We edit out people who post links to their own blogs to get clicks, I see linking others' blogs and getting them lots of clicks as the same thing.
This was different though.
Atomic was the OP and she was not the owner of the blog, she wasn't actually promoting anything. . . she was just sharing something she thought was gag worthy so that we could all gag and roll our eyes along with her ;-)
I know, which is why I said "others' blogs". She definitely wasn't intentionally promoting it, but promoting it none the less. JMHO.
When I initially posted the link, it didn't even occur to me that the author would see the traffic. (Blonde Moment.) If I had thought about it a little harder (beyond my initial "Wtf? Oh, hell no," reaction) I may not have posted the link at all. However, if Deleted User hadn't come back to gloat about all the traffic she was receiving, the link might still be posted, and she might still be getting all this traffic.
It wouldn't have occurred to me either.
Once the owner of the blog posted she was getting hits and making money of her blog it became an issue. You can not post Your blog to drive traffic and make money off TK users. When the entitled blogger came on and posted more of her links to drive traffic to them, we decided to delete them all to keep her from profiting off of this thread. Had the she not posted, it would have stayed, but essentially she was a vendor peddling her blog, which is a TOS violation. OP did not get a warning, only the link deleted.
Someone posted a wedding recap on one of the other wedding forums of their "rainy day wedding!" There was no plan B and pretty much all you could see if the few photos posted were guests huddled under umbrellas....
Re: "Plan to stand, or get wet."
I know, which is why I said "others' blogs". She definitely wasn't intentionally promoting it, but promoting it none the less. JMHO.
Once the owner of the blog posted she was getting hits and making money of her blog it became an issue. You can not post Your blog to drive traffic and make money off TK users. When the entitled blogger came on and posted more of her links to drive traffic to them, we decided to delete them all to keep her from profiting off of this thread. Had the she not posted, it would have stayed, but essentially she was a vendor peddling her blog, which is a TOS violation. OP did not get a warning, only the link deleted.