > anything wrong with it. I've pointed people to YouTube tutorials
> > > several
> > > > > times before. A video often serves as a better resource than typing
> > it
> > > > all
> > > > > out anyway.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:05 AM, andrew nevins <
> > > > > andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I asked someone not to link to their YouTube channel, so they
> > didn't,
> > > > but
> > > > > > then told the OP to search for them on YouTube instead
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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