I know it sucks, and I'm not saying their policy is best. But they do get a huge number of spammers and people self promoting their own websites. The problem i

I know it sucks, and I'm not saying their policy is best. But they do get a huge number of spammers and people self promoting their own websites. The problem isn't that your site has ads, it's that you aren't supposed to submit links to your own website at all. Or at least not more than 10% of all your posts should be self promotion is the rule now. I don't agree with this rule at all, but I understand why it exists.