It's moreso a thread with incentivized posting in exchange for BTC being off-topic in boards outside Games and Rounds so any such reported giveaways simply get moved there so it's not nearly as big of a deal as incentivized posting for altcoins.
With due respect you are confusing me and possibly others too. Is this your personal opinion how you look into it or there are a clear direction from forum moderation board and theymos - are you acting on behalf of the entire staffs?
So far except you and icopress is interpreting it other way round where seven of us (Coyster, BlackHatCoiner, tranthidung, Bttzed03, BlackHatCoiner, LoyceV and me) think it's not going to apply the rule that was specifically declared for Alternate cryptocurrencies sections and insubstantial posts that encourage spam in an usual giveaway thread we used to see. Those were like post your username and we will award you some pointless tokens. Frankly speaking you can not tell any of us who thinks it's just fine are not familiar with forum standard and rules. It's now 7 against 2 LOL
Besides,
we have already seen many services (several mixers and even those 1Xbdt scammers too) paid for genuine feedback to improve their service, isn't that creating a conflict, a conflict of standard that you just explained? What do you suggest if a bitcoin service genuinely wants to take community inputs and discuss to improve their user experience? I hope you are not saying that no we do not need any bitcoin service, just hold what you have and let bitcoin be lost in the wallets. Or I am an alien from the spaceship trying to read your old school signals but struggling to figure it out before eventually invading the bitcoin community? :-D
Looking forward to hear from you.