Moderation: self-promo topics in good faith by newcomers

[icaria36]

Thank you very much, @prinlu. I went to sleep right after reading your position, and it has helped me come up with a very simple proposal for self-promo content.

@prinlu

In other words, the central idea of this forum is (was?) about cross-polination of platforms and communities that are working on fair spaces for music promotion, exchange and sales. The idea was NOT the creation of a such fair space.

Is! This idea keeps being the foundation of this project.

@prinlu

And, perhaps the question is still: “why limit ourselves”? And the answer is, because there are very limited resources available (despite the appearance of the oposite) - hosting expenses, administration, moderation, curation…

True, especially if due to the lack of clear guidelines we have to spend hours discussing with artists whether their last post was really self-promo or not, acceptable or excessive, and so on.

This conversation also reminds me that one of the reasons why my initial proposal was shut down on Beyond Faircamp was that there are already many places where music makers meet and share their projects, and I would be adding another one. I was even xkcd-ed with the proverbial 927 (to which I added the also memorable 1810).

This is still a clear risk, as many have noted since the bootstrapping started, and it was very well explained here:

@sknob

Despite all the tools to hide/show/be notified, if the space is too vast and too diverse, it tends to break down. Editorial focus is also needed. Trying to be everything to everyone ends up being counterproductive. There are many venues out there (masto, matrix, sites, etc.) and leaning on them for what they do best, and focusing on what you and a forum does best seems like a wiser option…

For all these reasons, I am updating my proposal to a very simple approach:

Encouraged self-promotion

• Filling your own profile with a link to your website, your social media account, your music catalog, and a description about you.
• Posting on Events your concerts, jam-sessions, listening-parties, and other physical or online activities as long as they are interactive. The point is to invite other members to meet you and to strengthen the network.

Out of scope

These types of content are out of scope in TSMN and will be removed after a notice period of one week. In case of recurrence moderators may remove them immediately. Spammers will be removed from the platform.

• Advertisement of commercial services in your profile or your posts. You can link to your website in your profile.
• New topics about your music or other creative works. You can link to your catalog / portfolio in your profile.
• New topics about you and your work when not related to TSMN-invited Projects and placed in their own project space. You can link to your blog and your social account in your profile.
• Non-interactive “events” like a song/album release day. Please don’t try to game Events for your personal benefit.
• Posting links to your music and projects in other discussions. Please don’t try to game the few valid exceptions that might exist.
• Unsolicited pings or messages to users, public or private, to promote your music and your work.