Hi everyone,

This will be a touchy subject, cause it's about a grey area.

Many people, myself included, love to add good info in comments on articles.

We all know that putting a link will result in having some ( I hope it would be all, I'm a dreamer ) other members clicking on the "report abuse" link.

However, where do draw the line between giving good  info and promoting our efforts ?

Or, even more difficult, when a friend starts promoting your offers elsewhere, does that give him/her the right to promote his things in comments in your articles ?

As an example. let's say your article talks about an aspect of blogging.

Your friend comes, writes a very enthusiastic comment, like "great article, Corey, let me add that you can find a plug-in that does just that".

That's ok.

If he also writes "I invite everyone to visit my site ( or blog ), I have many posts about useful plugins", for me, that's an abuse.

Even if the intentions are good, his comment is taking away the spotlight from my article.

What if I have promoted that article heavily ? I created 3 campaigns, it took 1,000 credits.

I worked hard at advertising my info to get attention.

It's not right to see someone steal the attention right under my nose.

he can write his own article and use his own credits to get attention to his site/blog.

I can promote his article using my credits.

Just to let you know :

1. If you are a friend, your comment will be deleted on sight
   
2. If I don't know you, you will be reported for abuse, then the comment will be deleted
3. If you are a friend and you keep trying to steal the spotlight in many of my articles, I will send you PMs, if you don't listen, you are no longer a friend

Is that rude ? I don't think so. At the end of the day, we are all here to put bread on the table. Helping each other is great, but not by trying to get attention to us using their promotional efforts.