Discussion easily turns highly technical on this forum, and I like to put links in my own text to give examples when I'm making a point.
From now on that function is completely useless given that everyone will automatically ignore links in text, any websites linked to by users will now need to be in full URL form, which breaks up the flow of text.
Unfortunately there's already many years worth of posts that have this and that information is now scrambled.
From a communication standpoint, this is a step backward.
People need to make money, it's not my site, I understand, but surely there's a better way than interfering with the function of the forum.
I get confused when I see these things in blog posts on other websites, thinking that people use links they way I do and that it somehow contains relevant information. Basically I consider this spam in the same vein as computerized telemarketing, taking advantage of a system intended for communication with people and using that to basically steal mind share, only this is more of a click-bait nature.
If you enjoy getting random phone calls from travel agencies then I guess you'd think this is fine, otherwise don't put ads in our posts.
From now on that function is completely useless given that everyone will automatically ignore links in text, any websites linked to by users will now need to be in full URL form, which breaks up the flow of text.
Unfortunately there's already many years worth of posts that have this and that information is now scrambled.
From a communication standpoint, this is a step backward.
People need to make money, it's not my site, I understand, but surely there's a better way than interfering with the function of the forum.
I get confused when I see these things in blog posts on other websites, thinking that people use links they way I do and that it somehow contains relevant information. Basically I consider this spam in the same vein as computerized telemarketing, taking advantage of a system intended for communication with people and using that to basically steal mind share, only this is more of a click-bait nature.
If you enjoy getting random phone calls from travel agencies then I guess you'd think this is fine, otherwise don't put ads in our posts.
