MetaTalk posts tagged with selflink and etiquette

Self linking makes my heart hurt...

item — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:07:00 -0800

This user had a post deleted yesterday for self linking and four out of her five comments have been self links. Why is her account still active? One of the only rock solid, steadfast rules around here that everyone seems to agree on is that self linking is vile and bannable behavior. Though I know occasionally doing it in-thread is permissible, it's pretty much all she's done. I realize that it appears that she joined because there was a post made about her music last spring, but I can't see why that's a valid excuse. I wish someone else would've brought this up instead of me. I'm really less of a whiner and more of a... well, not a whiner.

What? No flameout? And you paid yer 5 bucks and everything!

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:38:32 -0800

"You win, Metaflter", or, "How to go from very first post in the blue to self-banning in only thirteen comments!" (give or take one or two that were deleted...) "Mission accomplished!"

A Mediaeval Self-Link.

Dave Faris — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:43:11 -0800

Posted 1 hour ago by stbalbach. As interesting as I might find the contents, technically this is a self-link. The main link is to something he himself uploaded to another site.

AskMe Etiquette

scalefree — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:14:51 -0800

AskMe etiquette: is it OK to use AskMe answers as a lead-in for business? Someone close to me is a professional career counsellor/resume writer & I've thought of recommending they join MeFi specifically so they can join in answering job-related questions, with a thought to promoting their own services if people want more in-depth assistance. I'm absolutely NOT talking about a cookie-cutter spamish approach that purely takes advantage of the community while giving nothing in return, but real answers that help people out with an understated offer to provide something more substantial at a price. I see a lot of job- & career-related posts to AskMe & I see it as a good fit, but I'll only suggest it to them if I get a thumbs up from the hive.

Self-Linking Callout

Mr. Gunn — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:21:17 -0800

kirkaracha might need to be reminded of the "no self-link" policy.

Self-link
Evidence

Personally, I think it's a relevant and useful link, but I don't think it should be up to the poster to make the judgment call, do you?

Accidental self link in a 9/11 thread?

UbuRoivas — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:39:39 -0800

Accidental self link in a 9/11 thread? One would hope so.

Worst post ever contender

dash_slot- — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:19:44 -0800

Worst post ever? Single link: Check. Self-post: Check. changed contact info to disguise ID: check.

What's all this about urinals as art?

R. Mutt — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:57:40 -0800

So if I were to post this article about someone attacking R. Mutt's "Urinal" with a hammer, would that be considered a "One Link News Filter Pseudo Self Link FFP" ?

How can my father promote his New Orleans towboat pilot relief effort?

brundlefly — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 23:35:01 -0800

My father is attempting to start a New Orleans relief effort among towboat pilots (he is one himself). He's posted a "call to action" on his site, and I'd like to get the word out. I haven't posted it on the front page because it seems dangerously close to a self-link (and is just one editorial, really). Any suggestions?

Is This a Self-Link?

bugmuncher — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 21:00:25 -0800

I am thinking of posting this to metafilter. It's my brother's warblog.

http://chris.whong.org/

I wasn't involved in the creation of this site (other than installing his blog software), but he is my brother. His deployment began today, and he started blogging.... So I thought "hey, a chance for people to start following from day 1, that's the best of the web, right?" Anyone have any thoughts?

Would this link be against self-link etiquette or policy?

bigbadem — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:24:03 -0800

I wanted to create an FPP for this ten second film festival, which I think would be of interest to many MeFites, but I've run into a couple of ethical and logistical conundrums: 1) The festival is being run by a friend of mine, so I suppose I might be a little biased as to this being The Best of The Web. 2) You really have to be in the Twin Cities area to see the screening and win a prize, even though submissions are accepted from anywhere. Any thoughts about this being FPP worthy?

Self-link, it seems

John Kenneth Fisher — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:38:19 -0800

Self-link, it seems

At least read the post before violating the main rule

terrapin — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:52:26 -0800

If you are going to use MetaFilter to push your web site and agenda, at least read the freakin' post before you post your NSFW childish self links (on your first day as a member no less). Thank you.

Informative, but...

Wulfgar! — Wed, 13 Nov 2002 14:22:48 -0800

Welcome to "Me"tafilter.

Can I Self-link in Comments?

daver — Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:37:01 -0800

Is this self-linking?