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Originally Posted by jjx View Post
There's an interesting thread right now, "Secret Exit To Release Games For N900".

Judging by the posts the thread has generated some sales for the company.

Is the person who started that thread in breach of the new rules?

Is the representative from the company who'se posting on there about the company's plans to release another game soon, giving the game's name for people to look up, is that person in breach of the new rules for their comments?

If I were asked to start a thread like that, and the new rules were in force, I'd be nervous at least that I'd get infraction points and/or moderation for it.

Yet it's a useful thread at the moment. Maybe not when there's hundreds of new commercial games being released every day :-) but for now, it seems welcome.

What's the policy?

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I stickied that thread and also had one stickied for the other commercial publisher of Maemo games that requested one of me until it was no longer appropriate to do so. It was my stated intent to allow an announcement thread per publisher in Games.

Obviously we need to have some specific anti-spam rule (using the unsolicited commercial mass communication meaning of "spam") but the current strictness of wording is not mine to eliminate. Perhaps Reggie will comment on his choice of wording and whether we can just pare it down. In the meantime, here's my proposed alteration:

No Business Advertising
Creating threads, posts, or signatures that serve solely to promote your business (whatever that may be, personal blogs excluded) is not allowed. Maemo-specific services, products and software are allowed one active thread per major product, which is subject to the same rules that apply to other threads. Referral links and viral marketing are not allowed.
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