Hello,
Sorry to hear about your frustration.
For clarity, you shared a screenshot containing a list of multiple competing forums/communities, which has been against the rules for over 2 decades.
Here's the official rule for that:
1.29 (
»). Do not advertise,
publicize, or promote external domain-related forums or communities on NamePros. This includes linking to pages that directly promote them. The only exception to this rule is
local events and meetups that are in person (face to face).
Note: While you did not link to them, your screenshot did technically publicize and promote multiple domain related forums and communities that compete with namePros.
namePros has always encouraged members to share domain related blog and news articles.
Here's the official rules regarding that:
11. News Sections and News Posts (»)
11.1. News Posts: When posting a third-party's article (i.e., an article you do not own), you should use a title relevant to the article's original title. You must either include portions of the story as a quote or create a summary of its topic that is at least a paragraph in length.
Rule 1.27 applies, and an embedded "Source" link to the article is suggested at the bottom. The linked article must contain original writing (e.g.,
spun content is not allowed).
11.2. News Sections: Original content should lackadaisically follow the
NamePros Blog Publishers guidelines, but the requirements are less strict, e.g., a “News” post may be only a few sentences in length.
11.3. News Sections: It must be newsworthy, relevant, valuable, or interesting to the majority of members.
Note: Theres a difference between sharing domain related A) blog/news articles of educational information, data, experiences. etc. versus B) publicizing competing forums/communities.
A) Helps the community grow stronger (Together)
B) Promotes leaving the community (Separation)
At the end of the day, the rule may be slightly influenced by the goal of retention and growth, which all communities strive to do, not just namePros.
Moderators don't make the rules, they simply enforce them fairly, without playing favorites, regardless of a members status.
Again, we apologize for the frustration that enforcing that particular rule may have caused.
For internal use ONLY: https://www.namepros.com/threads/pl...arning-domain-investment.1343575/post-9320064
