Just got the news I have been kicked out of dmoz.org
I am kind of disappointed that I have been kicked out off dmoz.org as an editor. I have been with them for 5 years and provided them with 50+ links. I don't exactly know why I got kicked out but when I tried to log in, I was informed I was kicked out for one of the following reasons:
- Repeated failure to comply with the Open Directory community's editorial guidelines and policies.
- Continuous poor and/or abusive editing.
- Self-promotion and biased editing, including, but not limited to, cooling your own site, title or description manipulation, unfairly editing your own sites or those with which you are affiliated.
- Unfairly tampering with competitors' listings and submissions.
- Inability to function well within the Open Directory community.
- Uncivil and intentionally disruptive behavor.
- Violation of Open Directory forum and email privacy.
- Spamming the directory.
If I had to guess, it was probably for self-promotion. When I first joined them, it was to promote my website so I did add a few of my links but that was like 5 years ago. A few were mine but like 90% of weren't mine. At first I did it for my own reasons, but afterwards I got into the spirit and added many links. I guess I could reapply with a different login but forget it. That is one less thing for me to do.
Posted by yirga at July 10, 2004 09:11 PM
