by DzM Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:33 pm
This forum exists to allow for
Medusa members to flog their wares.
We have a diverse group of people here - musicians, painters, photographers, authors and more. The Janitors recognize this, and want to give the Community a chance to spread that creative love around. But ... (yes, there's always a But...) ... we don't want this to descend into some kind of e-commerce grotto. As such we're locking this down a little more than the rest of the fora:
- Only registered users can create new topics here
- All topics and posts well require janitorial approval
- Guest users are not able to create topics
- "Stagnant" topics will be automagically removed after 180 days (six months) of inactivity
The Janitors will make every effort to allow a breadth of things to be offered, but we will use our own judgment to decide where the line between "friends selling their wares" ends and "spammy crap" begins. We will be more accepting of things that reflect "I make this and think Pogues fans will like it" and much less accepting of "my company sells Cell Phones cheap!" Between these two is a lot of wiggle room. If you suspect an item will dance dangerously close to "spammy crap," include a private note of explanation for the Janitors in your post. We promise to be nice if you keep us in the loop.
If you are flogging an item available via Amazon, that you contact DzM ahead of time so that we can attach an affiliate ID to your links. This will help us derive some Amazon kickback to help pay for keeping
Medusa afloat.
We recognize that this may be distasteful to people. This is an experiment. If it works, then we're all happy. If it becomes tawdry, it goes into the bin.
This forum exists to allow for [i]Medusa[/i] members to flog their wares.
We have a diverse group of people here - musicians, painters, photographers, authors and more. The Janitors recognize this, and want to give the Community a chance to spread that creative love around. But ... (yes, there's always a But...) ... we don't want this to descend into some kind of e-commerce grotto. As such we're locking this down a little more than the rest of the fora:
[list][*]Only registered users can create new topics here
[*]All topics and posts well require janitorial approval
[*]Guest users are not able to create topics
[*]"Stagnant" topics will be automagically removed after 180 days (six months) of inactivity[/list]
The Janitors will make every effort to allow a breadth of things to be offered, but we will use our own judgment to decide where the line between "friends selling their wares" ends and "spammy crap" begins. We will be more accepting of things that reflect "I make this and think Pogues fans will like it" and much less accepting of "my company sells Cell Phones cheap!" Between these two is a lot of wiggle room. If you suspect an item will dance dangerously close to "spammy crap," include a private note of explanation for the Janitors in your post. We promise to be nice if you keep us in the loop.
If you are flogging an item available via Amazon, that you contact DzM ahead of time so that we can attach an affiliate ID to your links. This will help us derive some Amazon kickback to help pay for keeping [i]Medusa[/i] afloat.
We recognize that this may be distasteful to people. This is an experiment. If it works, then we're all happy. If it becomes tawdry, it goes into the bin.