lax rules or is it just me?

Licker4U · 2007-10-23, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ponygirl

I've been noticing recently some submitters getting a little more, shall we say, adventurous

Can you make up some examples that are similar to what you're getting? I know I got a site that had between paragraphs, a line linked to the tour that said something like "Why are you waiting?" That in and of itself is blind but another webmaster said that since in the preceeding and following paragraph the pay site was mentioned they would let it ride. That's very borderline to me.

SheepGuy · 2007-10-23, 02:29 PM

I'm easy, I've always been easy

I don't get a lot of crap submissions anyways

ponygirl · 2007-10-23, 02:51 PM

ok, I definitely see a pattern here

I see a lot of flexibility from the smaller linklists (of which I include myself

) and some of the bigger ones too...mostly the ones that seem to be anal about the rules are established LLs, but not too many of the ones on this board actually. I've seen a general loosening of the rules over the past few months, which is why I tried to be pretty broad in my new ones - most of the stuff I'm really concerned about don't have much to do with the actual site design anyway.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Licker4U

Can you make up some examples that are similar to what you're getting? I know I got a site that had between paragraphs, a line linked to the tour that said something like "Why are you waiting?" That in and of itself is blind but another webmaster said that since in the preceeding and following paragraph the pay site was mentioned they would let it ride. That's very borderline to me.

yep, like that, plus I get some with links like 'see the videos here' or 'see more free movies' which go to the pay site...now most paysites have video tours now so I guess it's not false, but I always built assuming that type of link is blind. Also I remember we had a discussion a while back about what was considered one link (pic & text placement, for instance) and I see a few thumb type banners with text links, only the text link is pretty far from the thumb, if you know what I mean.

I'm not really declining for that stuff, especially if I know the submitter, I just was wondering what everyone else was doing

Like Lemmy & ladydesigner, I do find my ban list getting pretty long, though. I'll send a few rejection emails if there is a problem, but after a couple three of them, you kinda know they're not reading them.

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Originally Posted by SheepGuy

I'm easy, I've always been easy

who, YOU???

Useless · 2007-10-23, 03:29 PM

This is a cyclical phenomenon. Once or twice per year the free site community seems to test its boundaries to see how far it can go before being slapped on the muzzle. (My kids do the same thing when I let them out of their cages.) I've been seeing more large thumbs (not even banner-like) linked to tours, which aggravates the piss out of me - and the resurgence of "More blah blah Here" linked text. I'm generally pretty laid back while reviewing and tend to overlook most deviations, but that's the kind of crap that makes me want to slap someone with the string of anal beads I stole from a dead gay homeless guy.

2007-10-23, 02:29 PM	#2
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2007-10-23, 03:29 PM	#4
Useless Certified Nice Person Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Dirty Undies, NY Posts: 11,268	This is a cyclical phenomenon. Once or twice per year the free site community seems to test its boundaries to see how far it can go before being slapped on the muzzle. (My kids do the same thing when I let them out of their cages.) I've been seeing more large thumbs (not even banner-like) linked to tours, which aggravates the piss out of me - and the resurgence of "More blah blah Here" linked text. I'm generally pretty laid back while reviewing and tend to overlook most deviations, but that's the kind of crap that makes me want to slap someone with the string of anal beads I stole from a dead gay homeless guy. __________________ Click here to purchase a bridge I'm selling.