Advertising is not just giving a link to another site - some sites are well known to the extent that nicknames are just as bad. The usual punishments apply here as they do to giving links.
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My suggestion: Make a noticeable advertisement in your signature linking to the topic with a message like, "Updating daily this month."
^I'm very much in favour of this idea; but I have the feeling of "If it's not broken, don't fix it." Really, this topic is only here because people want to ensure their work is seen by their fans. And seeing as we have the "check new replies" option, or even the "check unread posts" option, if you're a silent-fan, then I don't think the double post rule needs to be ammended.
If that's an issue with signature size, I'd rather increase that size to prevent having to distinguish between spam posts and drawing attention to posts - to me, "Look, I've slightly updated my debate" (by adding three words) is already clearly spam.
The rule isn't in place just for preventing spam of the obvious kind - I consider artificially keeping a post at the top through double posting spam as well, and that includes using it for any 'bumping'. That's the reason the rule was put in (keeping the flow of topics natural), not because of some more limited concept of spam.
All of these arguments are invalidated by the option to "Show new replies to your posts" option beside your avatar at the top of the screen. If you're following a particular topic, and have posted in it, then when someone edits new content in, that topic will be back on the list of topics for you to check for your interest.
Thats just great, I've double posted on several topics. Thanks Pkmn net! Thats real nice of you....really
I agree that you can just use the Unread Replies function to check for art updates, generally - if you don't use it all that often, perhaps this just gives you a reason to?
i hate to say it but if those features went away i wouldnt even notice...and with the signature thing, i honestly dont pay too much attention to signatures either. i look at the images in them and keep scrolling, i dont bother reading or clicking too many links.