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Stinky The Clown

(67,697 posts)
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 03:23 PM Jan 2018

Why are posters allowed to spam their own blogs with links back to it?

I'm sure you all know who I am talking about. A thread gets posted with a title that looks like you want to read it. You go to the thread and there is a link. Not to anything about thread title, but a link back to the poster's now website/blog/twittertwat/whatever where, presumably, what was suggested in the OP may be.

I have alerted as spam on this poster and they never seem to get hidden. Does that mean the DU community is okay with being spammed? How is this not against the TOS?

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Yonnie3

(17,376 posts)
1. I am also not happy with posts having no content other than a link.
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 03:36 PM
Jan 2018

There seems to be a school of thought that, if the link is to a Democratic favorable blog, it is OK. I am not agreeing with that thought, especially when it is done often. I will not say more. I don't want to get into META discussion.

I ignore that poster.

SCantiGOP

(13,856 posts)
2. Agreed
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 03:58 PM
Jan 2018

Any post I ever see with a link like that and I immediately put that person on Full Ignore.

demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
6. It did? The DU homepage has a blogroll.
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 06:01 PM
Jan 2018

What I can't stand are posters who hide links to clickbait/content farms (don't get me started on tweets from questionable sources #teampillowforts).

FSogol

(45,360 posts)
7. The rule as against people who only promoted their blog and did not perticipate
Fri Jan 19, 2018, 07:32 PM
Jan 2018

in any other way.

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
8. I think Skinner is okay with it...
Sat Jan 20, 2018, 10:54 AM
Jan 2018

I'm pretty sure this was discussed in ATA at some point and the response was it was okay.

I don't have a problem with the links themselves. What *I* have a problem with is posting a thread, or two or five, when there is no intention of DISCUSSING the topic. Just posting the link to get hits and then moving on to the next post. These are supposed to be discussion forums or groups. It's clear to me they have no intention of talking about anything because they never return to the thread.

I ignore them now.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
9. I was just going to ask about this same thing - as these nothing-burger posts get more plentiful I
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 12:07 PM
Feb 2018

would like it if there could be some way they could indicate which ones had no content except for one lousy "link to tweet"

Then I would know to avoid them. As it is I waste so much time - there are just so many of them now and Im not going to bother clicking on a link just to read some 5 word sentence that doesn't say much of anything. I guess I don't understand why people who are in to tweeter just don't go and do their thing over there and stop bothering the rest of us.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,752 posts)
11. All I see is three stupid words - "link to tweet" Theres no not-noticing it! But then I have my
Sun Mar 11, 2018, 01:32 PM
Mar 2018

pop up blocker on - if I didnt, my computer would be continually stalled and unuseable -what with all the videos and noises jumping out at me - several at once - I just reached the point where it was either turn off the pop ups , or not use my computer at all.

Which come to think of it might not be such a bad idea.

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
12. What annoys me is that this person does not engage in anything else except to post
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 08:37 PM
Mar 2018

their blog. So just for that you ain't gettin' a click.

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