# Adding an external link (voice clip) to a thread?

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**Created:** [November 7, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-an-external-link-voice-clip-to-a-thread/770941 "2016-11-07T11:53:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![femmejean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-an-external-link-voice-clip-to-a-thread/770941/1 "2016-11-07T11:53:20Z")

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Hello. I’m a new member here. I was wondering if it’s acceptable to include a personal voice clip uploaded on an audio site (vocaroo) for a question asking about accents and voices in IMHO. Would this be considered spam?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-an-external-link-voice-clip-to-a-thread/770941/2 "2016-11-07T13:16:28Z")

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Generally speaking, just a link to a voice clip alone isn’t spam. On the other hand, if the voice clip is something like a 30 second advert for a product, that probably would be considered spam.

Without knowing the content of the voice clip, all I can say is you’re probably ok posting it. The link by itself wouldn’t be considered spam.

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**Author:** ![femmejean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-an-external-link-voice-clip-to-a-thread/770941/3 "2016-11-07T13:18:22Z")

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> Generally speaking, just a link to a voice clip alone isn’t spam. On the other hand, if the voice clip is something like a 30 second advert for a product, that probably would be considered spam.
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> Without knowing the content of the voice clip, all I can say is you’re probably ok posting it. The link by itself wouldn’t be considered spam.

It would just be a voice clip of me reciting some Shakespeare and asking other members if the accent and voice is suitable for the specified acting role

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-an-external-link-voice-clip-to-a-thread/770941/4 "2016-11-07T13:20:37Z")

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Go thee and post forth anon (or something like that… I never was good with Shakespeare).

Sounds fine to me. Go ahead and post it.