Anonymous wrote:Can you tell if the old post was posted by the author? She is a mom in NYC.

It's too late to check now. But as I said above, it's unlikely the author would post the full text. That would deprive her of money-making hits.

Thanks for letting me know- I didn't think about it as advertising.

Can you tell if the old post was posted by the author? She is a mom in NYC.

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if it was posted by the author?

If an author is trying to drive traffic to his website or article, that is advertising. They are welcome to purchase advertising from us, but not obtain it for free. So, that's why it matters to me.

Who cares if it was posted by the author?

I guess it is legitimate. I deleted the previous post because it violated copyright laws. I doubt the author would have posted the entire article since that would have not incentivized readers to visit Yahoo. The post to which you link doesn't violate any of our guidelines. It's not exactly the sort of post I like in General Parenting, but it's not too far off the mark.

Well, the very same thread was deleted once already so maybe Jeff knows something we don't.

How is Jeff supposed to know if the poster is the owner of the shine site?

Is this being posted by the author of the article so she can generate some traffic to her yahoo shine site? I noticed that the original post here was as if it were a regular post, and it's been deleted.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/359968.page