POLICY CHANGE: Businesses on tFB

digitalscream

Since we began, we've had a policy of trying to help businesses (particularly small ones), particularly by not being hostile and preventing them from posting. That's why we created the Made in the UK section - a handy place where they could put all their announcements, build logs etc.

Unfortunately, that's had the effect of hiding the poor buggers away, and threads in there get very little traffic compared with other sections.

With that in mind, we've made a bit of a change. For a little while now, we've had a section that's hidden from the majority of users, where our trusted businesses - those who've contributed to the forum as part of the community, and sometimes more than that - can talk about us lowly punters, bounce ideas around and suggest other businesses who should be a part of it. Not only is that a nice little refuge for them, it also handily gave us a list of those members; now, those businesses (and only those businesses) will be allowed to post their business-related threads in the main areas, ie Guitars/Amps/FX. You'll still be able to distinguish them - those folk now have this on all their threads and comments:

All other businesses must continue to use Made in the UK; if they're not part of the group, then it means they're either not participating members of the community, or we don't know about them (in which case they should probably talk to us).

So...when will we give people that tag? Well, it kinda depends - there's no hard and fast rule here, but generally-speaking we'll be expecting them to participate with the community and get stuck in, and (fairly importantly) treat people well. It's important to note that having that tag is a privilege rather than a right on here; while we can say that we think they're good eggs, we are human and we can make mistakes.

It also means that while we might think they're decent enough folk to deserve it, there's the legal caveat that no warranty etc is implied by us giving them that tag...as always, any deals or transactions that take place between these businesses and our members are entirely the responsibility of the two parties involved.

ThePrettyDamned

Sounds very reasonable, and hopefully a great wya to bring builders in  

digitalscream

ThePrettyDamned said:

Sounds very reasonable, and hopefully a great wya to bring builders in  

Thanks. To be honest, I really thought this would be more controversial than it seems to have been.

I even blocked out 2pm-3pm for an argument. Had to do some work instead.

munckee

digitalscream said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Sounds very reasonable, and hopefully a great wya to bring builders in  

Thanks. To be honest, I really thought this would be more controversial than it seems to have been.

I even blocked out 2pm-3pm for an argument. Had to do some work instead.

What sort of argument would you like sir?

thumpingrug

I welcome this.  I just hope everyone plays nice.  

GoldenEraGuitars

thumpingrug said:

I welcome this.  I just hope everyone plays nice.  

https://i.imgur.com/HlZiP4q.jpg

thumpingrug

GoldenEraGuitars said:

thumpingrug said:

I welcome this.  I just hope everyone plays nice.  

https://i.imgur.com/HlZiP4q.jpg

  

littlegreenman

Seems like an eminently sensible idea Lee.

stickyfiddle

Excellent move. No fights needed!

Philtre

Sorry to have to say this, but this initiative is a total disaster...

...the tFB Trader badge extends beyond the grey header rectangle on the right and it seriously messes with my OCD.

digitalscream

Philtre said:

Sorry to have to say this, but this initiative is a total disaster...

...the tFB Trader badge extends beyond the grey header rectangle on the right and it seriously messes with my OCD.

On what browser and screen resolution?

Philtre

Firefox. All resolutions.

Edit - same on Chrome. Do you want a screen shot?

stickyfiddle

Philtre said:

Firefox. All resolutions.

Edit - same on Chrome. Do you want a screen shot?

Yep, same on iPad Pro 10.5 and MacBook 13” retina (latest build of Safari on both)

digitalscream

Ahhhhh. I see the problem - I was testing it while I was logged in. It looks right for all of us admins, because there's an extra element in there shoving it left.

I've got a gig tonight, so I'll have to either do it at lunchtime or wait until tomorrow.

How embarrassing. Rookie mistake.

Philtre

digitalscream said:

Ahhhhh. I see the problem - I was testing it while I was logged in. It looks right for all of us admins, because there's an extra element in there shoving it left.

I've got a gig tonight, so I'll have to either do it at lunchtime or wait until tomorrow.

How embarrassing. Rookie mistake.

Then you should cancel the gig. Priorities, man!

j/k

Legionreturns

That's not nearly enough of a clusterfuck to be granted a government contract. 

Try harder Lee! 

LuttiS

digitalscream said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Sounds very reasonable, and hopefully a great wya to bring builders in  

Thanks. To be honest, I really thought this would be more controversial than it seems to have been.

I even blocked out 2pm-3pm for an argument. Had to do some work instead.

Out of interest, what arguments did you expect?

digitalscream

LuttiS said:

digitalscream said:

ThePrettyDamned said:

Sounds very reasonable, and hopefully a great wya to bring builders in  

Thanks. To be honest, I really thought this would be more controversial than it seems to have been.

I even blocked out 2pm-3pm for an argument. Had to do some work instead.

Out of interest, what arguments did you expect?

Well, for a start there are usually folk who disagree with policy changes on here. Bound to be, with this many people.

But I was kind of expecting the generic "Argh, this place is going all business-oriented, it'll be ads next etc" sort of thing.

digitalscream

@Philtre - how's that now?

Philtre

digitalscream said:

@Philtre - how's that now?

Perfect. I can unclench my buttocks now, thanks.

Edit: actually, it might look better centred vertically... ;-)

digitalscream

Philtre said:

digitalscream said:

@Philtre - how's that now?

Perfect. I can unclench my buttocks now, thanks.

Edit: actually, it might look better centred vertically... ;-)

Fine. Jeez.