At least on this forum we get semi related things right? If you go to other websites that usually use Google ads then you are served ads based on your search history which might not be useful at all.
I do not see the big deal in allowing altcoins to be advertised and I do not get the kind of elitist attitude that this forum has to be Bitcoin and Bitcoin only. I get that this forum is called Bitcointalk but it has evolved into much more than that.
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They're both linking to an ANN thread, not a website with a call-to-action to invest in ICOs or buy tokens. I don't see why they should be removed since an announcement thread just has general information about a project.
This is bitcointalk, not twitter. The purpose of the forum is to allow open and free discussion, not create an echo chamber full of propaganda, and censorship. The forum is run by theymos, not Jack Dorsey.
The purpose is not to keep bitcoin alive (My opinion). It should be creating room for a greater project which can change the world. I don’t see anything wrong here.
The fact that we have a category called “Alternate cryptocurrencies” makes me feel that it already allows other projects to show their abilities. I mean, if this forum was exclusively for Bitcoin, then Altcoin discussions would be considered off-topic.But, if you create a thread about a coin that has no potential and everyone knows that it'll sooner or later be dumped, I won't encourage anyone to use it. Imagine advertising it. Nowadays, lots of self-considered “geniuses” create cryptocurrencies that are then pumped and sold by themselves, with main motive profit and not provision.
I'm guessing it's a stupid meme shit of some sort. Bitgesell seems to be a fast block / fast halving altcoin with no redeeming features that I can see.
It's another useless crypto with PoS mechanism that bootlicks Elon Musk.And while I'm sure the forum currently has enough money to do anything it wants to, would you ask that of any other business?
It depends on the way you look at it. Should a forum be a business? 
I was wondering; isn't it ironic for a forum like this to advertise altcoins? I was also wondering; doesn't this forum have enough funds to be a little stricter with the advertising rules, if not to disable them completely?
What's wrong with the ads? They aren't scams, at least. I think the forum should have enough cash but I also don't think they should draw from their reserves primarily. Hosting is already quite expensive by itself and there are other miscellaneous costs as well. I get it for ICOs, but why should there be an intention to advertise things like Litecoin or any other altcoin that operates in a peer-to-peer way?
More exposure simply isn't bad. Same can be said for almost all the signature campaigns on the forum, and some are just blatant pump and dumps. There is nothing wrong with advertising for an altcoins, the two that I see aren't as terrible as those that I see in sig campaigns. 
I was wondering; isn't it ironic for a forum like this to advertise altcoins?
Not at all, IMO. While this may be a forum focused on bitcoin, the reality is that altcoins are intimately tied to bitcoin itself and letting an altcoin or an ICO to advertise here is a way to keep the entire crypto space alive--assuming what's being advertised isn't some sort of scam, and one never knows with some of these shitcoins (yes, there are some bad ones out there) or ICOs/IDOs/whatever.I was also wondering; doesn't this forum have enough funds to be a little stricter with the advertising rules, if not to disable them completely?
I'm assuming that if the forum let everyone disable advertisements altogether, that fact would make it much less appealing to projects potentially wanting to buy banner space here. And while I'm sure the forum currently has enough money to do anything it wants to, would you ask that of any other business? Bitcontalk no doubt has expenses, so it wouldn't be prudent for Theymos to just throw up his hands and say "Well, that's it! We have all the money we'll ever need.". That just isn't realistic. 
Altcoins are good if they are good in infrastructure. There are many coins out there but very few of these are good enough.
Well, not these two in the OP. I noticed Eloncoin ad while browsing WO, so that's quite ironic, but their website is down so can't even figure what it's about. I'm guessing it's a stupid meme shit of some sort. Bitgesell seems to be a fast block / fast halving altcoin with no redeeming features that I can see.
I wouldn't mind the forum advertising e.g. a privacy coin but let's face it - it's unlikely that a properly decentralized altcoin would have an entity willing to pay for ads.
I don’t see anything wrong with that too.
Altcoins are good if they are good in infrastructure. There are many coins out there but very few of these are good enough.
If you are not going to allow altcoin ads, you are likely to remove everything related altcoin including thr ANN board, service board.
The purpose is not to keep bitcoin alive (My opinion). It should be creating room for a greater project which can change the world. I don’t see anything wrong here.
Altcoins are good if they are good in infrastructure. There are many coins out there but very few of these are good enough.
If you are not going to allow altcoin ads, you are likely to remove everything related altcoin including thr ANN board, service board.
The purpose is not to keep bitcoin alive (My opinion). It should be creating room for a greater project which can change the world. I don’t see anything wrong here.
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I was wondering; isn't it ironic for a forum like this to advertise altcoins? I was also wondering; doesn't this forum have enough funds to be a little stricter with the advertising rules, if not to disable them completely?
One week left for me to become Hero and disable them completely!
I was wondering; isn't it ironic for a forum like this to advertise altcoins? I was also wondering; doesn't this forum have enough funds to be a little stricter with the advertising rules, if not to disable them completely?
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[1]: For the purposes of forum ads, an ICO is any token, altcoin, or other altcoin-like thing which meets any of the following criteria: it is primarily run/backed by a company; it is substantially, fundamentally centralized in either operation or coin distribution; or it is not yet possible for two unprivileged users of the system to send coins directly to each other in a P2P way. The intention here is to allow community efforts to advertise things like Litecoin, but not to allow ICO funding, even when the ICO is disguised in various ways.
I get it for ICOs, but why should there be an intention to advertise things like Litecoin or any other altcoin that operates in a peer-to-peer way?One week left for me to become Hero and disable them completely!
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