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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!
What if the thread header included a link to our Affiliate Links?
I also think it's appropriate to announce new projects in Beep Me.
I understand the need for clear guideleines but I also have seen this community police itself (and been policed myself). I trust us to be able to work with a little ambiguity.
One thing it sounds like we could use separate from this thread - a permanent list Buffista affiliated business (not just books)Maybe just a new entry in links section. Not a substitute for the new thread but maybe something that will both be useful Buffistas and reduce any temptation to spam.
I agree with Typo Boy but I know this means more work for stompies.
I am cool with a promo-free thread, which seems to be the general direction most people like.
I'd love to get a stompie's take on the affiliate link idea. Too much work? Too far a step off board culture? Wot?
The current links pages are user maintained.
I was going to say. Any buffista can add a link. Adding a new category might be very simple indeed. But I'll let someone who has to do the work provide info on that part of it.
Huh. I did not know that!
I like both the idea of the thread and a linky page.
There have been a number of times when I needed a product or service and wondered if there was a Buffista that offered same. Another step toward world domination when we support each other.
The knowledge sharing and brainstorming thread would be a place I would visit, and get hopelessly behind in, like my other subscribed threads. Surely my decades of business ownership has resulted in some knowledge others could benefit from, and the decades of experience has taught me how little I know and how important it is to have respected brains to pick.
Back to work....
Surely my decades of business ownership has resulted in some knowledge others could benefit from
I was hoping you'd say that, Laura!
I'm not sure why I never explored the links page. Must do that soon.
I think adding a category to the Affiliate Links for "Buffista Owned Small Businesses" would be smashing. The list is available to all, without having to dive into a thread to find anything. I probably wouldn't use the new thread, so wouldn't see a link in there. Put it with all the links, I'm likely to go looking. Special offers and discounts, new services being added, etc. sounds like a Press post. All your talky-talk, then, can be reserved for the new thread.