Threads deleted because of links??!!
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Just had two threads deleted because they contained links to an Instagram account on the basis:
"No promotion by linking to your social media sites please."
Really? These are personal sites and not promotion. In what way are these different to other websites, that everyone else links too in threads on this forum?
Am I allowed to link to a personal website hosted on a personal domain?
Seems a very strange policy for an Internet forum.
"No promotion by linking to your social media sites please."
Really? These are personal sites and not promotion. In what way are these different to other websites, that everyone else links too in threads on this forum?
Am I allowed to link to a personal website hosted on a personal domain?
Seems a very strange policy for an Internet forum.
jeremyc said:
Simply put: don't use the PH forums to drive traffic to your 'social media experiment' (or to promote your daughter's career).
My daughter is a student. She doesn't have a career. So how are you meant to share pictures of cars on Pistonheads then? You can't be telling me no one else has used Instagram in the past.
jeremyc said:
Posting Rules said:
12. Types of Thread/Posts that are not permitted in the forums:
e. Do not create threads/posts about your own personal websites, blogs, social media channels or video hosting sites such as YouTube. This will be deemed as advertising and/or endeavouring to drive traffic to external sites from PistonHeads.
Simply put: don't use the PH forums to drive traffic to your 'social media experiment' (or to promote your daughter's career).e. Do not create threads/posts about your own personal websites, blogs, social media channels or video hosting sites such as YouTube. This will be deemed as advertising and/or endeavouring to drive traffic to external sites from PistonHeads.
Any link in a post will drive traffic to the linked website. It must therefore be an 'endeavour to drive traffic to an external site'. So all links are banned then? It doesn't appear so when I look at these forums. Plenty of 'adverts' for events being hosted by commercial organisations.
I think someone should bring the 'rules' up to date and inline with the Internet enabled world we live in.
My daughter WAS MTGB (last year) but that is not a job or a career. It is a title she won in a competition. She was not paid to do anything in that role and she raised many thousands of pounds for charity as the title holder. It is not relevant to this thread unless your threads can also be deleted for inferring charitable work too?
Yes, she is a model but this thread was about the car, not my daughter's interests whilst studying. It was not an attempt to gain work or advertise products or services. This motoring forum bears no relation to the type of modelling work she does (makeup, wedding dresses, etc.). It's just not relevant to the threads being deleted.
Everything I do on the Internet is an experiment of sorts. Including my own car sites. That doesn't mean it is a planned, commercial activity with specific and measurable goals or rewards. We had a chance to get a nice car for a few weeks and thought we'd do an informal set of photos and videos about it. What 18 year-old wouldn't want to have a drive in a nice sports car? Other than the loan of the car, we have nothing to gain and have no commitments to or any rewards from any commercial organisation. It was purely about have some driving fun in the sunshine and capturing the moment. I'm a petrolhead, as many will know. And yes, it has been a lot of fun so far :-)
Last year I did something very similar and posted a link to my own personal website, with a review and photos of the MX-4 Mk IV soft-top and it wasn't an issue then. To have two threads deleted just seems a bit random and I've yet to see anything that explains or justifies why that is specific and unambiguous.
I've also posted links to my 17yr-old son's site where we are preparing his 1990 Eunos for track days and this wasn't a problem either.
This is the only motoring forum where posts like this have been an issue, so I'll assume it is a peculiarity to Pistonheads and leave it at that. As such, this is my last post to this thread. I've been posting in numerous motoring forums for 20+ years and never experienced a deleted thread before now, including on PistonHeads but rules are rules I guess.
Yes, she is a model but this thread was about the car, not my daughter's interests whilst studying. It was not an attempt to gain work or advertise products or services. This motoring forum bears no relation to the type of modelling work she does (makeup, wedding dresses, etc.). It's just not relevant to the threads being deleted.
Everything I do on the Internet is an experiment of sorts. Including my own car sites. That doesn't mean it is a planned, commercial activity with specific and measurable goals or rewards. We had a chance to get a nice car for a few weeks and thought we'd do an informal set of photos and videos about it. What 18 year-old wouldn't want to have a drive in a nice sports car? Other than the loan of the car, we have nothing to gain and have no commitments to or any rewards from any commercial organisation. It was purely about have some driving fun in the sunshine and capturing the moment. I'm a petrolhead, as many will know. And yes, it has been a lot of fun so far :-)
Last year I did something very similar and posted a link to my own personal website, with a review and photos of the MX-4 Mk IV soft-top and it wasn't an issue then. To have two threads deleted just seems a bit random and I've yet to see anything that explains or justifies why that is specific and unambiguous.
I've also posted links to my 17yr-old son's site where we are preparing his 1990 Eunos for track days and this wasn't a problem either.
This is the only motoring forum where posts like this have been an issue, so I'll assume it is a peculiarity to Pistonheads and leave it at that. As such, this is my last post to this thread. I've been posting in numerous motoring forums for 20+ years and never experienced a deleted thread before now, including on PistonHeads but rules are rules I guess.
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