links that are or are not okay

[Matt Rize]

hey, im super confused about this links thing. i have asked many questions and got answers from admin like "that is a grey area"... i do not accept that answer and this is the sub-forum to ask.

is this link okay?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...to-laboratory-tested-and-graded-Cannabis.html

 

[KharmaGirl]

We have a videos section for videos. If you are confused, you should always start with the TOU

Spamming: The posting of links to other commercial websites, forums, chat rooms or communities, or commercial products are not permitted. Members who have their own website shall not be permitted to place the URL or related information in your profile area or display it in your signature, as doing so is considered advertising. There are appropriate avenues to follow regarding advertising on IC Mag. Any unauthorized advertisements will be deleted as Spam and the member banned.

 

[oldpink]

I already told you what was allowed and what was not allowed
and when I said linking to a future article in HT was a "grey area" will depend on where the link goes

if you do not accept Answers from Admin then I fail to see who else can answer you
you seem to be doing all you can to be difficult on this site and are really annoying the staff with your "Links"

OP

 

[yortbogey]

gr8t another wayward super troll........alwayz going against the grain....
will lead to permA-Banned.........
just quite going against the flow..........much easier to push w/ the flow than pull against the flow..........

easy is as easy does............dont Rock the boat......w/ nonsense....

 

[JJScorpio]

Matt, I think I explained this to you clearly.

This all started regarding your blog, which I told you wasn't allowed. I told you articles not selling or spamming would be ok, but to refrain from anything where products are being sold.

How is this confusing?

 

[Matt Rize]

Matt, I think I explained this to you clearly.

This all started regarding your blog, which I told you wasn't allowed. I told you articles not selling or spamming would be ok, but to refrain from anything where products are being sold.

How is this confusing?

well, i'll just assume that link i posted in the OP is approved.

BUT telling me that a link is grey area, then threatening me with expulsion for posting another iffy link... is SO not acceptable to me. So... I'll keep putting my links up here and get them okayed to be safe

my blog neither sells nor spams and is simply a compilation of threads here, on rollitup, and on grasscity... sharing is caring. WE are not exactly the rule followers here in this community... I've grown since age 16, in four states, in 12+ different rentals. If you think I've got here by following the rules... you are mistaken.

And as the youngest and most prolific Medical Cannabis Educator in Cali, I have professional writings all over

On another subject that I am not clear: PDF files... if I publish my professional work as a .pdf I see no difference between that and any other .pdf file. No ads, no spam, just published elsewhere and to not give that link is the true injustice IMO. Please explain if I am allowed to link to .pdf files or not. Thanks.

ps. don't be so surprised. i never started a thread until a couple weeks ago, now I have over 50,000 hits... I'm def in over my head!

 

[Matt Rize]

oh yeah... what is a TOU, i've seen that many times here. is that reference to some list of rules? honest question from a newbie with 50,000 hits in a month

 

[KharmaGirl]

well, i'll just assume that link i posted in the OP is approved.

To be out in the VIDEO section....please, do not give more work by posting every link you want to put up. I am not here to approve every little thing you want to post. You have been told time and time what kind of links are and are not allowed. I showed you the TOU. Quit playing dumb. Doesn't matter what's in your blog. It's a personal site and as such is against the TOU. You seem stuck on rep and hits...rep is an entertainment thing. Nothing more, nothing less. You should not use it to guage anything, other than then the members participation in rep. Of those 50,000 hits MANY were us mods deleting links you were asked time and time again not to post....What's a TOU? Are you kidding me? TERMS of USE (that you agreed to when signing up). You can find them under the Forum Menu drop down.

 

[yortbogey]

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goodluck.....MATT......I smell aschittstormm........

 

[JJScorpio]

I also explained how off site blogs could be used to harvest IP addresses. We have no way of knowing who is who. I also explained how you could make a blog here. That way members don't have to click an off site link....

The TOU stand for the Terms of Use, that you were asked to read and agree to prior to signing up......

well, i'll just assume that link i posted in the OP is approved.

BUT telling me that a link is grey area, then threatening me with expulsion for posting another iffy link... is SO not acceptable. So... I'll keep putting my links up here and get them okayed to be safe

my blog neither sells nor spams and is simply a compilation of threads here, on rollitup, and on grasscity... sharing is caring. WE are not exactly the rule followers here in this community...

On another subject that I am not clear: PDF files... if I publish my professional work as a .pdf I see no difference between that and any other .pdf file. No ads, no spam, just published elsewhere and to not give that link is the true injustice IMO. Please explain if I am allowed to link to .pdf files or not. Thanks.

ps. don't be so surprised. i never started a thread until a couple weeks ago, now I have over 50,000 hits... I'm def in over my head!

 

[lokes]

Wow, this guy is everywhere all the sudden, and no one seems as impressed with him as he is. For a proclaimed professor, he sure doesn't know how to do his research very well. If I were going to take advice it'd be at least from someone who knows what TOU means.
Must not own a copy of Windows. LOL

 

[Matt Rize]

Windows? CHA

Windows? CHA

Wow, this guy is everywhere all the sudden, and no one seems as impressed with him as he is. For a proclaimed professor, he sure doesn't know how to do his research very well. If I were going to take advice it'd be at least from someone who knows what TOU means.
Must not own a copy of Windows. LOL

What? Really? The research is done, I just have to figure out how to get it here, without breaking the rules, and while giving credit to the original publisher and site.

Seems you have not been to my hash thread: go get your learn on! Special guest appearance by Bubbleman!

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=191874

As a scientist, I refuse to quote anyone without giving the links. That is far greater injustice than any tou violation.

 

[stonedar]

he DOES know his hash, he should stick to that

 

[lokes]

Seems you have not been to my hash thread: go get your learn on! Special guest appearance by Bubbleman!

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=191874

As a scientist, I refuse to quote anyone without giving the links. That is far greater injustice than any tou violation.

Nice hash thread. I too do my research.

 

[oldpink]

look I'm going to make this simple
IF I have to come into one of your threads again your banned
I don't care if your info is good, and I don't care if your bloody god himself
you will not bully or provoke our members and staff which is all you have done since you arrived here
you seem intent in causing trouble and continue to break the rules or demand you be allowed to do as you wish
consider this your final warning as I have to do than chase your ass about and so do the mods here

and as the TOU has been posted for you to read (you did agree to abide by it when you signed up)
you have no excuse for claiming ignorance

thread and discussion closed

OP