…and here are the final pieces of the finished puzzle.
A reversal of my stance on self-promotion
I was originally firmly in the camp of having no self-promotion. I’m switching camps. Self-promotion is allowed.
But what about coffee table jumpers?
People can signup, jump on the coffee-table (that’d be in Public ) and announce, “check out my book, podcast, youtube, whatever.” …and what happens? Nothing. Because now, the system doesn’t send notifications about new topics in Public. Their jumping on the coffee table in the living room doesn’t bother anyone.
Why exactly I changed camps is—I think—very interesting. Maybe I can write that up as a longer post at some point.
And there are other spaces that are reserved for the Supporting Members self-promotion which DO send notifications. A book mention in your posting in Introductions will draw the attention you wanted. Same with the #podcasts and #supporters categories. Our Supporting Members still have the privilege of having their stuff “seen more”.
Change to how our culture is explained
These two sections in the topic explaining our culture are new…
Small improvement to the help system
I’ve customized this “education panel” which is shown when someone begins their first posts:
