redponey wrote:@dejavu: I don't think anyone ever suggested that their be "ads" per se, the question was just one of whether it was appropriate for a business to post in the trading post, where *every* post is commercial to some extent.
You're right. I was extrapolating from the "no commercial ads" rule mentioned in the original post.
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It seems to me that an initial post announcing a new product would not be out of place, but anything more than that could be construed as unwelcome advertising.
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On the ball Jordus! I like the idea of having a separate sub-forum for go-related businesses and vendors. This way I know where to look when I want to buy something, and am not bombarded with distracting ads when I'm reading and posting. It might be worth consideration to specially design this sub-forum to cater to the go-related businesses - make it something like the yellow pages of go products.
I'm quite happy to see a post about new books on offer, new boards on offer, new software product on offer, new stones on offer. So long as they don't take the piss and go overboard it should be sweet.
