IMO the promotional posts really got out of hand on the old subreddit.

yeah, I totally agree and was actively brainstorming the best way to reign it in. I definitely think if we do it thread-wise it’d want to be a monthly/weekly post rather than a singular one. For that we’d need to look into having a bot do it though, I think. I think personally my comfort level is posts being fine, but no more than one per week. It’s important to have a way to let vendors advertise, within limits, directly to those of us that also want to buy the kinds of things they are selling. This supports both the vendors and the consumers. But there is a balance to be had to prevent it getting spammy whilst also preventing it from getting so buried that people who might want it, miss it.

I like the thread idea but it’ll take some setting up. I think for the mean time I’ll add a limitation to once-per-week and see how we go.

What do people think about if the vendor is running a givaway/sale/etc.? is that a different enough tier of post that it’s okay to make a separate post? or should also strictly be confined to a scheduled vendor thread still?

Might make a post about this asking wider opinions. Thanks for your input.