referral links

I suppose everyone would have their own reasons to join this forum. Some to participate in the discussion and others to sell their products. But between the two there can be just a fine line . I suppose end of the day if u post on the forum you must have something to contribute to the discussion than just leaving your referral link here. If the referral link is relevant and useful to the discussion , why not ? But then again, its prone to be abuse . I suppose that's why the rule is there to prevent the abuse.

AND Here's ................Benny Again. I am glad you brought up this topic. I think a lot of people will join up without reading the rules about posting and make honest mistakes until they are corrected. I know that I myself was guilty of one or two but only to my website; never to a direct referral that I benefited from. I think that if you join my lot and know the rules then you should follow them. If people want to post referral links then go to link share or one of the many other forums that even pay you to post. You can still write posts that are relevant to your website and direct people to see your profile without breaking the rules. I have found my lot to be a place to relax more than to press affiliates.

I have always found it a wee bit odd that referral links aren't allowed. Maybe Mylot should start a referral links category where poeple can freely post their stuff instead of trying to sneak them into every post. The big problem I have with links is when you friend someone and they immediately bombard you with IM's containing all their links. That leds to me deleting them as a friend almost instantly.

Why are people so adamant in putting up links in their discussions when they know that it is against mylot rules? I can't understand. A discussion will not be less effective without those links spoiling an otherwise good discussion. I will not response to any discussion that has links to it even though they say it is not a referral link. A link is always a link and mylot will not be bothered to check but will just throw it to the bin.

I some what agree with you regarding referral links, but I would rather see them in the discussion than to have a bunch of email spam that I sometimes get when I request or accept a friend. I must confess that I have sent emails to friends here on mylot to tell them about a link they might be interested in before and I have posted a link in my discussion as related to the discussion. Here's some information from Mylot FAQ Discussion Guidelines of Do's and Don't: DO's Make sure to post useful links in discussions when necessary to provide authoritative guidance or to refer to a third party article. Now for the DON'Ts Post any links promoting other affiliate programs or that do not pertain to the discussion. Posting links that have no relevance to the discussion is not allowed. My comprehension to the above is that yes you can post a link if it is related to the discussion backed up with references(link)in a authoritative matter.

What about those link that are not referral links? Are those discussions also subject for deletion?

Well, sometimes I do, but I will go to the persons profile and see what websites that they have, I am scared to answer to some of the people that might post links because the discussion might get deleted. I do get sick of people spamming me though. Have a great day!

Well I firmly believe you need to go by the rules of the land. If MyLot rules prohibits postin ref links in discussion I don post ref links and expect the same from others too. If the link posted is honest I wont join under the referrer. The best way would be a discussion message about the thing and what others think of it and ask people to contact him for further details. MyLot Provided a message facility and people should better start using it