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There are two separate promotes, one for gold star members (with notes 1,2) that only applies to other people's posts and costs 1 power point, and a completely separate promote for everybody that only works on their own post but costs 2 power points (documented in the "Probationary member" section, since it applies to everybody even probies).

You can self promote if you have two power points, which you can be awarded for various things (like top 15, or top vid) which you've previously had, or which you buy, or which you get every two days if you buy (or are gifted) charter membership.

I forgot to go back and check the region-blocked nature of your vid, too... sorry. Maybe tonight I'll remember.

"*promote1,2 - float a post at the top of the corresponding listing; renew queue time for queued/discarded videos"

1 may be performed by any member on their own post
2 requires 1 Power Point to use

Not sure why you're bringing up note 3, since it doesn't appear to apply, and note 1 doesn't say anything close to what you say it does.

If you look at my (limited) sift history, you can see that I USED to be able to promote my own posts... oh well.

It only costs one power point for a gold star member to promote someone else's vid. Note 3 in Star powers points out that it costs 2 power points to promote your own vid, and note 1 says that any member may promote their own vid if they have said two power points.

I think that embed may be region blocked too, I'll check tonight.

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