Yesterday, I posted a link on Balatarin from Iranian.com. The link was getting a good number of hits and votes. All of a sudden, a numb skull left a comment to the effect of “this link violates the site’s rules because the website that it is linked to (IC) is a paid and / or members only site.” I assume that the same moron “reported” the link as being in violation of Balatarin’s rules, because my link was deleted, and the explanation that I was given for the deletion was because it was linked to a paid / members only site. I emailed them about the issue, explaining that IC is not a members only site, and signing up is only a requirement if one wants to contribute (just like Balatarin itself, and pretty much every other site, including YouTube), but never heard back from them, and the link remains deleted.
Obviously, this is absurd, especially given the fact that Balatarin itself blogs on IC. My suggestion is for JJ to remove the Balatarin “share” link from threads and to suspend their blogging rights until they provide an explanation for treating IC links the way they did. This is just unfair.
Has anyone had any other such experiences with Balatarin?
