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#1 2012-03-10 22:20:14

turkey3
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Registered: 2011-12-04
Posts: 500+

Is a link in a signature spam?

Is advertising your game in a signature spam? (look, mines advertised)

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#2 2012-03-10 22:32:10

trinary
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Registered: 2012-01-29
Posts: 1000+

Re: Is a link in a signature spam?

No, game advertisement links are generally not considered spam unless it breaks the Community Guidelines.


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#3 2012-03-10 23:49:09

Chrischb
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Registered: 2008-07-24
Posts: 1000+

Re: Is a link in a signature spam?

trinary wrote:

No, game advertisement links are generally not considered spam unless it breaks the Community Guidelines.

^ it's totally allowed, people do it all the time  big_smile  It's only spam when you start posting about it in a forum other than Show and Tell  tongue


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#4 2012-03-11 01:58:04

cheddargirl
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Registered: 2008-09-15
Posts: 1000+

Re: Is a link in a signature spam?

Chrischb wrote:

trinary wrote:

No, game advertisement links are generally not considered spam unless it breaks the Community Guidelines.

^ it's totally allowed, people do it all the time  big_smile  It's only spam when you start posting about it in a forum other than Show and Tell  tongue

^Or post links to it on other irrelevant forum threads in general.

But yeah, as Chrischb said, you can use your forum signature to advertise Scratch projects. And not just yours, either - look at my sig, I'm advertising someone else's project!  smile


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#5 2012-03-11 04:16:46

RedRocker227
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Registered: 2011-10-26
Posts: 1000+

Re: Is a link in a signature spam?

If it was, I'd have been banned by now  tongue


Why

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#6 2012-03-11 04:23:21

ProgramCAT
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Registered: 2011-12-13
Posts: 500+

Re: Is a link in a signature spam?

No, but don't spam.


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