Ludachris
Founder & Zookeeper
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I've noticed some people who are not Supporting Vendors talking about products they sell, or will be selling here in this forum. Please read our Commercial Posting policy here:
DSM Forums - FAQ: Site Rules & Guidelines
Basically, it states that Supporting Vendors are the only members allowed to post information about products they sell and/or services they provide outside the Vendor Announcement forum. If you're not a Supporting Vendor, nobody reading your posts should know that you sell products or provide services based on your participation in our forums. If you come across a member doing this, use the Report Post feature in their post.
With that said, we also have Supporting Freelancers that pay a small monthly fee in return for the ability to post about their products/services in the Freelancer section of the Classifieds. I don't mind if those members talk about fabrication in this forum, so long as it's not an obvious attempt at market feedback or a product they're eventually going to offer for sale in the community. That would be seen as a violation of our Commercial Posting policy.
This forum was meant to be a place where people discuss fabrication methods and techniques, not a place where fabricators promote their stuff. We don't want to see a post that says "check out this cool new part I built - and oh yeah, you can PM me for pricing if you want me to make you one". That's not in the spirit of what this forum was opened for.
Thank you.
DSM Forums - FAQ: Site Rules & Guidelines
Basically, it states that Supporting Vendors are the only members allowed to post information about products they sell and/or services they provide outside the Vendor Announcement forum. If you're not a Supporting Vendor, nobody reading your posts should know that you sell products or provide services based on your participation in our forums. If you come across a member doing this, use the Report Post feature in their post.
With that said, we also have Supporting Freelancers that pay a small monthly fee in return for the ability to post about their products/services in the Freelancer section of the Classifieds. I don't mind if those members talk about fabrication in this forum, so long as it's not an obvious attempt at market feedback or a product they're eventually going to offer for sale in the community. That would be seen as a violation of our Commercial Posting policy.
This forum was meant to be a place where people discuss fabrication methods and techniques, not a place where fabricators promote their stuff. We don't want to see a post that says "check out this cool new part I built - and oh yeah, you can PM me for pricing if you want me to make you one". That's not in the spirit of what this forum was opened for.
Thank you.
