Let's Give Mylot Newbies a Break!

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I sometimes see new mylot members putting links to their posts. I am sure that they did that without intending to spam anyone. After all, newbies are not yet familiar with the hard and fast rules here. Instead of giving them a negative rating or posting a nasty comment on their discussion, why not give them a gentle warning to let them know that it is a no-no to post links in discussions? I am saying these because I was once a newbie myself. And I didn't know that posting links is prohibited in mylot discussions. I made the same mistake when I made a blog and excitedly shared it in my posts here. I would have been grateful if only someone pointed it out nicely to me. Instead, I suddenly find my earnings diminished and my star rating dropped from 9 to 8. At first I didn't know why. Then I chanced upon a discussion where someone told a newbie about the mylot rule. I would have appreciated that in my case too! As it was, some members simply chose to rate me badly :( Now, when I see new members' putting links in their discussion, I try to take it with a grain of salt and tell them nicely about it. I hope we can all be generous here by helping others to earn too.