Petition: Allow posting of one own's website in their signature line
Aug 12, 2008, 12:05 pm
#16
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I am 100% against this. Too many people use sites like FT to sign up and help increase their rankings in search engines. And while I'm sure your intentions are good, I don't think it's a good idea to have the Talkboard police who does, and does not get to display their commercial links.
The moderation team already spends 100's of hourse cleaning up spam and other forms of commercial abuse.
The moderation team already spends 100's of hourse cleaning up spam and other forms of commercial abuse.
If you're passionate about it, Add it to your profile.
Aug 12, 2008, 5:08 pm
#17
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Whether an "exception" is granted to his mater KVS Tool threads, it beats me. Jenbel also pointed out another exception thread in CommunityBuzz! Forum. From what I can see, neither of these two "encourages" FTers promoting their own sites wherever they post.
I don't interpret nor reinforce TOS. Correct me if I am wrong. Based on my RBP correspondences with some mods, my impression is FT doesn't allow self-promoting commercial links (in one's signature or profile).
Aug 12, 2008, 5:18 pm
#18
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AFAIK, you are permitted to have a self-promoting or even commercial link in your profile, but not in your signature. The former does not subtract value from FT, IMHO, since profiles are only shown to people who look for them.
Aug 12, 2008, 5:29 pm
#19
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You mean for those who so desire, they can put the links in "Contact Info" (homepage, email...etc) but not in signature files. I assume no such link in the "Additional Information: Location & Programs" section as well, since those info is displayed and shown along with every post?
Aug 12, 2008, 5:33 pm
#20
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I see.
You mean for those who so desire, they can put the links in "Contact Info" (homepage, email...etc) but not in signature files. I assume no such link in the "Additional Information: Location & Programs" section as well, since those info is displayed and shown along with every post?
You mean for those who so desire, they can put the links in "Contact Info" (homepage, email...etc) but not in signature files. I assume no such link in the "Additional Information: Location & Programs" section as well, since those info is displayed and shown along with every post?
Aug 13, 2008, 2:05 am
#21
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Aug 13, 2008, 2:18 pm
#22
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Are we talking about "Commercial Signatures" or "Commercial Links in Signatures"?
Aug 13, 2008, 3:58 pm
#23
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Aug 13, 2008, 10:56 pm
#24
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So anaggie, there's your answer, just have your sig be...
********
Visit my website: internationalhidesandskins.com
********
Just get the actual hyperlink out.
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Visit my website: internationalhidesandskins.com
********
Just get the actual hyperlink out.
Aug 13, 2008, 11:48 pm
#25
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Aug 14, 2008, 11:01 am
#26
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How about disabling the ability to put links in a signature for new member. After all, they are not allowed to put links in posts for a certain amount of time.
I just reported another newbie commercial spammer with links in his signature.
I just reported another newbie commercial spammer with links in his signature.
Aug 14, 2008, 12:05 pm
#27
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Aug 14, 2008, 1:32 pm
#28
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Aug 14, 2008, 1:42 pm
#29
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Actually, it is:
I dunno... that seems pretty commercial to me.
Interestingly enought it also goes against the "Limit your signature to two lines." rule.
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Interestingly enought it also goes against the "Limit your signature to two lines." rule.
Aug 14, 2008, 2:28 pm
#30
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He's a travel employee who "works" in a forum on FT. His sig denotes who he is and that what he's posting is "fact" vs "conjecture".
A lot different than someone wanting to shill something, like, say Amway via a link on a sig.
The world is not black and white. I have no problem with the Lurker's sig.
A lot different than someone wanting to shill something, like, say Amway via a link on a sig.
The world is not black and white. I have no problem with the Lurker's sig.
Last edited by skofarrell; Aug 14, 2008 at 2:35 pm