I am in favor of the Buffista biz thread.
Wrod.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Voting Discussion: We're Screwing In Light Bulbs AIFG!
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
Shir - May 22, 2011 6:55:32 pm PDT #9477 of 10289
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Strix - May 22, 2011 7:02:31 pm PDT #9478 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
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
javachik - May 22, 2011 8:12:37 pm PDT #9479 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
In favor!
NoiseDesign - May 22, 2011 8:16:42 pm PDT #9480 of 10289
Our wings are not tired
My plan is to promote Diablo Sound to every theme park owner and operator on the board.
Pix - May 22, 2011 8:25:20 pm PDT #9481 of 10289
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
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.
Strix - May 23, 2011 2:46:51 am PDT #9482 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Well, just don't do it EXCESSIVELY, ND.
We can take it out -- I'm pulling all this stuff out my...ear.
beekaytee - May 23, 2011 4:42:31 am PDT #9483 of 10289
Compassionately intolerant
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!
amych - May 23, 2011 5:16:33 am PDT #9484 of 10289
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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???
Fred Pete - May 23, 2011 5:28:27 am PDT #9485 of 10289
Ann, that's a ferret.
Too lazy to look it up, but does anyone else remember the "Shop at our Web site and see what we have!" spammer from some years ago? The stompies just banned the address and (as far as I know) never heard anything more.
So I'm not concerned with spamming issues.
I'm not likely to frequent an entrepreneurs' thread myself, but as long as our bandwidth can handle it, I also don't see any objection.
askye - May 23, 2011 5:46:54 am PDT #9486 of 10289
Thrive to spite them
Fred I think it was the Christian One Dollar Store or something like that.
I think this is a good idea, even if I'm not in business for myself, but it seems like a good thing in terms of how our community has grown and changed.