That means you.
The ActiveRain Guidelines says : "Do not advertise yourself or your services in the comment section of another member's blog post."
Comment Spam
Rich Jacobson writes about comment spam and the AR Guidelines occasionally. Why? Because we have so many comment spammers among us on ActiveRain. An amazing number... Of course some spam because they don't know better, they joined ActiveRain to promote themselves.... and have not made the connection that they are on someone else's post and the discussion there is not about what a great agent (inspector, loan officer, stager) they are... or maybe they see other members comment spamming and getting away with it... so they give it a try. It always seems as if Rich is preaching to the choir...doesn't it?
In his Would you Like a Side of Spam with Your Comments?" - AR Guidelines Re-Visited Rich Jacobson wrote:
"If you encounter comment SPAM in one of your blog posts, don't automatically 'delete' the offending comment. Contact the member first through e-mail. Kindly inform them that this practice violates the ActiveRain Guidelines, and to please 'edit' their comment accordingly "
I usually ask people to remove comment spam as Rich suggests. If they don't comply in a reasonable time I delete the comment. Recently I asked one new member to remove his tagline from my post and got a very friendly, classy response... he promptly removed the "tagline" and he went and removed the "tagline" from other blogs where he had left comments, he did not have to do that... IMHO ActiveRain is better when people take the time to go back and remove advertising they had previously put on other members posts.
The comment was left on my post about ActiveRain Points what are they good for?
I asked someone else to remove the tag-line advertising herelf in a comment on the same post and this is her response:
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Hey Maureen,
I deleted my blog comment with the so called 'advertisement' and I promise not to comment on your blogs again. You must be easily offended or have a WHOLE lot of time on your hands to be sending petty little emails! Good luck to you! Meantime I will be listing and selling real estate.
All the Best!
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Gee I thought my email was not petty... maybe I did not say "please" edit out your tag-line advertising yourself in the comment you made on my post. I do want to thank the comment spammer ActiveRain member for removing the comment spam from my ActiveRain blog. I did not ask her to remove the entire comment I asked her to remove the tag-line advertising herself from the comment but obviously she was in a snit. I have every right to delete comment spam from my blogs. Rich asked that we treat ActiveRain members differently than the common Viagra, Relic watch, gambling, insurance, porno spammer that we get on other blogs (and once in a blue moon on ActiveRain) by sending an email.
In his post about a side of spam Rich said: (What part of 'DO NOT' do we NOT understand here?)
"In Comment Junk Mail Rich wrote of the need some members have to promote themselves... in the comments on someone else's blog:
"Well, guess what? It's SPAM. Unwanted, unsolicited, and unnecessary.
One other thing to keep in mind: When you're commenting on someone else's article, remember it's THEIR blog, not yours. If you really feel it necessary to promote your business, services, website, etc., then do it on YOUR own blog!"
The comment spammer (she became a comment spammer to me when she defended her right to conduct her business by advertising herself in the comments on my post) is not a brand spanking new ActiveRain member... she's been a member a few months. Her comments are hidden.. so I can't see if she routinely posts a link proclaiming her expertise and market and I really don't care if she is. What was her comment? Although in her email response she says how busy she is listing and selling real estate her comment was about her and her broker using ActiveRain to run up points to be in the top spots in their market...
What's the point of blogging on ActiveRain again?
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Chris Griffith's 
Maureen, Good post thank you for the reminder. :-)