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I don't know if eric is still reading this, But I noticed that no one has
cleared answered the questions below, bar from pointing to the TOS
> (what I don't understand is when a person has an item of interest to a
> particular group, why can't they include the group in question. Continuing to
> flood the group with the related posts would be wrong, setting a follow up so as
> to stick to the topic, the sale is the proper course of action.)
This is an reasonable question. In this case it comes down to precident, and
then the slippery slope.
If your allowed to advertise an auction in any group outside of the sale area,
it starts a precident, although you have set the followup back to
lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, It shows by example that hey, it's OK to put the
initial advert in a non sales group. then Joe Blogs down the street also wants
to sell his mech, and does like wise, Jane Bloge a week later decides to sell
her custom pirate ship, and puts it up in pirates as well as fut to Market.
Soon groups that are designed to discuss themes are full of sales adverts to
related objects and less about showing off new MOC's
So then the admins are forced to step in to enforce the TOS. They go to Jane
Bloge and explain that she has steped out of bounds, her reply, is that others
before her have, and nothing happened to them, so why should she be punished.
This is the effect of precident.
The fact you are a curator increases the affect of the precident, you are in a
position of responsability and likewise are required to set an example. If you
are allowed to post like this, even if it is only once with FUT to the market
group, it sets the wrong example. If the admins then go to Joe Blog and enforce
the TOS on him, John cries foul and claims favoritism as a curator can do it ,
but not a regular member.
This is why TOS must always be enforced evenly and across the board, and why
even one incorrect post can cause a precident if not acted on.
Hopefully this has explained what a lot of the fuss is about in a clear way
Aaron Amatnieks
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| Oh boy, look, my target audience is the .mecha crowd, I want them to know about it. The respect of the TOS is in my setting a follow up to the post. All replies, if any should be posted to the market place group. Instead of picking a nit with me, (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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