I cannot speak for other forums, only my own (Bryce). Mod's are basically given the responsibility of overseeing a specific Forum. While there are TOS rules here at Renderosity, the Mod's have to also think on their feet with everything that goes down in their forum. They must use their own judgement in day to day posts, and all this can depend on what Forum you are a Mod of. Meaning, your post referring to Nameslinger; It didn't directly break the TOS, as I saw it. But, that was MY judgement for MY forum. Also, The Bryce forum is a quieter one, and anyway, from time to time we ask one another about free/paid websites to host our stuff, redirects, etc. Also, no one in the forum complained about your post and actually discussed the subject. So, it was my judgement for my forum, that it was no problem. Other forums can and do see abuse stemming from types of post that are similar to yours DAILY/CONSTANTLY, so in this way each forumm can be different. The hard part of being a Mod isn't really dealing with rule breakers, its directing a forum in all it's grey areas. This explains my part. And, while I don't think there is anything inherently wrong with your post, (I don't believe you meant any harm by it), I can see where others would be upset at your giving this link out, with your refferal, in SO many forums. Many would see it as spamming. Just want to help illuminate all sides of this. AgentSmith

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