...It was already a rule. It was a rule ages ago when I made the save publishing guidelines. People trying to find more inventive ways of getting around it is seriously not fun to clean up after.
The only reason for that rule is because drawing attention to votes gives people an unfair advantage in getting upvotes. It doesn't matter how you word it or say it, anything much more than asking for comments falls under that rule.
Also Heymac: I think they disappeared because they became old. The front page only lasts for a number of days, anything older than that will automatically be removed.
hmm, i hate it when people abuse something good and it gets banned, i dont do it for up votes, i do it to improve, but once it lets me save it back ill fix it