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.
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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!
Typo Boy - May 24, 2011 3:24:46 pm PDT #9537 of 10289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Laga - May 24, 2011 5:41:31 pm PDT #9538 of 10289
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I agree with Typo Boy but I know this means more work for stompies.
Strix - May 24, 2011 6:36:09 pm PDT #9539 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
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?
Liese S. - May 24, 2011 7:25:55 pm PDT #9540 of 10289
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The current links pages are user maintained.
Typo Boy - May 24, 2011 8:20:48 pm PDT #9541 of 10289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
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.
Strix - May 25, 2011 2:28:01 am PDT #9542 of 10289
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Huh. I did not know that!
Laura - May 25, 2011 5:32:28 am PDT #9543 of 10289
Our wings are not tired.
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....
beekaytee - May 25, 2011 5:48:58 am PDT #9544 of 10289
Compassionately intolerant
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.
SailAweigh - May 25, 2011 6:22:03 am PDT #9545 of 10289
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
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.
Typo Boy - May 25, 2011 6:34:00 am PDT #9546 of 10289
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Exactly: perm links only not announcement of deals or stuff like. It is I have/work for a business/np that offers the following goods or services.