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Biz soliciting policies

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  • 07-11-2008 12:57pm
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    tricky D
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    There's a glaring inconsistency of policies between the Web Design & Dev forum and a few other forums, mainly Marketing but also Photography on the odd occasion and possibly other forums. Touting for work in WD&D will get you a slap on the wrist, removal of post and an instruction to take it to adverts or more. Compare to this thread in Marketing http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055370339, amongst others, where it's a free for all.

    Can we get the policies to match each other better.

    cheers
    Post edited by Shield on


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    6th
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    I was going to try defend it based on different forums having different rules but the link you provided is crazy.


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    Rabies
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    At this rate the government should put work up for tender on Boards. We might get a decent transport system built on the cheap.

    Thread seems to be gone a little off the wall with people looking for work.


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    Heisenberg.
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    Bob the Builder
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    The Scientist wrote: »
    Well to be fair, that thread was never reported, not once.
    it is now.

    In all fairness, why was it allowed to last this long anyway? reported or not, thats a side issue...


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    5starpool
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    The Scientist wrote: »
    Well to be fair, that thread was never reported, not once.
    Its all well and good bringing this to feedback to have a rant, but if you don't bring it to the Mods attention by reporting it then not a lot can be done.

    90% of all my Infractions/bans given in the Biz section are from stuff i spot myself.
    Reporting a post alerts the Moderator of a particular forum so do so and breaches will then be seen to.

    Without reading the link provided, I don't think the OP was complaining that the thread was allowed to live, just rather that in one forum a thread exists and was allowed (to that point at least) that is similar to a thread he started on a different forum for which he was warned etc.


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    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    The Scientist wrote: »
    Well to be fair, that thread was never reported, not once.
    Its all well and good bringing this to feedback to have a rant, but if you don't bring it to the Mods attention by reporting it then not a lot can be done.

    90% of all my Infractions/bans given in the Biz section are from stuff i spot myself.
    Reporting a post alerts the Moderator of a particular forum so do so and breaches will then be seen to.

    Eh, hardly a rant now considering I didn't even feel strongly enough to report it as a complaint in the first place and have little interest in getting people banned or infracted over it. (It's also a multiple forums issue so I reckon it makes more sense to post here in a single place as opposed to reporting to various mods across various forums) I don't even regard it as a breach, merely an inconsistency in a policy which I think should be consistent on a site-wide basis. I.e. if you want offer work or offer to do work you should use adverts - that's what it's there for, innit?
    5starpool wrote: »
    Without reading the link provided, I don't think the OP was complaining that the thread was allowed to live, just rather that in one forum a thread exists and was allowed (to that point at least) that is similar to a thread he started on a different forum for which he was warned etc.

    Thanks Dom, but I didn't even start such a thread so unfortunately I've no bad beat to get bitter about.


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    5starpool
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    tricky D wrote: »
    Thanks Dom, but I didn't even start such a thread so unfortunately I've no bad beat to get bitter about.

    Thought given your former line of work it may have been you, but anyways, carry on etc :)


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