wasmith - 4:23 am on Mar 13, 2002 (gmt 0)

>> Some may label these as altruistic attitudes,

I like to think being human has something to do with the word humanity. Altruistic is one of the better qualities of humanity. Nothing wrong with that label. If you think a capitalist would hold it against you just remeber there are other kinds of personal wealth that are not related to money, you can pull out the canons on that one with "it makes me happy".

>> link or not to link should never have anything to do with what may or may not take place within a search engine

I agree but there is a new spam policy on the internet that considers some links as bad very bad.

I just hope the new search engine bias is not anti altruistic. I am just fearful that the fallout to way to big. I think alot of people may be quiet on this one because it makes them look better to say nothing istead of "I am not going to link to a site which will get me a penalty." Caring about how one looks is also part of humanity. Personally i don't want a penalty either but i would rather know how to aviod it than look good. I want to stay within the rules.