Sales Team Follow Up
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Sales Team Follow Up
IBJoel, in the thread you locked, you had posted this:
There was never any follow up to that post, though. Can you share what was figured out with the sales team, if anything? I can appreciate why you closed the other thread, but the explanation of the advertising process in that thread was, at a minimum, incomplete.
Originally Posted by IBJoel
This is to everyone here: I have voiced my concerns and your concerns to our sales team to try and figure something out. You are being heard.
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I'm just getting confirmation that I can take it down.
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Update: The documentation I was provided said that the ad was to be posted for 2 weeks, but apparently the final contract said 1 month. -_-
EDIT: Again, as I stated in the other thread: I can bring concerns to sales and management, but I cannot ultimately demand that a sales contract is voided. I am your advocate and work to make sure the site provides an enjoyable experience, but do not have final-decision-making power on other teams.
The rules state you cannot discuss DVD Ripping Software. They also state that you may advertise your product. This can produce a conflict in agendas. I and our moderators can and should enforce the forum rules on users. I cannot enforce them on people that do not even have DVD Talk accounts. What I can do is be a diplomat and adviser to them, but once contracts are signed, they become legally binding.
EDIT: Again, as I stated in the other thread: I can bring concerns to sales and management, but I cannot ultimately demand that a sales contract is voided. I am your advocate and work to make sure the site provides an enjoyable experience, but do not have final-decision-making power on other teams.
The rules state you cannot discuss DVD Ripping Software. They also state that you may advertise your product. This can produce a conflict in agendas. I and our moderators can and should enforce the forum rules on users. I cannot enforce them on people that do not even have DVD Talk accounts. What I can do is be a diplomat and adviser to them, but once contracts are signed, they become legally binding.
Last edited by IBJoel; 12-03-18 at 01:41 PM.
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So the add stays and your last comment had nothing to do with forum policies?
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Update: The documentation I was provided said that the ad was to be posted for 2 weeks, but apparently the final contract said 1 month. -_-
EDIT: Again, as I stated in the other thread: I can bring concerns to sales and management, but I cannot ultimately demand that a sales contract is voided. I am your advocate and work to make sure the site provides an enjoyable experience, but do not have final-decision-making power on other teams.
The rules state you cannot discuss DVD Ripping Software. They also state that you may advertise your product. This can produce a conflict in agendas. I and our moderators can and should enforce the forum rules on users. I cannot enforce them on people that do not even have DVD Talk accounts. What I can do is be a diplomat and adviser to them, but once contracts are signed, they become legally binding.
EDIT: Again, as I stated in the other thread: I can bring concerns to sales and management, but I cannot ultimately demand that a sales contract is voided. I am your advocate and work to make sure the site provides an enjoyable experience, but do not have final-decision-making power on other teams.
The rules state you cannot discuss DVD Ripping Software. They also state that you may advertise your product. This can produce a conflict in agendas. I and our moderators can and should enforce the forum rules on users. I cannot enforce them on people that do not even have DVD Talk accounts. What I can do is be a diplomat and adviser to them, but once contracts are signed, they become legally binding.
And I will reiterate that if the sales team isn't going to change their policies, we should re-word the forum rules to be more accurate and make very clear that:
- the rules do not apply to sponsored posts
- discussing those sponsored posts that have disallowed discussion content is also not allowed
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Thanks for the detailed response. I fully understand honoring a contract that's been signed. I'm mainly interested in whether you have advocated on our behalf that the sales team change their policy going forward to have standards that align with forum content rules for what contracts they will sign in the future. I get how the current situation arose, but it should be something that informs a different policy going forward.
And I will reiterate that if the sales team isn't going to change their policies, we should re-word the forum rules to be more accurate and make very clear that:
And I will reiterate that if the sales team isn't going to change their policies, we should re-word the forum rules to be more accurate and make very clear that:
- the rules do not apply to sponsored posts
- discussing those sponsored posts that have disallowed discussion content is also not allowed
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Sounds good, thanks. For people that have been around awhile, I think most of us could generally deal with the cognitive dissonance, but I think it would be very confusing for new members to see forum content that they're not allowed to actually talk about or comment on, unless that's stated clearly somewhere.
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Funny how when the paid time period of this software expired it moved from a thread in the forum to an add on the main fuckin page. lmao
But I'm guessing we're still at risk of being banned for any discussion about it?
But I'm guessing we're still at risk of being banned for any discussion about it?
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Not hypocritical at all!
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The ad has been on the front page since November 15th. The forum post has been removed.
Shannon, I've already told sales that. I mentioned it right after posting rules objections.
Shannon, I've already told sales that. I mentioned it right after posting rules objections.
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Care to speak to the fact that the 1 month paid period has expired and you "told the sales team" that we can't have products like that advertised here anymore due to their legality? Cause from our end, it certainly looks like they paid for more ad time and probably paid you even more to be on the front page rather than a forum post.
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Care to speak to the fact that the 1 month paid period has expired and you "told the sales team" that we can't have products like that advertised here anymore due to their legality? Cause from our end, it certainly looks like they paid for more ad time and probably paid you even more to be on the front page rather than a forum post.
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So the contract was purely for the forum post, which is now over and the front page add is a separate contract they paid for? Because, if you haven't noticed, this is still a sticky on the site. Not only are you providing us the means, by having it as an ad, you're requesting that we click and use their service.
Last edited by Noonan; 12-14-18 at 01:32 PM.
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I have no idea. I just put them up when I got the chance. I handle both editorial and the forums, and I can do a forum post almost instantly, but an article requires more formatting work.
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DVD Talk rules state:
"YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO THE DVD TALK FORUM IS ALSO PREDICATED ON YOUR ADHERENCE TO THESE RULES. If you violate any of these rules your account will be suspended and you may be permanently banned from membership at our discretion."
So it will make everyone happy, I will remove the front page article tomorrow, on my day off.
"YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO THE DVD TALK FORUM IS ALSO PREDICATED ON YOUR ADHERENCE TO THESE RULES. If you violate any of these rules your account will be suspended and you may be permanently banned from membership at our discretion."
So it will make everyone happy, I will remove the front page article tomorrow, on my day off.
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Yes, I forgot to bring my laptop home with the login credentials for the backend. 100% my fault. Ad is removed now, though.