Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Toronto, Self-proclaimed Centre of the Universe
Should promos/advertising be restricted to a single thread?
I am generally not a fan of mega-threads, but I had this thought a while back and now that it has been officially suggested by another member, I think it's worth getting some feedback on.
I think that promotions of things like online discounts, new plugins, sample and patch banks, etc. are useful to us - they are relevant to our interests and probably help a few people here - but at the same time they tend to be posted rather indiscriminately, get bumped a little too often, and generally make a nuisance for many here. I've been seeing an increase in this activity lately and don't want to see this turn into a spam board.
So it seems like a dedicated thread would be a good compromise for something that we want, but only kinda, and only in moderation. Any and all advertising that I know about would be merged with the promos thread.
(Note that actual spam, like those idiots advertising counterfeit shoes, does not count and would still be burninated.)
What do people think? Yea or nay?
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Mar-15-2011 00:50
J.L.
Never gonna give you up.
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
Nay for me... I just skip the thread if I don't care about it
Mar-15-2011 00:57
MSZ
godspeed
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: kill me
i agree with you i dont want to see random spam around tbh, especially from drive-by users. This is all preference in the end, and could result much more work for you. It would be neat to keep it localized, i dont see the nuisance of creating a thread people can keep going back into if they're looking for deals potentially. the key thing for me is drive-by spammers, not sure anyone else cares. keep those closed and we should be good, as long as they dont increase hard to fill up a large portion of the subform.
Mar-15-2011 01:37
Zombie0729
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: .
i still think there needs to be a feedback system in the audio promotion forum, like you can't post one of your tracks until you've appropriately left feedback for 3 others. That would solve this issue because the only reason people are dropping their tracks in this sections is it's way more likely to get a response then in the other area.
Mar-15-2011 01:51
MSZ
godspeed
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: kill me
umm... brilliant AR, that would totally revolutionize that subforum. i am curious to know if swamper has the tools available to make that happen. all these scenarios depend on how much we care enough to implement rules. there are people like me that would like to be somewhat strict(at least, clear), and there are others that like it really lax.
Mar-15-2011 01:57
cryophonik
Boom shanka
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Elk Grove, CA USA
quote:
Originally posted by J.L.
Nay for me... I just skip the thread if I don't care about it
+1. Most of the fly-by spammers' threads would just fall off the front page within a day or two if it wasn't for the typical "your product/website sucks" and "stop spamming us" comments bumping them to the top.
But, then again, I wouldn't really mind having them all in a sticky if Diginut doesn't mind moving them there.
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Mar-15-2011 02:01
MSZ
godspeed
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: kill me
quote:
Originally posted by cryophonik
+1. Most of the fly-by spammers' threads would just fall off the front page within a day or two if it wasn't for the typical "your product/website sucks" and "stop spamming us" comments bumping them to the top.
I mean.. occasionally someone will have something legitimate to post...
I mean... sometimes when something decent goes on sale, and a member posts, I'd might want to know
Mar-15-2011 02:14
MSZ
godspeed
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: kill me
had a good idea, but again i dont think it could be implemented considering the framework of the board.
for the uberthread, there could be a third option over the reply section of the post which would be a variable to substitute in the thread title open for all users. this would override the last deal when submitted with a new one.
:
Deals and Promotions Thread [ Deal: mad4brad's used panties ]
:
where the Deal: would be latest user submitted deal.
Mar-15-2011 02:23
Seandroid
Banned
Registered: Oct 2010
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
i still think there needs to be a feedback system in the audio promotion forum, like you can't post one of your tracks until you've appropriately left feedback for 3 others. That would solve this issue because the only reason people are dropping their tracks in this sections is it's way more likely to get a response then in the other area.
Here here. One more thread promoting a new patch/sample/sauce/tabasco/library for *INSERT VST NAME HERE* and I'll dither my own nuts. 4 bit dither too. Not pretty.
