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Some of you must be wondering this by now, given that I have had to edit/delete a few questions/comments by some of of you or suspend or delete you.

So what is up?

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Answering my own question.

I prefer to use a light a touch on PaleoHacks as possible. However, some of you (you know who you are) have barged into PaleoHacks and started promoting your own business/project/etc etc

There is definitely a subjective, hazy line here between self-promotion that adds value to the community and self-promotion that looks, walks and quacks like spam. If I see the latter, I will delete it and suspend your account.

Note: I have no glib definition for spam-self-promotion - like pornography, I know it when I see it. Use your judgment.

I am not knee-jerk against self-promotion - but what does "get my goat" is when someone joins PaleoHacks and within 24 hours starts selfishly pushing their stuff.

Don't do it. There are a lot of great, smart people on PaleoHacks who have their own stuff they would love to promote, but don't, out of respect for the community.

Thanks and now back to your regularly scheduled programming. Keep being awesome.

PS I have updated the PaleoHacks FAQ here: http://paleohacks.com/faq

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I think you've administered this place very fairly. – Glenn Sep 16 2010 at 14:18
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Thanks for your "light touch," Patrik. – Dan Sep 16 2010 at 18:38
What about software to make a healthy life easier? I'm a developer, and I think the paleo community should know if there's a decent app to help them being healthy. – Korion Aug 26 2011 at 9:12
Let them know elsewhere. – Patrik Aug 26 2011 at 14:40
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Please do not create "questions" that consist of "Check out my new website/blog post/article." Even if you make it look like a question "Can you provide me feedback for my blog/website/article?" it is not OK.

I will delete them and suspend you for at least a day.

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Melissa- quick question. I'm starting a site to synthesize evidence on nutrition/movement and chronic pain (paleohacks.com/questions/28181/…). When the site goes up in a month or so, I'm not sure if it's okay to update that hack with the website address. A couple people requested that I let them know where it's located, but I'm not sure if including the address would be too self-promotional. – Kamal Apr 11 2011 at 19:55
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Also, if you engage in ad hominem, especially with one of the moderators, I will simply delete your account.

You know who you are.

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Time for this post to make it up the board a bit.

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