Pitman
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Why would you not keep it open, period? And why was the Seoul thread shut down? What is going on here?Since this was just posted yesterday I will allow a couple of weeks for feedback and questions.
Why would you not keep it open, period? And why was the Seoul thread shut down? What is going on here?Since this was just posted yesterday I will allow a couple of weeks for feedback and questions.
http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/index.php?threads/advertisements-on-the-forum.154783/Why would you not keep it open, period? And why was the Seoul thread shut down? What is going on here?
Randy, the Biazza Ridge pack post/thread is just a new product announcement. It's not like someone spamming the forum repeatedly trying to get members to buy something. The ASL community lives for new product announcements. Has an MMP thread ever been shut down because it was a new product announcement?
First sentence, ask first. I want respect as much as the next guy.
Double standard is what is going on...Why would you not keep it open, period? And why was the Seoul thread shut down? What is going on here?
There are forums where you can create reviews of published products.What if it's not my goods or services? What if I am want to tell people I am excited that a (someone else's) product is going preorder?
What if I post an unwrapping video (or photos of maps, counters etc)?
PS I understand commercial needs.
What if it's not my goods or services? What if I am want to tell people I am excited that a (someone else's) product is going preorder?There are forums where you can create reviews of published products.
you mean like what I did ?What if it's not my goods or services? What if I am want to tell people I am excited that a (someone else's) product is going preorder?
What if I post an unwrapping video (or photos of maps, counters etc)?
PS I understand commercial needs.
I don't know what happened. I assure you, I did nothing to allow you to view the Emporium. As I understand it, anyone can view the Emporium and anyone can reply to threads started in the Emporium. As I understand it, only subscribers can create threads in the Emporium. When I conducted my Blind Auction for Wounded Warriors, I approached the owner and asked him to gift me a subscription for the duration of the auction (which he graciously did). That allowed me to start a thread in the Emporium and run the auction. When I was through, the owner withdrew my privilege and turned me back into a non-paying member. -- jimCORRECTION! I was gifted "viewing" privileges not posting thread privileges...so effectively I am in the same boat (best I see it) as "Brevity" chap.
Advertisements seek to sell the product or service. You have seen ads on TV, newspaper, magazines, Facebook, etc.While understanding the need to fund this website, I find it somewhat difficult to differentiate between the following:
An "advertisement" of a product, a "preview" of a product (which might still be in development or already published) or a "notice" about a product.
For example Broken Ground has provided coverage of almost every single one of their counter-sheets while still in development. People gave their thoughts, made suggestions for improvement etc. But in a way, one could argue this also had elements of "advertisement" in it. Yet, I found it a valuable thread.
For another example, bytimes Gunner Scott provides quite good "previews" of some stuff he has bought with pictures of maps and a general view of counters/contents. I cannot discern much of a difference between such previews and those that Advancing Fire just recently gave. I like both.
Looks like he was advertising within the forum rules as he understood them. He bought the special membership so he could advertise without having to submit posts to GS before posting on the forums.For a final example, Dispatches from the Bunker gives "notice" of the publication of new scenarios once in a while, both in the Emporium as well as in the "normal" forum area. He obviously contributes as a Silver or Gold member (can't remember) to have Emporium privileges. Does it make a difference if you give "notice" about your own products or merely as a third person tell others what you have just found somewhere?
Promoting sales of your own creation (Justicar's [Andy] Fight for Seoul) is an advertisement. Telling others about what you created, highlighting contents, maps, counters, etc. without a reference to sales can be viewed as type of review / preview.I am not a native speaker, so I hope I manage to get across the message of what I mean with "advertisement", "preview", and "notice". IMHO it is somewhat difficult to clearly separate these three from each other and I have also not entirely grokked if it makes a difference if you are telling something about your own product or if you are talking about someone else's product. Maybe such issues are also partly decided on an individual basis in which it may make a difference if the person in question inquired with the moderators before posting? AFAIK the forum rules do not seem to be very specific, so maybe people could be helped with a guideline such as Randy gave in part in post #14.
Just for the record, I do not want to question the policies of this forum but rather wrap my head around how they work.
Can't say what happened then...b/c prior to that I could not even view the Emporium I would get a message page that said "You do not have ..." etc... The color of this page was in rose colored hues...not red...but rose a polite way of saying you can go here....I don't know what happened. I assure you, I did nothing to allow you to view the Emporium. As I understand it, anyone can view the Emporium and anyone can reply to threads started in the Emporium. As I understand it, only subscribers can create threads in the Emporium. When I conducted my Blind Auction for Wounded Warriors, I approached the owner and asked him to gift me a subscription for the duration of the auction (which he graciously did). That allowed me to start a thread in the Emporium and run the auction. When I was through, the owner withdrew my privilege and turned me back into a non-paying member. -- jim