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Originally Posted by *Shira*
In general, it's considered better netiquette to post links in a message rather than full stories, as a courtesy to the web site whose article you liked. If you send people to the original web site, it allows the owner of that site to become known to people, to expose their other articles to visitors, and it expose their advertisers to the visitors. In other words, if you like what someone has on their site, the courteous thing to do is to "thank" them by sending other people to that site. As the owner of a popular belly dance web site myself (shira.net) I feel distressed if people post an entire article from my site into a forum message because it robs me of having the readers visit my site to see the article and see what else I have to offer.
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I never thought of that Shira. Thanks for the insight. I'll change how I present information for people from now on. Thank you!