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When I report answers (new or old) that point to a link instead of answering the question on Super User, they get deleted or edited to reflect our policies.

However, I've tried to report this answer, and my flag was declined for the following reason:

Post does disclose affiliation with the link. Also it's from 2009, back when HowToGeek was an SU moderator.

What difference does it make that they were a moderator? Does it give them the privilege to keep getting web traffic from Super User? If I, as a normal user, or some current moderator, posted that exact same answer now, wouldn't it be changed to include the solution(s) to the OP's problems locally, or at least a direct link to the specific NirSoft tool instead of our blogs?

When I report answers (new or old) that point to a link instead of answering the question on Super User, they get deleted or edited to reflect our policies.

However, I've tried to report this answer, and my flag was declined for the following reason:

Post does disclose affiliation with the link. Also it's from 2009, back when HowToGeek was an SU moderator.

What difference does it make that they were a moderator? Does it give them the privilege to keep getting web traffic from Super User? If I, as a normal user, or some current moderator, posted that exact same answer now, wouldn't it be changed to include the solution(s) to the OP's problems locally, or at least a direct link to the specific NirSoft tool instead of our blogs?

When I report answers (new or old) that point to a link instead of answering the question on SuperUser, they get deleted or edited to reflect our policies.

However, I've tried to report this answer, and my flag was declined for the following reason:

Post does disclose affiliation with the link. Also it's from 2009, back when HowToGeek was an SU moderator.

What difference does it make that they were a moderator? Does it give them the privilege to keep getting web traffic from SuperUser? If I, as a normal user, or some current moderator, posted that exact same answer now, wouldn't it be changed to include the solution(s) to OP's problems locally, or at least a direct link to the specific NirSoft tool instead of our blogs?

When I report answers (new or old) that point to a link instead of answering the question on Super User, they get deleted or edited to reflect our policies.

However, I've tried to report this answer, and my flag was declined for the following reason:

Post does disclose affiliation with the link. Also it's from 2009, back when HowToGeek was an SU moderator.

What difference does it make that they were a moderator? Does it give them the privilege to keep getting web traffic from Super User? If I, as a normal user, or some current moderator, posted that exact same answer now, wouldn't it be changed to include the solution(s) to the OP's problems locally, or at least a direct link to the specific NirSoft tool instead of our blogs?