
Let me get this straight, you are saying that recommendations are not allowed on the forum, you are not making any recommendations, and you are not recommending any particular services or writers, yet that is exactly what your post is doing.
You are making an indirect recommendation and that should be a violation of the TOS of this website.
Why is this covert recommendation still here? I thought that there were rules regarding not making recommendations? Oh well, it seems that these TOS instructions are "selective" in application. Or perhaps, the moderators are a bit remiss in their monitoring duties.
You "forgot" the real meaning behind the TOS. I mean, if you can do this, why can't the others at this forum right?
In my opinion, what you wrote was tantamount to someone implying, "I can't make a recommendation but I can offer you references instead.."
It's still a recommendation no matter how you try to word your post.