There are some posters here in the forums that post daily and still have no hubs written. Their profiles have their own websites and businesses listed so they are using this simply for self promotion .
I know many of us are here for promotion but we have hubs on HP.
These daily posters are using HP forum as a public forum.
I think Hubpages should be for those who write hubs. After all most of places that I write on have requirements like this before posting. What do you think?
Just about every single one of Olyhooch’s posts are copyright violations, but Hubpages doesn’t seem to care. The copyright violations should be the bigger concern than his promoting of his website in his profile.
I agree. I think these people have a very different agenda than being a contributing part of the hubpages community and should find another place to vent their opinions. A political forum somewhere perhaps. But not on HP.
All the more reason to avoid the political/religion forums. Too many "other" agendas going on that have nothing to do with HP's purpose.
I'm not sure that I necessarily agree that the forums should only be for hub writers. I enjoy the forums as something completely separate from hubs. If forum posts are being copied from other places on the internet then I think that is a problem that does need to be addressed, because it could hurt the entire Hubpages community.
There is an easy answer to this. Ignore these people who post, and don't be provoked into responding. That's exactly what they want. If there was no response to their posts, then they would be gone quite quickly.
A few such people have disappeared. However, it was probably not due to ignoring their posts, it may have been because others called their bluff about the real reasons they were here.
It's like a spam post. Instead of people reporting it and NOT responding, several are very unclever and respond calling the spammer out as a spammer, thus perpetuating the thread. It's not a very smart thing to do.
Report and ignore. Make sure your reasons are valid and in accordance TOS.
There are hubbers here over a year who still self-promote with threads containing their hub links in the forums. I guess they think the rules only apply to others.
Perhaps they don't see the bold print next to each reply box that says, Do not start threads for the sole purpose of promotion or posting links.
yes, do what Daniel says.
by Kate Swanson 17 years ago
While I'm being a policeman, I can't help noticing that there's a lot of self-promotion that goes on in the forums. Especially the "other topics" forums, where quite often you'll find posts with not much more than the link to the person's Hub.Surely the forums are places to discuss...
by Don Bobbitt 6 years ago
It looks like a fourth of my feed lately is comprised of new people wanting the rest of us to tell them how to write. All day I get request after request for help on passing the Quality Assessment. I mean Really? Many of your requests are just one step above being a jumble of mis-spelled words...
by Kate Swanson 13 years ago
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by Charles James 13 years ago
I was reading an interesting Forum thread when I noticed one contributor has been a member for 11 months, has written no hubs, but has contributed to discussion 383 times - and amassed 9 followers. Another has been a member 21 months, has written no hubs, has 294 posts and has a dozen followers.I...
by ofmelancholy 14 years ago
When ı try to promote my hubs or articles at forums ı usually get banned. Are there specific forums to promote? I think linking an article is not spam but forum mods don't think so. Also ı can't see any hub promoted, that made me think ı'm posting at wrong places. Despite all my efforts still very...
by yoshi97 15 years ago
all the people I see spamming the forums are signing up long enough to post on the forum but aren't writing any hubs. So ... I was thinking. Why not require three hubs from a person before they can post in the forums? They would still be allowed to read to their heart's content, but they would need...
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