RULES POSTS:
Updated Vendor Rules - 2/26/09
http://talk.theknot.com/boards/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=59208814&forumid=56
We've had issues with Knottie Vendors and we've recently updated our rules to TRY and make it fair for everyone. We can't make everyone happy, but we've done our best. These are the updated rules.
TheKnot.com is a place for brides who are in the process of planning their wedding. Any message board member who is affiliated with the wedding industry is not allowed to post about their company affiliation (travel agency, reception hall, florist, makeup artist, etc.) or use any other members for means of advertisement. If they do this, they will be banned from our community. Brides are welcome to post on The Nest after their wedding and must continue to follow our community rules.
We understand that some brides work in the wedding industry but want to be a part of the community while planning their own wedding. We certainly want them to utilize all the information other Knotties can offer them on our message boards. However, once any reference is made to their services/company, we must ban their account out of respect for Knotties who do not want to be solicited, as well as respect for vendors who adhere to our Community Rules and do not post on the boards. We want everyone to have full use of our site, but brides must make a choice to utilize the site either as a Knottie or a vendor and follow the community rules in that manner. Once they decide to mention their business affiliation, they have chosen to violate our community rules and therefore have chosen not to be a part of our community in the future.
Links in Signatures-
What’s Allowed:
Your Bio
For Sale (only items from your wedding)
Engagement/wedding/TTD pics, etc.
Personal blogs
What’s Not:
Etsy stores
Any wedding-related items that you are selling that are not leftover from your wedding
Links to Google pages/site that include Etsy or Knotties-for-Hire, etc.
Design sites (invitations, programs, etc.)
Discounted or free wedding services for members on The Knot (photo shoots, monograms, etc.)
Anything other profit-generating services (wedding-related or not)
This type of content cannot be posted on The Knot in any format, including signatures, board posts, or bios.
Vendor Bashing -
http://talk.theknot.com/boards/main_frame.aspx?page=ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=414
Knotties are welcome to discuss vendors, but this is not the place to take up serious complaints/issues with their vendors, or talk poorly about vendors have not been used. Our forums are a place to offer advice, feedback, suggestions and gaining insight. Not a means to give contractual details that might have fallen through.
We understand that disagreements occur and mistakes happen. But we have no way of knowing exactly what happened, if it's really a competitor, who's telling the whole story and who is not, etc. This is how we reserve these boards for our brides only.
If a bride continues to bash a vendor after being warned, they have chosen to violate our community rules and therefore choose not to be a part of our community anymore. This has nothing to do with the vendor - this is action The Knot takes.
Offering Free Services Posts -
http://talk.theknot.com/boards/main_frame.aspx?page=ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=414
While we love that so many Knotties are generous enough to offer favors like free monograms, we’ve been getting complaints that these aren’t always free and that people end up wanting payment (for things like free photo sessions). If people want to take these kinds of discussions off the boards and work them out among themselves, that’s fine, but we can’t have people offering free services and then possibly taking advantage We’ve had some questions and emails lately about Knottie-Turned-Vendors and wanted to clear up some unknown questions. Therefore, we cannot allow this on the boards.
THE KNOT COMMUNITY RULES
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No strong, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise harmful language.
No racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable language.
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No soliciting of any kind on the message boards or in the chat room -- it is neither allowed nor appreciated by the community. If you are interested in advertising opportunities, please contact [email protected] Wedding professionals involved in a wedding-related enterprise cannot post any information on The Knot message boards, even if offering services free of charge.
*** Any member of our community, including brides, involved in a wedding related business must adhere to the same rules as wedding professionals and are not permitted to post on The Knot message boards.
*** Please keep in mind that The Knot Message Boards are not to be used for posting complaints and defamatory comments about vendors. All defamatory posts are subject to removal at The Knot's sole discretion. We are concerned that you be treated fairly and that other brides are warned of any bad apples in this business.You have the option of contacting the vendor directly, or if an official complaint is appropriate, you may contact the Better Business Bureau at http://www.bbb.org.
*** If you come across a post that you think is questionable, please let us know in writing -- send an email that includes the URL of the post to [email protected]
*** If you are a wedding professional with a question about a post regarding your business; while we don't allow vendors to post on our message boards, we may, in our sole discretion, post a statement submitted by you, on your behalf. Please email [email protected] for more information.
*** If you are a journalist or student looking for information, please contact us at [email protected] for information/permission prior to posting.
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