How is that spam? He's just sharing with other people about his band. This is a punk recommendation thread, isn't it? Then why can't he recommend us to listen to his band (for free). Forgot the name already...

I think a better question would be how is it not spam?

He's just recommending his band. Is there a thread available for people to go to to recommend bands that he or she is in?

Once you have been here a while. If everyone was allowed to start just pimping there stuff then this forum would be full of bloggers/musicians forcibly shoving music down our collective throats.

No, because that's against the rules of this site.

You may not realize how much spam the mods delete around here, but trust me, you do not want us to just start letting it slide.

There should at least be a thread dedicated for that. Is there a particular reason why?

You really need an explanation for why we don't allow spam? The owners of the site, the mod team and, as far as I know, every member except for you generally agree that we don't want a site that's clogged up with bunch of advertising. Why? Because it's annoying as hell and detracts from the community. As RezZ indicated, if someone has been here a while and actually participates in the site we're fine with them posting a link to their band or whatever. But some jackass drive-by poster who pops in for the express purpose of advertising is nothing but a piece of the collective spamming nuisance.

Yo Jan I actually download your online album yesterday and it was cool. What gave you the idea for that?

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