craftgrrl | some words from your moderator. (Reply)

hello everyone. please read this post, i have a bunch of topics to go over. thanks.

I. you guys have been truly awesome about this BUT first and foremost i want to remind EVERYONE to please read the FAQ before you post.

like everything crafty, there are many projects that go in and out of style. there have been TONS of posts lately about duct tape wallets, fimo/sculpey, modpodge, what can i do with ___?, etc etc. these topics are all really super contributions to our community but i update the FAQ at least twice a week and still a lot of repeat questions are being asked. the majority of the week's entries get put in the FAQ and you guys are really awesome about this, i just wanted to remind everyone.

II. recently there was a post that tackled the issue of advertising websites + selling your crafts [see the post here]

in the community info i have specifically stated that if websites are being shared for the sole purpose of advertising your stuff to sell they are technically considered spam and should be redirected to those LJ communities specific to advertisements. i posted the link to the terms of service too. i am going to make a rule here and now that links and advertisements may be posted ONCE. i will then file it in the FAQ under -=-websites: craftgrrl member's sites-=-. if i or any member sees you advertising more than that once, i will have to delete your post.

please see the next topic for discussion for more on this. i have some good ideas that may set people at ease for this idea.

III. since the FAQ 101 idea of mine didn't go over so well i have a new idea!

this post inspired this idea. i think that maybe once a week or maybe even once a month someone should suggest a website up for review. i'm thinking like a craft product distro or homemade DIY goods personally owned site, etc. and i will create a poll assessing how much we all have used it, what we thought of it, recommendations, etc.

this will be beneficial to the people looking to sell things because if there are no suggestions for these website reviews, i can just pull the sites out of the aforementioned websites: craftgrrl member's sites thread on the FAQ.

sound good?

IV. and lastly. just FYI.

craftgrrl currently has 1,578 members and 698 memories in the FAQ to browse through!

that's all guys. sorry for the long-ness of this post. i really had been meaning to address those issues. thanks for reading all that and PLEASE leave comments/posts about what you think, feedback, any issues about all this.

thanks again :)