Can I link to my organisation's new product on Mefi?

March 19, 2004 4:56 AM

I work for a large organisation that has launched a new web product. Its a paid for service. I'd like to post a link in the blue, as I am personally interested in what people think about it. I do not work on the product, but I do use it. Is this against policy?
posted by davehat to Etiquette/Policy at 4:56 AM (23 comments total)

Yes, probably. Best to err on the side of caution anyway. Just go into #mefi and tell everyone there how wonderful this new product is, and if it really is someone will post it.
posted by fvw at 4:58 AM on March 19, 2004

Yeah. Thought so. It'll just have to wait then (I don't use IRC).
posted by davehat at 5:00 AM on March 19, 2004

That's what the TextAds are for.
posted by cedar at 5:09 AM on March 19, 2004

This may be blasphemous, I know, but you can go from "not using IRC" to "using IRC" (admittedly, that is usually rapidly followed by the transition back to "not using IRC" once you see what kind of shape most IRC channels are in, but that's not the issue here).
posted by fvw at 5:58 AM on March 19, 2004

Cedar: I'm not interested in marketing it. Just interested in what people think about it.

I'll leave this alone now. It's a big enough thing that it will be discussed at some time, I'm sure. Its not a new concept or anything.

[points at fvw] BLASPHEMER!

I can't (and won't) use IRC at work and I rarely have the time at home anymore.

What's the MeFi IRC like? I guess I could give it a go sometime. Its just that, given the nature of a lot of the posting here recently, I shudder to think of the tone on IRC.
posted by davehat at 6:25 AM on March 19, 2004

What's the MeFi IRC like?

I've only been there once, but my impression is that it's like metafilter, but much, much friendlier.
posted by interrobang at 6:34 AM on March 19, 2004

(Mainly because when I went there I wasn't a jerk to anyone.)
posted by interrobang at 6:34 AM on March 19, 2004

I've only been there once, but my impression is that it's like metafilter, but much, much friendlier.

You mistook friendliness for conspiratorial scheeming :)

Nah really, people are nice in #mefi. Sometimes they even seem like real humans.
posted by Jimbob at 7:16 AM on March 19, 2004

What were they, nice or real humans? Make up your mind.
posted by fvw at 7:30 AM on March 19, 2004

Dave: I'd be glad to give you my opinion, if you're interested. E-mail me and I'll do my best to give you a hard-hitting critique!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:09 AM on March 19, 2004

(Mainly because when I went there I wasn't a jerk to anyone.)

Shut up, NERD!
posted by Hildago at 9:30 AM on March 19, 2004

hmmm , my brothers setting up a domain name registration and hosting service and i would so love to link to it here...i guess a textad is the answer....
posted by sgt.serenity at 9:49 AM on March 19, 2004

Dave: I'd be glad to give you my opinion, if you're interested. E-mail me and I'll do my best to give you a hard-hitting critique!

And then in a week post it to the blue like the dog that he is.
posted by The God Complex at 10:16 AM on March 19, 2004

Wouldn't happen to be this would it davehat?
posted by thatwhichfalls at 10:28 AM on March 19, 2004

And then in a week post it to the blue like the dog that he is.

Matt! Something needs to be done about these damned mind-readers! ;)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 11:25 AM on March 19, 2004

couldn't the mefiprojects email be good for something like that?
posted by amberglow at 11:40 AM on March 19, 2004

thatwhichfalls:

Yes.

amberglow:

Its not my project, neither am I directly linked to it. As a result, I'm not sure that's the right place either.
posted by davehat at 1:12 PM on March 19, 2004

well, if you want feedback, it could be...isn't it like asking for beta testers?
posted by amberglow at 1:22 PM on March 19, 2004

Assuming we haven't run out of colors, why not have a self-linking playground set up on Mefi to solicit and give advice about projects?
posted by PrinceValium at 1:36 PM on March 19, 2004

amberglow:

Not really. Its out of beta and launched about 2 weeks ago (see the link above). Plus, who'd pay for a beta test? Apart from anyone who buys a new Microsoft product....

PrinceValium:

Its not a self link. I think. Its just a bit dodgy because I work for the same company that produces this service.

The reason I wanted to link this to the blue was to ask; given that this service allows access to a more "traditional" newspaper layout, does reading a newspaper or viewing a website radically change ones perception of a news source?

This is not a question one can ask until people can see both a print edition (or near as damn it) and a website. This has not really been possible to ask here until now, as I've always imagined that a large number of people who read the blue are not UK (or EU) citizens.

Anyway. I'm not going to phrase this as a post to the blue, given the previous advice. Now that I come to think of it, it might be good in the green, sans links.

Hmm what to do....

In the meantime, I pronounce this thread dead and my question answered. Please proceed with irreverant posting in 5.....4.....3.....2.....
posted by davehat at 2:12 PM on March 19, 2004

couldnt he just post it on ask metafilter? all he wants to do is get peoples opinions and that is what ask metafilter is about ?
posted by Recockulous at 3:42 PM on March 19, 2004

i guess i should read the whole thread before posting
posted by Recockulous at 3:44 PM on March 19, 2004

I think you should post it. It's an interesting way of presenting a paper on the web (Although currently a UI nightmare), and maybe highlights a move for the Grauniad towards being a pay site. Considering the number of FPP posts which come from the Guardian, thats probably quite an important thing to talk about.
posted by seanyboy at 1:16 PM on March 20, 2004