Are the guidelines acceptable? I mean, we want Buffistas to be able to discuss their businesses and strategize and such, but do you think we should have a policy on excessive pimpery?
I know long-time Buffistas will know the etiquette, and I don't think we'd have a deluge of lurkers suddenly appearing, but it's best to be proactive about such.
Perhaps make it part of the thread blurb, if this thing passes the vote: "Promoting your business and skills is acceptable, but this is primarily a networking and solution-sharing thread: excessive over-promotion of services is not on par with Buffistas.org etiquette, and will be dealt with appropriately by Stompies?"
but do you think we should have a policy on excessive pimpery?
We're often self-correcting. I'm not at all against us having a clear policy but I think we're not bad at either bopping people on the nose or just not engaging when they don't conform to ever-changing community standards.
And I like the idea of a thread.
We're often self-correcting. I'm not at all against us having a clear policy but I think we're not bad at either bopping people on the nose or just not engaging when they don't conform to ever-changing community standards.
True dat. Maybe just "Excessive/inappropriate business-promo spamming will get you stomped like the wrath of Godzilla."
/virgo
My plan is to promote Diablo Sound to every theme park owner and operator on the board.
Honey, you forgot to promote to all the Buffistas who own cruise ships. It's really a good thing you have me around.
Ehm. On topic, I think this is a great thread idea.
Well, just don't do it EXCESSIVELY, ND.
We can take it out -- I'm pulling all this stuff out my...ear.
I support leaving the excessive promotion language in. A vague disclaimer is nobody's friend...right?
As a person who has spent way too much time thinking about marketing and editing...accounting and, ya know, everything except what I am actually good at...I could really use the support of this thread!
I agree on leaving the antispammy language in place -- I don't think any of us would actually *do* it, but I'd rather have the clear line there. I also think it might reassure any folk who aren't comfortable with a biz thread, not that I've seen anyone speak up on that side yet.
Y'all, I am so very excited by this idea. I spend stupid time reading shit like freelancing blogs when I should be working -- and I'd so much rather get the same tips and reassurances from actual buffista human freaks. I really see it working like the tech thread, where, yeah, some of the same factual info might be out there somewhere else in a lot of cases, but isn't it so much cooler to talk to you people???
