I'm not trying to be a pain and I'm not going to make an idle threat about leaving the site. Its an awesome site and trading would be a lot harder without it, but I think the rules here are getting a bit too extensive. Less is better when it comes to rules and easier for the masses to naturally comply with. If people are naturally complying then it requires less administration. A win-win for everyone.

I love the freedom I have to post what my trade is all about and up until now put in my low value unusual trades my affiliate links to hexide and tf2shop. I thought this was a smart way to show a new trader that the unusual they want is more obtainable then they expected while making a few pennies off the referral. Now I can understand prohibiting the use of affiliate links and shortened links, but it would be nice to be able to direct people to useful sites like that (even with the non-affiliate link). It helps everyone be a more knowledgeable trader and brings more people into trading for higher value items.

I'm not sure what prompted the rule changes and I'm sure there is an excellent reason. I just really think you can only protect people so much and if the link I post is related to the trade in some way and the location of the link is clear it shouldn't be a problem. I'm also not sure how moderated this will be so I may be over reacting. Just wanted to put my thoughts out there and see what other people think.

Thank you for the site and all the hard work you put into it.