If the guy posted his stuff along with other things and comments, it wouldn’t bother me, but if he’s using FR for the only purpose of promoting himself, then I think he’s misusing the forum.
Hey, how funny is that? A guy who wants to break the rules to suit his purposes applauds another guy who got caught doing the same thing!
I don’t think anyone is “applauding” anything - I also think it’s naive to think that any commentator, any actor or actress, musician, comic, or any journalist you’ve ever heard of didn’t aggressively self promote. Of course they did......