I think it might actually be helpful to have a list of buffistas with business and what services they offer that might be helpful to other buffistas as part of the thread. Only for those who want to be on that list of course.
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?
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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!
sj - May 23, 2011 1:46:06 pm PDT #9495 of 10289
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Jesse - May 23, 2011 1:46:55 pm PDT #9496 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm fine with pimping.
§ ita § - May 23, 2011 1:50:35 pm PDT #9497 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Christian dollar store pimping, Jesse?
Jesse - May 23, 2011 1:51:41 pm PDT #9498 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
No, I'd call that spam.
Jesse - May 23, 2011 1:55:26 pm PDT #9499 of 10289
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
To expand on that, I think it's great when members of the community promote what they are up to, and when what they are up to is making a living, I like the idea of others of us knowing about it and being able to use their services/buy their products/whatever.
beekaytee - May 23, 2011 2:05:22 pm PDT #9500 of 10289
Compassionately intolerant
I expect the conversation to be mostly brainstorming and talking about things like working from home, productivity and marketing. Possibly it will mostly be about that bane of the home office, the leaf blower. I think we can trade off on things like proofreading.
Sharing information about selling things on eBay and making money from crafts could be part of this thread, and someone may occasionally post "I just put some new things up on my Etsy store."
Ginger has articulated exactly what I am hoping for.
As for pimping...such an ugly word...except for one actual spam message in my 7 years here, I've never seen anyone be ugly with trying to exploit the community. I trust us to be too smart for that.
It would be a gift to me to have a place to support and be supported by folks who know more than I do about the things that vex me the most.
Vortex - May 23, 2011 2:12:36 pm PDT #9501 of 10289
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think that we should trust our members and our established community standards and practices. I wouldn't want someone to be afraid to offer help to a fellow Buffista because they're afraid that they'll be viewed as a spammer.
DavidS - May 23, 2011 2:19:46 pm PDT #9502 of 10289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Couldn't the wording be phrased to say something like: "This is a board where promoting projects is fine, but spamming is not." Then it could be handled mostly in thread. But I think spamming is pretty obvious, because it's not coming from a community member who is actively discussing something in the business thread, or known elsewhere on the board.
§ ita § - May 23, 2011 2:33:04 pm PDT #9503 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Then what's the difference between spam and pimping?
Strix - May 23, 2011 2:37:42 pm PDT #9504 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
That kind of sums up my thought; I mean, I would NEVER link to Buffistas from my site and no other Buffista would either.
We're pretty self-policing, and people tend to be diffident, IMO.
I'm thinking of any self-promo would be along the lines of "Hey, all, my site is live at Me.com, feel free to pass this info on or link to my biz on your site" or "Ive added X service to my biz at Me.com, if anyone knows someone who might be interested."
And if someone would go beyond bounds peeps are likely to do what we always do -- politely say "Hmmm, this isn't really what this thread is for. What do you think, all?"
But I see it more as a "How they heck do I track this/claim this/promote this/HELP!" thread.