bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
Many forum members understand that the mods are a small crew, that thousands of posts happen each day, and that the mods actually do have day jobs. So when they see something that they think is in the wrong area, they report it to help us out. And that's appreciated.
Your specific example, however, will go the way that (as an example) the CCI offering went. While it was a forum member trying out some new stuff, not currently offering for commercial sale ... it's fine. (Subtle, but hopefully you can see the distinction.) When Soflauthor's CCI became a commercial project, it was moved to a commercial area of the forum. That seems pretty clear to me, but perhaps not to all. If you read the very first post in this thread, it is clear that this is a commercial promotion. (And if there is anyone here who really thinks it is not, I have some land you might be interested in! Or a poker game!) The moderators have praised A&Es work, so it is obviously not personal. The intent is to keep promotional threads in one area.
In any case, this bickering has gotten to be ridiculous and I can only imagine that A&E would rather it not be associated with their business. For that reason, I've asked the moderators for this area to throw this entire thread over to the TESLIVE forum. I hate the fact that a small handful of very vocal people have turned this thread into a microcosm of drama and will do my best to make it stop. Once moved over to TESLIVE, I will relocate appropriate posts to either site feedback and/or moderator feedback & get the drama out of what could be a great thread IF people would quit hijacking it.
Your specific example, however, will go the way that (as an example) the CCI offering went. While it was a forum member trying out some new stuff, not currently offering for commercial sale ... it's fine. (Subtle, but hopefully you can see the distinction.) When Soflauthor's CCI became a commercial project, it was moved to a commercial area of the forum. That seems pretty clear to me, but perhaps not to all. If you read the very first post in this thread, it is clear that this is a commercial promotion. (And if there is anyone here who really thinks it is not, I have some land you might be interested in! Or a poker game!) The moderators have praised A&Es work, so it is obviously not personal. The intent is to keep promotional threads in one area.
In any case, this bickering has gotten to be ridiculous and I can only imagine that A&E would rather it not be associated with their business. For that reason, I've asked the moderators for this area to throw this entire thread over to the TESLIVE forum. I hate the fact that a small handful of very vocal people have turned this thread into a microcosm of drama and will do my best to make it stop. Once moved over to TESLIVE, I will relocate appropriate posts to either site feedback and/or moderator feedback & get the drama out of what could be a great thread IF people would quit hijacking it.