02-10-2004, 10:31 PM | #1 |
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Impolite to use another's site in your sig?
I have a general question for the mods or from other peoples' experience on message boards...
Is it considered impolite to use another person's site in your sig? I mean, what if someone is using your own personal site in their sig and they are not affiliated with you in any way, shape or form? I realize there is nothing about this in the official forum rules, however, what do people consider the "unspoken" rule about this? Thank you in advance for your responses.
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02-10-2004, 10:37 PM | #2 |
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I wouldn't do it.
Personally, I think putting a site in your sig, makes it look like it is YOUR site. Its almost like taking credit for someone else's work. Unless you CLEARLY state that it isn't your's (which some people don't do.). If the person were given permission, I would think it okay, but if they just do it? Then yes, I consider it an unspoken rule that you just shouldn't, out of courtesy.
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02-10-2004, 11:05 PM | #3 |
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I'm with Shirley in that linking a site in your .sig implies at least partial ownership and should be avoided under many circumstances.
That said, I see people link to fandom rings and cliques and hub sites and what have you all the time, and they don't necessarily own those sites. In fact I link the Team Cordy site in my own .sig despite the fact that all I really ever did for it was write a As with anything else, it's probably a judgment call. Hub sites and cliques probably are all right -- but, say, a big media or concept site, I'd say not. (Personal blogs pretty much are self-evident, I think -- no linking unless it's yours.)
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02-10-2004, 11:10 PM | #4 | |
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Like you said, blogs and journals should really be kept out unless it is your own. That just seems like common knowledge. But I guess you never know with some people.
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