We
begin to have members sign-on who only wish to post direct advertisements for
their products. Subsequently, it has become time to establish an advertising
policy.
All direct advertising posts by persons who are not a member and who have not participated in the group by previously contributing at least an equal number of non-advertising content posts on the group topic(s) will be deleted. If you are not an actively posting member, your ads will be removed. A link to this policy will be posted in the “reason for deletion” section of each deleted advertisement.
Posting ads as "Anonymous participant" is not permitted. Such ads will be removed. Repeated posts as "Anonymous participant" will result in being blocked from the group.
All direct advertisements must strictly adhere to the group topic. All direct advertisements in comment sections must strictly adhere to the topic of the associated post.
The
member must post at least one non-advertising post on the group topic for every
direct ad posted. Previous non-advertising posts do not count
towards this requirement. This means that posting two ads
between which the advertising member has not posted at least one non-advertising
post is against the rules. No other member may post in order to meet
the advertiser’s obligation. The advertising member themselves must
make the post.
Failure
to post at least one non-advertising post will result in deletion of an ad.
The
non-advertising post will not count towards the member’s obligation if it has
previously been posted.
No member is permitted to make a direct advertising post more often than twice per calendar month. No direct advertising post for the same product will be posted more often than twice per calendar month.
ADVERTISING LIMITS AND CONDITIONS MAY BE REVISED THEREFORE THE ADVERTISER IS ADVISED TO READ THIS NOTICE ON EACH OCCASION THEY THINK TO POST AN AD.
Legitimate
content that also advertises a member’s products or effort does not fall under
this obligation. This to say that posting a link to an article which
includes advertising is not “direct” advertising and therefore does not fall
under these guidelines. Posting a one-off music or
instructional/documentary video on the group topic is not “direct” advertising
(even if it also includes a product link on its landing page).
Posting
PODcast episodes or selections from video series, however, is direct
advertising and must agree to and follow the
above guidelines. The individual episodes of regularly
scheduled weekly PODcasts can be advertised once per week. The
member advertising must still post another non-advertising post for each
advertising post.
THESE
GUIDELINES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ALWAYS READ THEM BEFORE POSTING AN AD.
DO
NOT POST DIRECT ADVERTISING LINKS IN COMMENT SECTIONS UNLESS IT IS CLEARLY AN
ADDITION TO THE SUBJECT BEING DISCUSSED. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE
REMOVED AND THE MEMBER WILL BE REMOVED FOR REPEATED INFRACTIONS.
Also at Virtual Grub Street:
- Elizabeth I’s Progress to Cambridge University, 1564: The Host Makes Ready. April 4, 2021. “A special traveling staff called the “harbingers” arrived a day or two before the Queen trailed by drovers and carts.”
- On Shakespeare and Drinking Smoke. January 4, 2021. “The debate raged for some time: Had Shakespeare smoked pot? Tobacco? Both?”
- The Grand Ceremony of the Baptism of Prince James of Scotland (later James VI). December 15, 2020. “The infant James was also reported, in the English court, as having been gravely ill.”
- A 1572 Oxford Letter and the Player’s Speech in Hamlet. August 11, 2020. “The player’s speech has been a source of consternation among Shakespeare scholars for above 200 years. Why was Aeneas’ tale chosen as the subject?”
- Check out the English Renaissance Article Index for many more articles and reviews about this fascinating time and about the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
- Check out the English Renaissance Letter Index for many letters from this fascinating time, some related to the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
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