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Yes, and that's generally the rule, rather than the exception, on most forums. You can link to content on other sites that's germane to an existing conversation, but links that are expressly promotional are spam.And anyway, we'd rather that traffic and user count expanded through sharing and word-of-mouth (so, individual-to-individual interactions), rather than through blanket promotions such as ads and referrals.Indeed, though there's a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem when you don't have enough people to be creating large quantities of (good) content, and also don't have enough content to encourage people to join in For us I think it just means that growth will come slowly.
Yes, and that's generally the rule, rather than the exception, on most forums. You can link to content on other sites that's germane to an existing conversation, but links that are expressly promotional are spam.
And anyway, we'd rather that traffic and user count expanded through sharing and word-of-mouth (so, individual-to-individual interactions), rather than through blanket promotions such as ads and referrals.
Indeed, though there's a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem when you don't have enough people to be creating large quantities of (good) content, and also don't have enough content to encourage people to join in For us I think it just means that growth will come slowly.
