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2010-06-22 , 12:03
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Originally Posted by mmurfin87 View Post
There isn't a clear distinction drawn in your discussion of this issue, though. If tomorrow Valve posted here saying they are bringing Steam to the n900, the rules frown on this.

Perhaps a forum should be made explicitly for users to post Maemo-Specific commercial announcements.

Then that particular rule can have "outside of explicitly marked areas" added to the end.



There were several reasons listed on other pages. Any time an individual wants to retain his personal identity separate from another identity, such as a personally run company or community, there is a perfectly valid reason for that person to have two accounts.

Good point about the double voting though. Perhaps a non-voting account type should be made.
The rules don't frown on anything. The person who applies them may.

In a following post Flandry restates this guideline as " Creating threads, posts, or signatures that serve solely to promote your business"

The words solely to promote are key here.
Generally if Valve were to do as you said, a member will find it and make the announcement. If someone like Valve joined solely to make this announcement and will contribute nothing more then your argument has merit if in fact we as a community would not know this unless they did.

But we do not live in a monetary.

Going a step further and using your example of:
Originally Posted by You...
Any time an individual wants to retain his personal identity separate from another identity, such as a personally run company or community, there is a perfectly valid reason for that person to have two accounts...
In addition to making that announcement, Valve could create a new account in order to drive eyeballs to his commercial site every time he sees a member developed "Game" Announcement thread or any post that mentions a game. Rather than provide useful feedback he instead posts under this "personal identity" with the dubious claim that:
"I'm just a regular guy who is supporting a fellow member and found the games on Steam are much better", does not provide a reason or examples to support this claim, and then provides a link to Steam followed by his signature which reads:
"OMFG STEAM ROXORZ TEH BIG111!" in big red blinking letters.



("Steam" only used as a common place holder in my example...)
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