"This is NOT a referral link!"..... Is this really necessary????

I just place the link and go, trying to keep it legit and then let it all fall out in the process. I'm starting to realize about myself that I can be rather lazy in my myLotting habits. Just trying to enjoy!

I guess they're doing it just be practically safe. Since somebody might report the discussion to the admin and say that the link they posted is a referral link when it's not. Like you I don't say it's not a referral link I'm sure that the admin can determine which is a referral link and which is not.

actually james,i have noticed many of my friends doing so but i thought maybe they had bitter experience in which some of their posts were deleted(maybe someone might have reported them ,due to their popularity(jealous),etc).as for me i am not so knowledgable in posting a link but if i ever become proficient in this,i will not add THIS IS NOT A REFERRAL LINK,i have to remain in your good books ,you know

No it's not necessary. I have never seen one of them yet but maybe soon. (Gosh I've been away so long I've definitely missed tons of events and happenings here.) Actually, it's advisable to put the link of your source of information if you are quoting from another website say wikipedia and it's in the guidelines, we all know that. I personally had one post deleted because I accidentally put a referral link instead of my blog url. I think you know what I am referring to. It was about my wedding day. I think myLot has an automatic detection if a link is a referral url or not because as far as I can remember, that post I mentioned above was deleted within 5 minutes of posting. There is no way myLot admin or staff can go through and examine each and every post that contains a link.

{Pyewacket slowly emerges....she's expecting wet noodles flung at her at any minute} Okay, I'll fess up...I was the one that started this idea, and even did a discussion months ago as to the reason. Well yes, most people of course CAN tell the difference between a link to a website, say for an article being discussed or to a Youtube video versus a referral link, but NOT always the case. Some lame brain got one of my friend's discussions deleted and it was due to the links we responders were posting. The person was asking for help since she needed to adopt out some cats. So a few of us who have pet rescue experience where able to help her out by providing links to all the shelters in this person's area....but like I said a lame brains here thought the links were referral links and the discussion was zapped when all we were trying to do was help this poster...so that really pissed me off no end especially due to the fact that it took me a few HOURS to find those shelters and help for the poster

I hate the way your discussions make me think! I know someone who keeps using that NOTE.And I guess I understand him on that. A lot of people are so good at trolling that they report anyone at every instance they see you pasting a link. So to be safe,and a way to ward those trolls away, such note is placed. Other people also tend to think that every link is a referral so that note is for the purpose of proving them wrong. www.James_the_thinker.com [b]NOT A REFERRAL LINK

No, I have never added This is not a referral before or after a link I just basically say here is a link..thats all. I think maybe some people do it since they were so much trouble with it before. Or to use up space in a discussion to make it longer.

Personally I do not know how many times I have wished that people would not do this, and wonder why so many of them do? Maybe it is just because so many people would report these if they do not? Personally there are many times you can tell just from the discussion that the link is only talking more about the subject they are wanting to discuss instead. But I guess it is to each persons choice.

Perhaps they are trying to save mylot time by stating this? But then again, a person could be lying so mylot would have to check the link anyways. It sounds like something pretty unnessary if you think about it in that fashion. I have posted links but I don't remember ever posting links to other earning sites, so I never had to write anything extra about it.

I've never bothered to do that as I always think that even if some zealot reports the link as a violation, when the admin. look at it, they will see that it's a link to another site giving extra relevant information about the discussion subject. That's the only kind of link that I do.

Hi James. No, I don't think it is really necessary, though with some of the strangeness that's been going on around lately, I can't blame some of the others for putting this warning on the discussions that they start...just in case some people are that hell bent on jumping on links. Personally speaking, I don't recall ever doing this. When I put links in discussions/responses I don't bother with a warning and leave it as it is. I haven't had any problems with it, at least not that I know of (knock on wood). Hopefully it'll stay that way.

Hi there James. I must say that most of the time i prefer inserting that text as well. I also add the text "Please don't post a referral link in my discussion" when i open discussions about money and economy in the earnings interest. There are some cases like when i am quoting Wikipedia or other very well known sites that don't have earning ways in them when i don't use the text about referrals.

I dont really post any links at all to avoid having that problem I'll put down the site minus the www. that way its just the site, no link just so people dont decide to have my topic erased so they can get a little bit of my discussion/response earnings in their account

oh, dont worry about this! If you feel your referral link that is good information for friend, you can share others. We joy this website to chatting, and make friend with same favourite. Dont angry! Sometime, few people have wrong thinking. You are right.

Personally, I do not post links of any kind. On the other hand, the people who are posting this disclaimer are many of my friends, AND they have had whole discussion wiped out for links they have posted that were NOT REFERRAL LINKS. So they started making that note. I could name three people right off the top of my head, but I will not. TOS indicates that we should not draw attention to any one other member. So yes, they have had a problem, and are trying to protect themselves. It is okay with me for them to do that.

I never even thought about saying that before. i just blatently provide links without awarning. of course none of mine are referrel links. i know the rules. I like to give people links of thins associated with there discusssion.

I do it and I have no idea why. I just started to see others stick those words in and sheep-like, I followed on. As all my links are to places like Youtube it hardly seems necessary. By the way, this is not a referral link because I am not linking to anything. This comment does not contains nuts, but has originated in a mind that is prone to nuttiness. I'm not linking to that, but if you did, then clearly I might have to caveat this comment with "This is not a referral link". Oh, I've already said that. Better safe than sorry. LOL.

Ive notice that too James, i think there is no problem of posting link as long it is needed to the discussion. I been posting link to my discussion in order for them to understand clearly what i wanted to say. But i don't think we should write that words when we post link here for it is unnecessary and no need to explain why we post it. It if up to them if they want to visit the link or not.

Hi james, I tried putting a link before. It is a link to a video. But I never put those words on the link. I'm not sure why do people do that. Maybe just to inform everyone that they didn't do something against the rules. happy mylotting

I started a discussion the other day and it had a link to my forum, it wasn't a referral link it was just a link to my forum!! And mylot deleted my discussion and I sill don't know why!! Maybe I should start writing that!