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    Posted: 31 Dec 2018 at 5:42am
I certainly have never seen it on this forum. In fact we just had a post with members recommended other sources of info. Evidently not welcome on the "other" forum:) So they deleted my post and sent me a nicely worded warning.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Dec 2018 at 5:20am
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Originally posted by Tars Tarkas

I agree, it's totally silly.  It may have something to do with ad revenue though.  We go off on some tangents here, but it seems like we generally try to provide the best info we can.  To that end, it seems a shame that we can't say that there is more, better, info on such and such a forum no matter where we're posting.  Sharing info is pretty much what the internet is all about. 
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I do not believe I have ever heard or seen this happen here. I personally talk about other groups, forums, and pages from time to time. If you feel like you have been moderated in some manner for mentioning other resources, please let an admin know.


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We just don't do that here. In fact, it was censorship and post deletes (on another forum) that sparked the creation of this forum. All of the admins take this very seriously.

That said, and generally speaking, the web and social media platforms are changing and coming under increasing scrutiny. For example, think of reports in the news of foreign entities using social media platforms to attempt to influence our political elections. (just one of the reasons we don't talk politics here)

What darned few "rules" that we DO have are not there to restrict us. To the contrary, they are there to help keep us free. Something to think about.

Happy New Year to all! Thanks to you folks, Rpod Owners is entering it's 10th year! To celebrate, I think we should waive everyone's membership dues for all of 2019!    

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I only participate in this forum, a truck forum, and one industry forum (that is actually a mailing list, not a forum). This is new to me.
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Wow, it never occurred to me that some internet boards/forums have rules against referring to other boards/forums.  And what the heck is "mining" in internetspeak? But, I don't do twitter, facebook, etc. so what I know about internet etiquette could be written on the head of a pin, along with the dancing angels of Thomas Aquinas.  

This is the only discussion forum I participate in, apart from my many posts in the comment sections of the Washington Post, where I engage in all kind of political, religious, philosophical, etc rants about the current state of affairs in the world.  I am glad we have reasonable rules here with moderation that respects all participants.  We are fortunate, indeed.
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Originally posted by furpod


I do not believe I have ever heard or seen this happen here. I personally talk about other groups, forums, and pages from time to time. If you feel like you have been moderated in some manner for mentioning other resources, please let an admin know.


Sorry, I didn't mean we couldn't do that here.  I meant we apparently can't do it everywhere.  You're right, I don't recall any complaints about mentioning other fora here.  I don't recall them coming up very often, but they have.

I'm not sure what kind of blinders people wear that they don't already know that there are other forums out there.  I don't do Facebook, but maybe some of those folks don't realize the internet extends beyond Facebook? 

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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Dec 2018 at 7:39pm
Originally posted by Tars Tarkas

I agree, it's totally silly.  It may have something to do with ad revenue though.  We go off on some tangents here, but it seems like we generally try to provide the best info we can.  To that end, it seems a shame that we can't say that there is more, better, info on such and such a forum no matter where we're posting.  Sharing info is pretty much what the internet is all about. 
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I do not believe I have ever heard or seen this happen here. I personally talk about other groups, forums, and pages from time to time. If you feel like you have been moderated in some manner for mentioning other resources, please let an admin know.
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It is a forum G2, a huge forum, I think they are just stupid.
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So either they are afraid of losing ad revenue, or click revenue, or both?
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