Wow. I am seeing a pattern here.
- I see an interesting title to a post.
- I go there and start to read.
- I stop reading and scroll down the page to see if gits removed any spam url links from it. If so then I generally do not want to read the post.
- I read what gits says about the post to see if I will like the post.
Well done gits. That is the job of a senior editor.
"and placing backlinks in forums is a well known technique which i consider to be advertising - nothing more."
Before I read the post I read that.
Next post.
Ok, wait, I had to go back and make certain that I was not over simplifying this; now that I read more I see gits as a (I do not know how many there are) protector of this realm herein fighting against spammers that want to rape the site.
I would have probably deleted the post upon reading it. No discussions.