I do fail to see how isolation will make this community closer. It would be different if we had no place else to go. But we do and many will leave. The thing is as Maylasse said, we leave to get something, and then we come back, but we don't always come back alone. As we are introduced to new sites and communities, we make new acquaintances and either invite them back or point them in this direction for help or products. But now, if we never see the links, we won't go there and meet those people.

I saw a claim that other sites are doing this too. The main forums I frequent have a forum just for linking to offsite freebies. There have been mods in the past that have said this forum was for that.

As for viruses, I have no more guarantee that the freebies I download here are any safer than at viruses-r-us (forgive me if that's a real site it's meant to be tongue in cheek). I see nothing when I download or upload a product that indicates it's been scanned by antivirus software. So I have to assume it's not. Most people know to scan stuff when they download it. If you're worried about liability, put a warning at the top of the forum stating you are not liable for things downloaded from other sites right under where it says "Forum news, updates, events, and other items of interest to members. Also may be used to post notices or questions to the forum team.."

And protecting us from spamming? How will this help? spammers don't care about the rules. As others have said they can create them as fast as you can take them down. I was in the chat when the troll was there. He was creating new identities faster than you could ban the old ones. I get that there are only so many of you all working to help us and can't be everywhere at once. I don't think this is the solution because you can't be everywhere at once to enforce it.

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