Commercial Messages Section of Rules
Feb 20, 2007 | 7:31 am
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Commercial Messages Section of Rules
I just posted the comment below in this thread.
In summary, it looks to me like the Commercial Messages portion of the rules needs to be more clearly defined, because many of the posts that I would certainly consider useful on Flyertalk are "promotional" or "testimonial" posts about useful products, services, and providers that Flyertalkers use and sharing those experiences with other members, but it seems to me that such "testimonials" could easily fall afoul of the current Commercial Messages rules. I think specifically we may wish to disallow users from posting referral links unless they are clearly identified as such and restricted to the SPAM forum in specific Conga threads.
Which rule? It's a gray area at best that could be covered under Commercial Messages, but quite frankly that section of the rules is so broadly written that it is uneforceable in a consistent manner here on Flyertalk. My message above for instance could just as easily be considered a violation under that rule for promoting both EVReward.com and Esnipe.com as dvs' post promoting BigCrumbs, but I think most folks would agree my message was just a "testimonial", and quite frankly I think dvs' was too, even if they did include a referral link.
