Referral links are considered SPAM in OP but mediafire downloadable links not?

[tommorisonwebdesign]

There's nothing wrong with the thread. People are allowed to post links to MediaFire because Bitcointalk does not support attachments. How else is someone supposed to send executable?

[sardasa]

There's nothing wrong with the thread. People are allowed to post links to MediaFire because Bitcointalk does not support attachments. How else is someone supposed to send executable?

Why should executable file be part of OP? Should it not be send via PM only to the one's who are interested in downloading ?
Can you please tell what's wrong with posting Referral link as part of OP then?

[tommorisonwebdesign]

There's nothing wrong with the thread. People are allowed to post links to MediaFire because Bitcointalk does not support attachments. How else is someone supposed to send executable?

Why should executable file be part of OP? Should it not be send via PM only to the one's who are interested in downloading ?
Can you please tell what's wrong with posting Referral link as part of OP then?

It's not even a referral link. It's a link to an ebook that OP is buying reviews from. Does not violate forum policy.

[sardasa]

There's nothing wrong with the thread. People are allowed to post links to MediaFire because Bitcointalk does not support attachments. How else is someone supposed to send executable?

Why should executable file be part of OP? Should it not be send via PM only to the one's who are interested in downloading ?
Can you please tell what's wrong with posting Referral link as part of OP then?

It's not even a referral link. It's a link to an ebook that OP is buying reviews from. Does not violate forum policy.

That I know.
Question is how can posting Referral link in OP result in SPAM ?

[shorena]

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Can you please tell what's wrong with posting Referral link as part of OP then?

It boils down to this: (tl;dr: admin says no)

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Do not make topics or replies just to share your referral link. Whether it's in your sig, avatar, personal message, profile, within the post itself, or tattooed on your forehead is irrelevant.
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You are allowed to put your refferal link on your signature
So, when you make promotion, ask users to join through refferal link on your signature
And you might want to use link shortener, so every user can't know the refferal link

Any you should know it already when you join this forum

Still referral spam.

If you pay people to register under your ref link it works on games and rounds, also sometimes when people find new promos or giveaways they give their ref link and a non ref link, seems to be allowed aswell.

Still referral spam.

[sardasa]

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Can you please tell what's wrong with posting Referral link as part of OP then?

It boils down to this: (tl;dr: admin says no)

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Do not make topics or replies just to share your referral link. Whether it's in your sig, avatar, personal message, profile, within the post itself, or tattooed on your forehead is irrelevant.
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You are allowed to put your refferal link on your signature
So, when you make promotion, ask users to join through refferal link on your signature
And you might want to use link shortener, so every user can't know the refferal link

Any you should know it already when you join this forum

Still referral spam.

If you pay people to register under your ref link it works on games and rounds, also sometimes when people find new promos or giveaways they give their ref link and a non ref link, seems to be allowed aswell.

Still referral spam.

Sending Referral Link is SPAM even in PMs ?

[onemorexmr]

Not every downloadable file is filled with viruses, if you can't save yourself from them, you shouldn't be on the internet

So, how can placing referral links as part of OP be SPAM?

Its spam as majority will start creating many topics , unneeded ones, just to spread their ref link, creating posts etc. If you don't like the rules, go to your ref safe haven TBN or create your own forum.

Can you please start ignoring me & STOP posting YOUR opinions on my threads?

Its a forum, this is the last place to come if you don't want opinions.

I DO WANT opinions BUT sadly YOU are NOT the person whose opinion I WANT.
Feel free to give YOUR opinions to OTHERS but SPARE ME.

For Heaven sake please NEVER EVER in future comment on any of my thread!

just hit the ignore button if you dont want to read anything from him.

and to get back on topic: referrals are spammy. download links are often useful. hence i support the former to be forbidden ;-)

[mexxer-2]

Sending Referral Link is SPAM even in PMs ?

I believe this is going towards this thread and several of similar threads. Well they should be, asked hilarious for clarification.

Hey hilarious, was my report about: this thread marked bad?
I believe it is ref spam, and BB seems to agree

If you pay people to register under your ref link it works on games and rounds, also sometimes when people find new promos or giveaways they give their ref link and a non ref link, seems to be allowed aswell.

Still referral spam.

The whole point of the thread is to spread ref link as I stated in my report.

Regards,
Mesmer

just hit the ignore button if you dont want to read anything from him.

Well he seems to "enjoy" my posts while at the same time hating them.

[sardasa]

just hit the ignore button if you dont want to read anything from him.

and to get back on topic: referrals are spammy. download links are often useful. hence i support the former to be forbidden ;-)

Don't want to ignore him as his comments make me laugh a bit
I just want to understand how can posting referral link in OP be spammy and posting link to download something be not spammy ? I am looking for logical reasons not "what you/I/admin thinks"

[onemorexmr]

just hit the ignore button if you dont want to read anything from him.

and to get back on topic: referrals are spammy. download links are often useful. hence i support the former to be forbidden ;-)

Don't want to ignore him as his comments make me laugh a bit
I just want to understand how can posting referral link in OP be spammy and posting link to download something be not spammy ? I am looking for logical reasons not "what you/I/admin thinks"

download links can be useful.
eg another wallet, a chart, trading software, password cracker, epub and so on

imagine an internet without downloads - nearly unusable

imagine an internet without referrals: what a lovely place (i dont know you age, but in the beginning of the internet there wasnt any referrals and it was nice!

edit: btw if you dont care what i, you or admins think.... why did you even made this thread? is there any opinion left you care about (you dont even care about your own opinion? seriously ;-) )

[sardasa]

download links can be useful.
eg another wallet, a chart, trading software, password cracker, epub and so on

imagine an internet without downloads - nearly unusable

imagine an internet without referrals: what a lovely place (i dont know you age, but in the beginning of the internet there wasnt any referrals and it was nice!

This is 1st reply which has been given some thought but still not good enough to term referral link in OP as spammy.
If this forum does not support referral programs then why are so many signature campaigns running here? Why are these users allowed to post referral links in their signatures?

[TheLegendaryOne]

download links can be useful.
eg another wallet, a chart, trading software, password cracker, epub and so on

imagine an internet without downloads - nearly unusable

imagine an internet without referrals: what a lovely place (i dont know you age, but in the beginning of the internet there wasnt any referrals and it was nice!

This is 1st reply which has been given some thought but still not good enough to term referral link in OP as spammy.
If this forum does not support referral programs then why are so many signature campaigns running here? Why are these users allowed to post referral links in their signatures?

The mods are just slacking off.

[onemorexmr]

download links can be useful.
eg another wallet, a chart, trading software, password cracker, epub and so on

imagine an internet without downloads - nearly unusable

imagine an internet without referrals: what a lovely place (i dont know you age, but in the beginning of the internet there wasnt any referrals and it was nice!

This is 1st reply which has been given some thought but still not good enough to term referral link in OP as spammy.
If this forum does not support referral programs then why are so many signature campaigns running here? Why are these users allowed to post referral links in their signatures?

personally i am against referalls in sigads (and against sigads generally)
but its theymos decision as this forum is his. i only can voice my opinion or leave. i decided that this small annoyance is ok so i stay.

[sardasa]

edit: btw if you dont care what i, you or admins think.... why did you even made this thread? is there any opinion left you care about (you dont even care about your own opinion? seriously ;-) )

I jut want admin to reply with logical reason behind naming referral links in OP as spammy

[sardasa]

personally i am against referalls in sigads (and against sigads generally)
but its theymos decision as this forum is his. i only can voice my opinion or leave. i decided that this small annoyance is ok so i stay.

I believe, I am also raising my voice against against referral links as part OP to be spammy.
Its theymos decision to listen to me or lock this thread & ask me to shut up

[onemorexmr]

personally i am against referalls in sigads (and against sigads generally)
but its theymos decision as this forum is his. i only can voice my opinion or leave. i decided that this small annoyance is ok so i stay.

I believe, I am also raising my voice against against referral links as part OP to be spammy.
Its theymos decision to listen to me or lock this thread & ask me to shut up

he will just ignore it or (when he has spare time and see it) write a small post in it. but nothing will change ;-)
IF you convince most of the admins (eg lauda) this might change...but it doesnt look like it as you are telling them you are not interested in their opinion

[shorena]

My best guess is that you are looking for something that is not there. I dont think there is a logical explanation why referal links are not allowed, but that it was rather a decision made based on experience. I remember a time where I was paid to follow someones ref link, so this was certainly not put in place with the first post or if it was, it was not moderated as much as it is now.

[sardasa]

he will just ignore it or (when he has spare time and see it) write a small post in it. but nothing will change ;-)
IF you convince most of the admins (eg lauda) this might change...but it doesnt look like it as you are telling them you are not interested in their opinion

I am not interested only in mexxer-2's opinion as he is very very against of whatever I say. (Don't know why, maybe I was his spoiled son in last birth of something )
Lauda left for others to convince me. So, I am looking for one logical explanation as to why Referral links as part of OP are spammy whereas downloadable links are not. I can post my referral link inside that downloadable link. would it not be spammy then?

[onemorexmr]

he will just ignore it or (when he has spare time and see it) write a small post in it. but nothing will change ;-)
IF you convince most of the admins (eg lauda) this might change...but it doesnt look like it as you are telling them you are not interested in their opinion

I am not interested only in mexxer-2's opinion as he is very very against whatever I say. (Don't know why, maybe I was his spoiled son in last birth of something )
Lauda left for others to convince me. So, I am looking for one logical explanation as to why Referral links as part of OP are spammy whereas downloadable links are not. I can post my referral link inside that downloadable link. would it not be spammy then?

spam refers to the content of the post.
IMHO posts which only exists because they want to share a ref link are spam.
if a post is valid and good AND contains reflink its ok (my opinion).

IMHO that rule is in place because if ref links are allowed there are more spam posts (content wise) and staff has more work to do.

[sardasa]

spam refers to the content of the post.
IMHO posts which only exists because they want to share a ref link are spam.
if a post is valid and good AND contains reflink its ok (my opinion).

IMHO that rule is in place because if ref links are allowed there are more spam posts (content wise) and staff has more work to do.

I am also of the same opinion. As long as program being advertised is not against any rules for sites allowed to be promoted on this forum then why should referral link not allowed to be posted as part of OP?
For that matter, I created 1 thread where I wanted referrals for DollarClix (GPT Site where users can earn by completing offers) & mexxer-2 reported it and some moderator deleted it saying it's SPAMMY. Since that day I am confused how was my thread spamming the entire forum?

For me, all those users who post on any Newbie's thread to mark them as scammers just to advertise the campaign they are promoting in their signature are spammers but my thread which was supposed to be read by only those people who were interested in getting those 20 cents or something from me was not spammy at all . I did not put any misleading content as part of my post. I was crystal clear with my requirements but still that post was marked as spammy. Why?