Anonymous wrote:Jeff, I'm a DC urban mom and I think it's time to get rid of the sf urban mom thread from the nanny forum - now she/he is just getting free advertising and advice. It's sort of ridiculous. I wouldn't mind if she posted a reply to a relevant thread "I'm in Oakland and need a nanny - any one have any ideas?" but I don't think this is the right place.

Ohh brother...

Jeff, I'm a DC urban mom and I think it's time to get rid of the sf urban mom thread from the nanny forum - now she/he is just getting free advertising and advice. It's sort of ridiculous. I wouldn't mind if she posted a reply to a relevant thread "I'm in Oakland and need a nanny - any one have any ideas?" but I don't think this is the right place.

Ok, thanks. I'll check the nanny forum.

The topic was cross-posted in the Nanny Forum. We generally prohibit cross-posting, especially between two of our busiest forums. The post was not about a parenting issue, so it didn't belong in General Parenting. Arguably, the post was an advertisement, which again in prohibited. Finally, it is not exactly good form to use a website to attempt to attract that website's users to a new website. I am willing to tolerate that in the Nanny Forum to an extent, but my tolerance has limits.

In short, there were plenty of reasons. Take your pick.

Was it offensive or otherwise problematic? Just curious.