# Is there a rule about people posting as web sites?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483>\
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**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483 "2020-06-28T01:52:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483/1 "2020-06-28T01:52:21Z")

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Alienbabble hasn’t said anything trolly or spammy, but they post _as_ the website, with a link to the site’s URL. I’m wondering if that falls under the banner of advertising.

> **[@AlienBabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alienbabble/summary)**

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483/2 "2020-06-28T01:53:26Z")

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We need all the posters we can get. Welcome him, please.

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483/3 "2020-06-28T02:22:50Z")

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If you identify as a web site does that make you a netrosexual?

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483/4 "2020-06-28T03:35:07Z")

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Ouch!

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483/5 "2020-06-28T03:40:14Z")

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The website in the homepage is a message board run by more than one person. Is just one of them posting here, or is the account shared?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483/6 "2020-06-28T04:02:18Z")

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> [@madsircool](#):
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> We need all the posters we can get. Welcome him, please.

But it has the appearance that they are posting here to draw us there.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-people-posting-as-web-sites/913483/7 "2020-06-28T04:04:33Z")

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Thats OK with me. One hand washes the other. We dont have a UFO poster anyway. He’s not disrupting anything.