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Explore Stack InternalWhile SO has that policy stated in that meta Post, in practice there are often recommendations found in questions - these are often of the form "Does anyone know a utility that can..." etc. These are really valuable, and I've often found useful stuff through these answers myself.
What itis definitely required is that, where the Answerer is affiliated with what they are recommendedrecommending in some way, that must be disclosed in the same answer (not just in the person's profile).
While SO has that policy stated in that meta Post, in practice there are often recommendations found in questions - these are often of the form "Does anyone know a utility that can..." etc. These are really valuable, and I've often found useful stuff through these answers myself.
What it definitely required is that, where the Answerer is affiliated with what they are recommended in some way, that must be disclosed in the same answer (not just in the person's profile).
While SO has that policy stated in that meta Post, in practice there are often recommendations found in questions - these are often of the form "Does anyone know a utility that can..." etc. These are really valuable, and I've often found useful stuff through these answers myself.
What is definitely required is that, where the Answerer is affiliated with what they are recommending in some way, that must be disclosed in the same answer (not just in the person's profile).
While SO has that policy stated in that meta Post, in practice there are often recommendations found in questions - these are often of the form "Does anyone know a utility that can..." etc. These are really valuable, and I've often found useful stuff through these answers myself.
What it definitely required is that, where the Answerer is affiliated with what they are recommended in some way, that must be disclosed in the same answer (not just in the person's profile).
