Do we need a space for "pitches"?

I’m really digging into this problem / issue today.

You may, or may not, remember seeing an “education panel” when you created your first two new topics. It appears to the right, in a yellow panel, when you are creating a topic.

By default Discourse displays the following…

Welcome to Podcaster Community — thanks for starting a new conversation!

  • Does the title sound interesting if you read it out loud? Is it a good summary?

  • Who would be interested in this? Why does it matter? What kind of responses do you want?

  • Include commonly used words in your topic so others can find it. To group your topic with related topics, select a category (or tag).

For more, see our community guidelines. This panel will only appear for your first 2 posts.

This is the last, best chance to help people get things right. I’m considering changing it to display this.

This help panel only appears during your first 2 posts.

Please go read about our culture

…it also explains what, by whom, and where self-promotion is permitted.

We know you’re excited to post here, but we have a strong culture, and clear rules. You’ll be happier here, in the long run, if you take the time to learn about how we do things.

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