Is gold exchange designed to happen in that group? Yes? Then it does not belong in LFG. That is Blizzard’s opinion on it and since they make the rules, and enforce them, that is what we players have to go on.
You don’t have to agree of course. The info is only important so that people know where to post their adverts so they can avoid penalties.
Yes, they will get a suspension for posting a group advertisement involving gold in the wrong channel. They will also get penalized for posting on a character that can’t participate in the run, such as a new level 1, or allied race level 10.
LFG is just that - a group using the basic game systems.
Trade(services) is for advertising carries, runs for gold exchange, etc.
The policy was updated in 2022 so is still pretty new to a lot of people, esp folks who returned to play Classic.
It is both. You can read the Blue post on it for clarification. There are also lots of other folks who come to CS upset they got a penalty for advertising in the wrong place, or posting too often (spam).
You were told what you were penalized for:
- Spam (advertising in two channels at once)
- Advertising in the wrong channel
- Language that violated the chat policies
You really should actually read what the Blue posted instead of trying to argue with everyone about it. You seem to make up something then try to argue it into existence. You are right though, the language penalty was the one that tipped it over the edge, but it does not make the spam/advertising ok either.