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02 November 2009

MeFi question. . . I want to post to this thread→[More:] a pic out of my flickr illustrating the point: That professional photographers are sent out to take pictures of lame stuff.

I want to use this page, with a pic of me trimming artificial grass with a small pair of scissors, that got on the front page of my local rag. I could also link the story, but it's the same issue.

Is this a violation of the self-link policy?

Thanks.

post by: danf at: 15:03 | 6 comments

It should be completely fine to self-link in a comment, especially if you're explicit about it.

posted by Daniel Charms 02 November | 15:10

That's fine. It happens a lot.

posted by Wolfdog 02 November | 15:44

I see the banhammer hasn't come down, which means yes it is totally fine to do that.

posted by rmless2 02 November | 16:44

Yep, as stated above, it's fine as long as you're upfront about it and it's in context with the thread.

posted by deborah 02 November | 16:55

cortex likes my music, so he'd be tolerant, I think.

posted by danf 02 November | 17:20

self-linking in comments is totally okay especially if you are clear you're linking to your own stuff. The only reason it's ever not okay is people being spammy weirdoes pretending they just stumbled across some link when in reality they're SEO shills.

posted by jessamyn 02 November | 18:06

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