Please review our forum rules

As a suggestion (since, from memory, they were invited) ...

One forum I'm on has a section for WAHMs. It has quite structured rules about who can go on there and how often they can post but it is designed for people who have small (often very small) businesses, who could not afford to be advertisers, but it means the community they belong to can support them and their businesses. They may advertise, seek testers for products, get info about whether there is a market for a product they're considering etc.

I would love to see something like that to support our community members in getting businesses off the ground. I would want to see it limited to active community members cos I get really annoyed when people "we" (sorry, don't mean to sound snobby or exclusive) don't know come and flog their businesses and that's it. This way, people like Snappy and Lexiesmummy and all the other girls who are doing some crafts and wanting to sell small quantities (sorry for leaving people out - PG brain) or have small businesses who have contributed a LOT to this community (and therefore this business, b/c the online advertisers are here partly, if not mostly b/c of the online community) also can get support from the community.

JM2CW

Flissty looove that idea!

That is a good idea because ohbabys advertising packages (at least when I was working from home) are costly especially for those starting out.

I like Flissy's idea too, if the legal beagles were OK with it - there's nothing I'd like more than to support OB Mum's over random others

I'm cool with the rules. As I see it, I'm a guest here, if I don't like them I'm welcome to leave. They all make sense to me. I also do see it as a bit of a size thing - with a small group (like some of the older OB members saw the site start off as) you can have a pretty relaxed attitude. As the group gets bigger, you have to start stressing over these things more - at least, that's my experience from Youth Group camps, which is a very different field, but has some similarities on the rules thing.

I'm sure the OB team aren't perfect, I never met anyone who was, and moderating decisions will reflect that but I really like the site, I'm not going to fuss about how things are at the moment at least.

I just find it funny that Ginger broke the rules and she's still listed as a moderator!

Even then, I find it quite reassuring actually; no-one's 'above censure', as it were

lilfatty wrote: Flissty wrote: I just find it funny that Ginger broke the rules and she's still listed as a moderator! I dont think she wasa "real" moderator, but they gave her that log in so she could access certain areas us average people cant access for the work she was doing for ob.

I know, I've seen the posts that explained her role, but it still struck me as amusing (I'm easily amused these days!)

Hopes wrote: Even then, I find it quite reassuring actually; no-one's 'above censure', as it were

It does kinda make the point that rules are rules and it's nothing personal, because seriously ... who'd intentionally pick on a ginger for heavensake?

ginger wrote: Hopes wrote: Even then, I find it quite reassuring actually; no-one's 'above censure', as it were It does kinda make the point that rules are rules and it's nothing personal, because seriously ... who'd intentionally pick on a ginger for heavensake?

Oh no, hand on heart, never any ginger bashing here. We hug gingers.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing today Flissty... lots of other sites have this sort of thing too.