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Hudechrome
Hudechrome
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September 16, 2010
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Commercial Advertising in the Forums

  • September 16, 2010
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I am under the impression that advertising a service or a product of interest to forum members is frowned upon. I do see some of this going on, but the posts stick, so I assume there is a threshold of sorts that allows some to pass.

I sometimes want to indicate certain images are available and the price. Is the link to a web site ok for such purposes, and how is this different than simply posting the info directly?

Thanks!

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    Harbs.
    Harbs.
    Legend
    September 19, 2010

    Yes. There is a threshold of sorts.

    It really depends what they are offering and how. If someone is a regular contributor, and mentions his own product in an appropriate place, most moderators have no problem with that.

    If the only posts a user ever makes is for their own product, basically all moderators will treat that as spam -- especially if it's posted in an unrelated thread.

    If someone is offering services of simple use of the product on which they are posting, it's generally considered spam as well.

    Ultimately, it's the call of the moderators of the specific forum to decide if it's spam or not...

    Harbs

    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2010

    I think that the MOD's have to make a call on this.

    As John T. mentions, I often post links to Web sites for SFX, music, stock background motion Assets, etc., and point out that some are commercial, while some are for free. Same with various programs, say file conversion programs for PrPro. So long as the links are germane to the thread, and address requests from posters, I think that the MOD's leave them alone. Remember, this is just my feeling and observation, as I am not a MOD on any forum.

    OTOH - there are enough real spam posts to keep the MOD's busy.

    Hunt

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    John T SmithCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 16, 2010

    Over in the Dreamweaver forum, when someone new asks about adding online sales, there are usually several answers pointing to various shopping cart programs and portals... and I will mention PayPal and post the link (not doing so here) to the web store I wrote for my wife, and one example of using PayPal

    Since other people do similar, I have never had any negative comments at all... but this is in reply to a specific question, not a message that I start saying something like "Go to my wife's web store"

    In various fora, when someone asks about doing a particular function, I will post links of software I use (did not write, or sell, just use) and never a negative comment... again, I am one of many comments

    I will GUESS that if you are answering a specific question by saying "what you want is available here" you SHOULD be OK

    Hudechrome
    HudechromeAuthor
    Known Participant
    September 16, 2010

    Thanks.

    But coming on to a thread and saying, maybe even in the Lounge "I have now have such and such available" and give the links or info, that is also ok? I see this at times for third party software so that is why I decided to ask.

    Harbs.
    Harbs.
    Legend
    September 19, 2010

    Could it be that the nerit if of the moderat

    ors and not of Adobe?


    It's to the credit of both. There's some really good people at Adobe as well!

    The only valid complaints I've heard about Adobe are:

    1. The fact that this forum is not the best piece of software on the planet. I don't think any of us are in the position to judge whether picking Jive was the right choice. We simply do not have all the information. Yes, there's a lot of problems with the forum software, but I think most of us have more or less gotten used to the quirks. There's always the hope that it'll be updated someday, and things wil get better (or worse...)
    2. Support went downhill for a while. For what it's worth, I've seen a significant effort to improve that. One area is employee participation in the forums. There's a number of forums where the biggest participators are employees. Additionally, direct emails to adbecare@adobe.com seem to be effective. I have no idea what the state of phone support is these days. Luckily I don't need to call them.

    So other than these two points, I'm really tired of hearing Adobe is the source of all evil. They do do a lot of things right...

    Harbs

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