Re: Is this ok?
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The difference here is that an employee of the casino is spamming the website. He has a vested interest in the promotion.
It would be fine if a typical poster, somebody without a vested interest, posted the information.
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Dynasty -
Provided the spam is a one off event from a contributor to the forums we have generally allowed this. Its a topic I have discussed before with Mat, its Gray but if its in the best interest of the B&M forum readers then we allow it. Personally if its posted before I am notified (like in RR's case) then I send the poster a PM explaining that spam is not permitted on 2+2, but if its a one-time occurrence than we can let it slide. Other times if the post was very spammy in tone then i deleted the post, sent back the text to the OP and explained why it needed to be edited before posting. of course I ALWAYS encourage the poster to consider purchasing a banner ad if they really want to reach the 2+2 consumer, so far that hasn't worked but I have a new trick up my sleeve that I'm working on to solve this minor problem.
2+2 also allows similar one-time notices in the books, software, and Zoo.
cliff notes: Yes its spammy, but we overlook that type of spam for a 1x occurrence.
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