How about letting the owner of the project decide whether they want to report it or not?

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GunChleoc wrote:

How about letting the owner of the project decide whether they want to report it or not?

Hmm…You make a good point. They might like advertising.

Technically against the community guidelines, but I wouldn't bother reporting it. The project owner mightn't care about advertising.

If someone advertised on my project, I wouldn’t care enough to report it,

If they say in description/credits that it is ok to advertise then don't report, but otherwise, yes, report it.

10goto10 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

I usually say by default that advertising is not allowed unless the user is okay with it. In general it can be unwanted and unconstructive.

Well, in that case I recommend that you edit Paddle2see’s announcement for clarity and to match what you are saying here. It’s better when there is a single, clear, objective standard.

The announcement already states several places where advertising is considered off-topic and reportable:

Paddle2See wrote:

Where is it not okay to advertise?

Any place where your ad would be considered “off-topic”, such as:

• Comments on someone else's project
  
• Comments on someone else's profile (possible exception - maybe your followers profiles would be okay - but you might want to check with them first)
  
• On areas of the Discussion Forums other than Show and Tell
  
• In Studios that are not relevant to the project you are advertising
  

Za-Chary wrote:

10goto10 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

I usually say by default that advertising is not allowed unless the user is okay with it. In general it can be unwanted and unconstructive.

Well, in that case I recommend that you edit Paddle2see’s announcement for clarity and to match what you are saying here. It’s better when there is a single, clear, objective standard.

The announcement already states several places where advertising is considered off-topic and reportable:

Paddle2See wrote:

Where is it not okay to advertise?

Any place where your ad would be considered “off-topic”, such as:

• Comments on someone else's project
  
• Comments on someone else's profile (possible exception - maybe your followers profiles would be okay - but you might want to check with them first)
  
• On areas of the Discussion Forums other than Show and Tell
  
• In Studios that are not relevant to the project you are advertising
  

Yes, on that part you agree, but, he goes on to add this provision

paddle2see wrote:

However, inviting somebody to enjoy one of your projects that is similar to one of theirs might be considered okay, since you are sharing an interest

There is too much distance between that and

Za-Chary wrote:

I usually say by default that advertising is not allowed unless the user is okay with it. In general it can be unwanted and unconstructive.

It’s just not the same thing or if it is then what Paddle2see wrote should be changed for clarity so people understand that

paddle2see wrote:

.. inviting somebody to enjoy one of your projects that is similar to one of theirs might be considered okay…

is actually Not okay.

And this question is left hanging

10goto10 wrote:

I’m still not sure I see that much difference between “nice Pong game. I’ve written one myself that I think turned out well. Let me know if you’d like the link.” vs “nice Pong game. I’ve written one myself that I think turned out well and here’s the link …”. Is it because the link is in blue and it draws your eye to it?

Is one of these okay? Neither? The first example is as close as I could get to spirit of the provision that Paddle2see offered but stopping short of including it a link.

10goto10 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

10goto10 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

I usually say by default that advertising is not allowed unless the user is okay with it. In general it can be unwanted and unconstructive.

Well, in that case I recommend that you edit Paddle2see’s announcement for clarity and to match what you are saying here. It’s better when there is a single, clear, objective standard.

The announcement already states several places where advertising is considered off-topic and reportable:

Paddle2See wrote:

Where is it not okay to advertise?

Any place where your ad would be considered “off-topic”, such as:

• Comments on someone else's project
  
• Comments on someone else's profile (possible exception - maybe your followers profiles would be okay - but you might want to check with them first)
  
• On areas of the Discussion Forums other than Show and Tell
  
• In Studios that are not relevant to the project you are advertising
  

Yes, on that part you agree, but, he goes on to add this provision

paddle2see wrote:

However, inviting somebody to enjoy one of your projects that is similar to one of theirs might be considered okay, since you are sharing an interest

There is too much distance between that and

Za-Chary wrote:

I usually say by default that advertising is not allowed unless the user is okay with it. In general it can be unwanted and unconstructive.

It’s just not the same thing or if it is then what Paddle2see wrote should be changed for clarity so people understand that

paddle2see wrote:

.. inviting somebody to enjoy one of your projects that is similar to one of theirs might be considered okay…

is actually Not okay.

And this question is left hanging

10goto10 wrote:

I’m still not sure I see that much difference between “nice Pong game. I’ve written one myself that I think turned out well. Let me know if you’d like the link.” vs “nice Pong game. I’ve written one myself that I think turned out well and here’s the link …”. Is it because the link is in blue and it draws your eye to it?

Is one of these okay? Neither? The first example is as close as I could get to spirit of the provision that Paddle2see offered but stopping short of including it a link.

I like your first example a lot - not posting a link until invited to do so. That way you are making sure that it is welcome in that space.