Not posting stories anymore.....

15 years ago

Garden web wrote me and told me that posting links to outside hosted blogs was not allowed really, they were very nice about it and I want to follow the rules here....If any of you are interested in reading my garden stories you can follow them on the link below

I won't be posting anything about them here anymore.....I just want to thank those of you who read my little stories on occasion for doing so and especially those of you who took the time to write me.....I sure appreciated it.....Hope to hear from you folks soon if you're so inclined....I do enjoy Garden Web and don't want to abuse my membership here.....See you folks later

Here is a link that might be useful: Paul from Alabama

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andie_rathbone
15 years ago
Well that seems to be a new rule. I guess corporate America gets to make its own rules, but I find it unfortunate.
endorphinjunkie
15 years ago
Observation:

Linking to a blog that is not your own seems to be OK, linking to a blog that is your own seems not OK.

Small difference, methinks, but the powers that be seem to frown on the outside self promotion thingy. Seems OK if one does that here, on these pages though. Several of us have posted original material and it seemed to be fine.
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mwoods
15 years ago
Since you can't post your stories does that mean you won't be visiting us anymore?
Lisa_H OK
15 years ago
Paul, you should still be able to post your stories, just copy them into your message instead of linking them.

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sinai
Original Author
15 years ago
mwoods, Lord no.....:) I follow the forums about every day more or less...perennials, roses, new to gardening, shrubs, whatever....I learn something new about every time I sit down to read the threads.....I just can't seem to post the links to my stories anymore.....might ask if its OK to post my stories like Lisa suggested, the ones about gardening that is...again thanks for writing and I look forward to "seeing" you folks in the future right here.....

Paul from Alabama
endorphinjunkie
15 years ago
Paul,
I think the whole problem is that you have been posting the same post to more than several different garden party forums. I have seen the same posts on the Alabama forum, verbatim to what you have posted here at the party.

A quick search shows that you have posted the same things to the Garden Party forum, the Alabama forum, the Georgia forum, the Texas forum and more.

Even though this might not been your intent,this a favourite technique of spammers.
sheila
15 years ago
You might be fortunate, Paul. I believe iVillage technically owns the rights to anything posted here. Check the small print.
sinai
Original Author
15 years ago
endorphinjunkie......You're right I think that might be part of the problem, but as you said that was NOT my intent, I just posted a link when I got a story finished to the forums I kept getting email or responses from...it was my fault I guess and I see your point........sheila just said something that I'm glad to know and that I didn't know, that iVillage owns the rights to whatever is posted here...I sure didn't know that.....but like I said, I appreciate you folks reading my little stories and I hope you'll visit my site in the future, enjoy the stories there and hope to hear from you.....again thanks for everything

Paul from Alabama
oakleif
15 years ago
Paul, So sorry abt the GW message. I injoyed your stories also. I wish ivillage would be as diligent with real spammers,the commercial ones. i go to several forums and commercial spam is getting bad. Esp on the herbalism forum and a couple others. I did report one who'd advertized several times and they took him off. Blogs are something else and i usually check them out and nearly always enjoy them.
sinai
Original Author
15 years ago
I'm glad you enjoy the stories oakleif and hope you'll continue finding them fun to read...don't post a story everyday but most days......I look forward to hearing from you again.....

Paul from Alabama
acorn
15 years ago
I enjoy the stories. I only post my poems that have been published because of ivillage.
sinai
Original Author
15 years ago
I'm glad you do acorn.....I haven't published anything but what's on my website/blog, I'm beginning to think maybe that is best considering everything.....but I still enjoy the forums here, just not posting the links to my stories anymore....You have a nice weekend acorn and again thanks for responding.

Paul from Alabama

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