Originally Posted by
bhatnasx
IMHO, (and emphasis on the IMHO) the reason the rule was changed is because it wasn't consistenly enforced and some mods just didn't seem to care if people were posting things in the sigs that other mods did (at least that's what it seemed like).
That has been my impression as well, and both you & I seem to be of minority opinion.
Even before the current sig policy went into effect, not all MODs took consistent action toward referral links in sig that I'd RBPed. That is very frustrating from a general member's POV, a policy that's not universally reinforced on FT.
Now we spell out and move on to a more "liberal" policy w/r/t links in sig, lumping line-cutting referrals, self-promo links and free ad under this blanket and open-to-interpretation coverage. Has FT become a better place because of it? Not in my book.