It's going to hurt the whole niche for sure.
And scammers will make a lot of cash from it. Bitcointalk is considered having a high DA and with high PA and that's what bothered scammers a lot.
I know Theymos can say: "outside this forum is not my business". Yes, true, the matter is the forum and not the world wide web
As for promoting a mixer, it won't be difficult to bypass the change. The admin then will have to make more changes for a total ban because the quote below will only work 3 months about
Several people seem to be concerned that the current policy will be too disruptive/constraining. How about I make this modification to loosen it a bit: you can direct people to mixers by name (even in something like a "top 10 mixers" topic), as long as:
- You don't directly post their URLs.
- It's not a paid ad, and you're not representing a mixer.
Would this be sufficient to address the concerns?