Slack policy regarding advertisements and self-promotion

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Migrated from GitLab: https://gitlab.com/meltano/handbook/-/issues/90

Originally created by @afolson on 2022-04-18 14:00:49

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We've had a few instances where folks came to our Slack group to advertise their companies/services or content. We should have a policy on what we let through and what we delete.

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[NicholeG]

@emilylucie @aaronsteers this was the issue. Do we want a blanket policy on no self promotion/advertisements? Or are there exceptions we would like to allow? I can draft a policy once we are all in agreement

[emilylucie]

@NicholeG thanks for your help on this. Yes, I think that covers it and anything leaning towards solictiation.

[aaronsteers]

I was curious so I looked up dbt's policy on this.

Rule 7: Do not solicit members of our Slack

This community is built for data practitioners to discuss the work that they do, the ideas that they have, and the things that they are learning. It is decidedly not intended to be lead generation for vendors or recruiters.

Do not pitch your products or services in dbt Slack: this isn't the right place for that. Vendors can add enormous value to the community by being there to answer questions about their products when questions arise.

We might expand this or adjust - but 'no solicitation or event/product promotions' seems reasonable.