Advertising vs Helpful Links Options

[visualfusion]

Now, I know that in the community guidelines for cB, there's the whole rule on advertising... but I think we need to redefine the definition of what is truely advertising, and what is actually a post of a helpful website.

Example 1: http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82914
Now, I know this may at first seem like an advertising post, but if you think about it, it could actually help people, like me. Now, I've always been quite pissed off at Paypal's fee's and limitations if you don't want to pay those fees. If this new paying system could actually be of some use to me, now I have to spend all the time googling when I could've just clicked the link that was removed.

Example 2:
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82914
I don't see how my post about a compatability quiz is advertising, yet many of the posts in this topic are complaining about my topic being against the guidelines and is not allowed. I personally thought that the quiz was VERY helpful to my relationship and helped me realize some things (not many, but some) that I would have other wise would not have.

In both examples, what were percieved as advertisements, in my opinion, are actually helpful links/sites. I just want to bring this to everyone's attention. I'll add to the examples later when I have time to go through more posts.

And no, this does not go in Debate because the original intention of the post is not to debate, but to inform.

[*mzkandi*]

If you have a problem with your topics being closed then I suggest you take it up with the admins. But from the information you have provided it is advertising and not a helpful link. Also that is where your sig becomes useful.

[visualfusion]

If you have a problem with your topics being closed then I suggest you take it up with the admins. But from the information you have provided it is advertising and not a helpful link. Also that is where your sig becomes useful.

What's wrong with my sig? Both of the links are sites I OWN. I see many other signatures with websites people own.

Advertising
Posting a thread for the sole purpose of advertising is not allowed. personal pages are only allowed in your signature, and commercial pages are only allowed for purposes of providing information.

My signature's webpage is not commercial, so I do not need to provide any information for it to be there. And since it's actually MY website, I can consider it my personal website.

If I were to take off my sig's links, you must take off yours

If you have a problem with your topics being closed then I suggest you take it up with the admins.

What's the point of only contacting the admins when the community is what I consider more important? The point of a community is so everyone has a say in what matters, and I believe this topic matters. Maybe this should be in the Feedback forum...

I don't want this to turn into some sort of oligarchy where all decisions are made by admins and mods and the community no longer matters.

Definition of Oligarchy