Well, just don't do it EXCESSIVELY, ND.
We can take it out -- I'm pulling all this stuff out my...ear.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
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!
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
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.
JenP - May 23, 2011 8:29:19 am PDT #9487 of 10289
I think it's a fabulous idea.
amyth - May 23, 2011 8:47:08 am PDT #9488 of 10289
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I think it's a good idea.
Beverly - May 23, 2011 8:47:09 am PDT #9489 of 10289
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Enthusiastic agreement from me. Hey--I read the tech thread. I learn stuff. I'll read the biz thread, and learn stuff. I may even have a thing to add now and then.
I love this idea, I'm excited to be a part of it!
§ ita § - May 23, 2011 12:08:52 pm PDT #9490 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What are people thinking of when they say "excessive"? If it's s term that all the vets already understand but there's no more clarification, it may seem more cliquish than anything else.
Strix - May 23, 2011 1:09:41 pm PDT #9491 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I see that point, and it's kind of hard to define.
Hmm. I would say no more than 1 direct link per month, but that begs the question, what if someone offers, say, a special promotion for May and then also offers an additional special that month?
But then I suppose a direct link wouldn't be required; you could just write "Hey, MyBiz is running another special on widgets until May 30th. Check it out at mybiz.com or email me at blah@mybiz.com"
Also, I can't take all the cred for this idea -- I'd been thinking about it for quite a while and wondering what the etiquette/board standards were for pimping my new biz, be was hesitant to ask, until I was talking to Ginger, and SHE mentioned it, too, and I thought, "OK, it's not just me, then!"