Gerald D
Sun 26 August 2007, 10:01
Hi All
We have started to attract the attention of people and companies wanting to promote their services and products, for commecial gain. Absolutely nothing wrong with that!
But, I do not want to get to a situation where the "advertising" clutters a discussion. You might have noticed that I don't allow "signature lines" or avatars where attention is repeatedly and boringly drawn to the self-image of the poster. On some other forums the flow of the discussion is completely cluttered by the long signatures.
In this Market Place forum, vendors are free to start a thread and in that thread they can use any signature that they want. Prices and special offers can be announced and discussed openly. So far I can think of only 2 rules:
- only one thread per vendor
- the vendor's URL or company name must be prominent in the thread title.
Let's see how it goes . . . . . . .
We have started to attract the attention of people and companies wanting to promote their services and products, for commecial gain. Absolutely nothing wrong with that!
But, I do not want to get to a situation where the "advertising" clutters a discussion. You might have noticed that I don't allow "signature lines" or avatars where attention is repeatedly and boringly drawn to the self-image of the poster. On some other forums the flow of the discussion is completely cluttered by the long signatures.
In this Market Place forum, vendors are free to start a thread and in that thread they can use any signature that they want. Prices and special offers can be announced and discussed openly. So far I can think of only 2 rules:
- only one thread per vendor
- the vendor's URL or company name must be prominent in the thread title.
Let's see how it goes . . . . . . .