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.

[Heathasm]

mmmm...don't blame the mods for you not knowing about it.
its pinned in the web design forum and we are all constantly referring people to it, and all you have to do is put a search in for "resources" and it will be at the top of the list.

[visualfusion]

mmmm...don't blame the mods for you not knowing about it.
its pinned in the web design forum and we are all constantly referring people to it, and all you have to do is put a search in for "resources" and it will be at the top of the list.

And I would obviously KNOW that a topic like that existed when I've never posted anything in there nor have I never been in need of a resource to search for it?