[Eclipse]

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Mate, I'm just a moderator. Take it up with @Onion.

[Earth]

Even if it is a completely different niche as you say, members will begin to spend more time there posting and being active if they enjoy it more, thus driving away members/making them less active. I completely agree with the rule, I think it should stay and should pretty much be a base rule on any forum.

This is not just about forums.

And if it is a different niche members will stay here and use that different niche. Do people stop using Facebook because theres Twitter? no they use them both because they are both different.

If members want to leave they will leave plain and simple, and if members get driven away from a forum because another in a different niche pops up then the original forum they are from is doing something very wrong that is not appealing to the members therefore pushing them away.

Do you think a forum about survival, dogs or even vagina's is going to take members away from being active Sinisterly when they are all very different forums that do not have anything that competes or replicates Sinisterly?

If a person is interested in technology, computing, coding, anime, etc they aren't going to post it on a vagina forum now are they? no because that forum does not contain sections for that it only contains sections on vaginas or its specific niche.

P.S don't mind the vaginas part I had to come up with a random example.

[Nyx]

This is not just about forums.

And if it is a different niche members will stay here and use that different niche. Do people stop using Facebook because theres Twitter? no they use them both because they are both different.

If members want to leave they will leave plain and simple, and if members get driven away from a forum because another in a different niche pops up then the original forum they are from is doing something very wrong that is not appealing to the members therefore pushing them away.

Do you think a forum about survival, dogs or even vagina's is going to take members away from being active Sinisterly when they are all very different forums that do not have anything that competes or replicates Sinisterly?

If a person is interested in technology, computing, coding, anime, etc they aren't going to post it on a vagina forum now are they? no because that forum does not contain sections for that it only contains sections on vaginas or its specific niche.

P.S don't mind the vaginas part I had to come up with a random example.

However if that website manages to keep our members more interested and entertained after they visit, members may begin spending more time there and make more posts or whatever you do on that website. I agree you're 100% correct in every way that if it's about dogs they will still use this forum to talk about technology, but what happens when they prefer the dog website to waste their time on so they begin spending more time posting/reading over there instead of posting/reading here about technology/hacking etc...? It's not about members leaving completely, my point is them spending less time here. I still stand firm on my opinion of this being a perfectly justified rule.

If people want to get others to join their website, they should learn to do SEO or post about it on Reddit, not on Sinisterly.

[mothered]

We allow advertising in select circumstances. All you have to do is message me and ask for approval. If your site isn't competing, I'm more than likely to allow it. I just dislike seeing a bunch of website banners under posts, so I made it against the rules.

I believe this answers all questions and concerns.

Definitive and conclusive.

[Oni]

However if that website manages to keep our members more interested and entertained after they visit, members may begin spending more time there and make more posts or whatever you do on that website. I agree you're 100% correct in every way that if it's about dogs they will still use this forum to talk about technology, but what happens when they prefer the dog website to waste their time on so they begin spending more time posting/reading over there instead of posting/reading here about technology/hacking etc...? It's not about members leaving completely, my point is them spending less time here. I still stand firm on my opinion of this being a perfectly justified rule.

If people want to get others to join their website, they should learn to do SEO or post about it on Reddit, not on Sinisterly.

I don't mind a dog forum, but I'd mind a programming or security forum. There are a few other types I won't allow, but that's why you need to message me.

[Earth]

I don't mind a dog forum, but I'd mind a programming or security forum. There are a few other types I won't allow, but that's why you need to message me.

Then honestly you should add it beside the rule that "Certain websites are allowed after approval, contact Oni"

[Jiggly]

Then honestly you should add it beside the rule that "Certain websites are allowed after approval, contact Oni"

I think that is a fair request. Although, members should make sure not to bitch if Oni disapproves. His answer is final an he does not make decisions for no reason. I hope all members make sure to respect that.

[Earth]

I think that is a fair request. Although, members should make sure not to bitch if Oni disapproves. His answer is final an he does not make decisions for no reason. I hope all members make sure to respect that.

Then that should be fine and if people advertise it after disapproval disable there signatures for a while as punishment or if its somewhere else then do what is necessary.

[mothered]

I think that is a fair request. Although, members should make sure not to bitch if Oni disapproves. His answer is final an he does not make decisions for no reason. I hope all members make sure to respect that.

Precisely this ^^

In addition to Oni's comment below, I think we should now be clear as to what's required to advertise one's site.

We allow advertising in select circumstances. All you have to do is message me and ask for approval. If your site isn't competing, I'm more than likely to allow it. I just dislike seeing a bunch of website banners under posts, so I made it against the rules.

[Lain]

tbh the types of forums @Oni considers as competitors are that widespread that it'd just be easier to keep all types of forums banned from advertising.