Do we need money again? I'll gladly send some Jesse's way, iffn that's warranted.
Zoe: What's that, sir? Mal: Freedom, is what. Zoe: No, I meant what's that? Mal: Oh. Yeah. Just step around it. I think something must've been living in here.
'Out Of Gas'
Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Burrell - Oct 20, 2004 7:18:01 pm PDT #2601 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 7:21:48 pm PDT #2602 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No, we're good. I'm not trying to convince anyone they should spend money they weren't going to spend anyway, nor convince them one vendor is better than another, or even that anyone needs use the links. They're reasonably effort-free on our end, so why not?
Gus - Oct 20, 2004 7:23:15 pm PDT #2603 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
But Gus, I'm not even talking about link forms or vendor supplied graphics.
Crap. I have lost the thread of the discussion, I think. Wasn't there a pre-proposal notion before the membership to both get an affiliate link to a number of vendors and to visibly link to same on the board?
If not, Liese is on her own.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 7:27:01 pm PDT #2604 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think we might as well join some affiliate programs. Once we have, it makes sense to put those links where we put all our links.
If no one objects to people "hawking" their fanfic, or personal sites, or cafepress or favourite whatever on the page -- since it's its purpose, I don't see why this wouldn't fall right in vein with it all.
However, once I know the links, I'll bookmark it and move on.
I don't see how your user experience will change, Gus, if you don't want to use the links. Are you bothered by the other links on the link page that you don't use?
aurelia - Oct 20, 2004 7:27:58 pm PDT #2605 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
IIRC Liese isn't fond of the large corporate bookstores.
Which doesn't so much mean the following wouldn't be useful to those who do wish to shop there.
I think we might as well join some affiliate programs. Once we have, it makes sense to put those links where we put all our links.
Burrell - Oct 20, 2004 7:30:11 pm PDT #2606 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm not fond of them either, aurelia, but I don't really care if there is an affiliate link. I'd just be unlikely to use it, as I tend to shop at indie bookstores.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 7:30:45 pm PDT #2607 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can see that. I don't shop at Amazon, on a philosophical objection. But it's not the sort of objection that means I care if anyone else does, or if we get money from others doing so.
eBay? CDBaby? I have no problem with them.
aurelia - Oct 20, 2004 7:32:01 pm PDT #2608 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I should've finished my thought before posting. See edit.
Gus - Oct 20, 2004 7:37:07 pm PDT #2609 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I don't see how your user experience will change, Gus, if you don't want to use the links. Are you bothered by the other links on the link page that you don't use?
Nope. Affiliate links on the link page works, for me. People getting spanked for not using the affiliate links doesn't.
Liese isn't fond of the large corporate bookstores.
Book sales are book sales. Sell more books, I say.
t smooches Liese, in whatever smooching way is acceptable way out in the desert
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 7:38:40 pm PDT #2610 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
People getting spanked for not using the affiliate links doesn't.
Yeah, see, that's an argument you're going to have to hold onto until someone a) suggests it or b) you can show it's a likely result of my suggestion.
Cause I got nothing for you.