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I understand your point.........I think the line as it stands (at least as I see it)with regards to promoting a product involves the following posting rules:

#7 No advertising or product marketing. No commercial ads allowed. Hunting Net has a free classified ads section for personal advertisements. An advertisement is categorized as an outright attempt to solicit business. Any such posts may be removed.

#10 Linking - Links to produtcs and personal pages will be tolerated. You may not link to any direct competitor or link to just advertise a product or service. We reserve the right to delete any link for any reason

For instance my "Signature" pic is full of products I use and trust, but nowhere does it say, "Click the enclosed link to purchase" any of them. There's a difference also as I do not have them there as "An outright attempt to solicit business".

I think for the most part we know the difference between an enthusiastic post about a good new product and a sales pitch.

I know it all seems a bit blurred at times. I wish I could read the original thread that you are referring to but I can't. If it is as you are saying just a guy telling fellow hunters about a quality product , then you may in fact be correct that it should have been allowed. That happens about 8 million times a day. I have to trust the judgement of my fellow moderators that there was a distinct difference which crossed the line of a posting rule which warranted the removal of the post.
I don't know what else to say. Just my attempt at trying to help you understand why it was probably removed.

We don't get paid for this stuff......we just try to keep the boards as close to the laid out rules as a bucnh of volunteers can make it. There are set written rules for posting, but many times it is a judgement call as to whether or not a post has violated one of them.