I voted to stickie
However,
4. No referral code (ref link)
I am so mixed about this. As the absolutely most prominent site for bitcoins talk and chatter. We all understand a good portion of this industry (Outside of trading) is based on referrals. I find it both hard to accept and a blessing that this rule exists. I would say there should be a section for this, however it would also be useless. I think people should have the ability to post their referral link if posting about a site that works for them. Unfortunately the spamming cant be controlled. It is a real crap house of indifference when it comes to referral links.
Its sad the children have ruined this in the way they did.
The rule doesn't prohibit ref links, it prohibits ref link spam, as in posts dedicated to advertising a service, low quality threads dedicated to ref links, etc.