FoxBat,Mar 20 2003, 05:15 PM Wrote:Is this about competition or arrogance?Well, that is one reason. The other is that they simply does not want linking to other site to promote them and so on. Just read Worgus (correct?) post? A link (even if just to some good information annd to a private page can appearntly make their forum to be a "jump start". This has been said countless times by several of their admins in several threads in the past. Their site is the best and largest so you shoud be honourd to be there and be greatfull that they spend so much tim on it. With all that work put in others should not benefit by having a link (even if in the forum as help to someone asking for information) to their site.
Could it be that links are banned simply to reduce the hack/cheat/trojan linking?
That would still be a lame policy, but with less "malicious" intent.
I remember one thread were someone asked for something. A link was posted to some calculator on diabloii.net. The someone else posted a link to some similar calculator on some german page saying that it was a bit better or more popular or something. Upon which Elly replied (and then closed the thread) that one should excercise good manners and not post a new link as there had allready been a link posted (the second one to an outside site). One can go on and go on with such examples almost for ever.
Note that two of the links that was censored was to the Lurker Lounge and to Tommis page explaining faster run/walk. Hardly hack or cheat sites.
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