Axme post shilling for business

November 24, 2006 11:31 AM

I believe this AxMe is shilling for her business.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy to Etiquette/Policy at 11:31 AM (27 comments total)

Seems that way.
posted by BeerFilter at 11:34 AM on November 24, 2006

And it's not an appropriate question. Belongs on Meta is anywhere.
posted by Mitheral at 11:37 AM on November 24, 2006

*looks at torch*

*looks at pitchfork*

*looks at torch again*
posted by cortex at 11:38 AM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]

This is her homepage. It's hammer time.
posted by Faint of Butt at 11:38 AM on November 24, 2006

Its your girl Janet back on AskeMe. Im looking to give where its needed. I am 5'6 MATURE and a very skilled..... I'll leave that for later. IM SERVING "TRIPS TO GREECE" FOR ONLY 2( )0...... SO GET IT WHILE SUPPLIES LAST... SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A NICE MOUTH WATERING, RELAXING Peloponnese, ending in Athens THEN COME SEE MS. JANET TO FULFILL YOU CRAVINGS...

YOU CAN EVEN LEAVE AN EMAIL W/ NAME/AGE/RACE/# . NO GAMES..

****IF I DIDNT MENTION IT ABOVE, PLEASE DO NOT Ask ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DID NOT READ****
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 11:52 AM on November 24, 2006

Hi!
posted by Ceiling Cat at 12:00 PM on November 24, 2006

her only other posts of any type were in another greek vacation related askme. the first she recommended the questioner go with her on the vacation. the second she reversed herself and recommended they go with professionals.

maybe it's not banning time, but it's likely time for a warning and a timeout.
posted by shmegegge at 12:02 PM on November 24, 2006

Actually the Ask Mefi Guidlines do not explicitly say that you can not promote a commercial activity through a question. Maybe they need to be updated.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 12:05 PM on November 24, 2006

I removed it, emailed Janet and I'll try to make the faq more explicit.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:10 PM on November 24, 2006

I believe this callout is motivated by a spurious desire to have AskMe become completely noncommercial. We all know what this would mean. I vote that someone write a sharply worded letter, address to no one in particular, and then place this letter in an envelope of some sort.
posted by blue_beetle at 12:34 PM on November 24, 2006

Thank God this was given its own MetaTalk thread! Otherwise some people might have missed it.
posted by ORthey at 2:35 PM on November 24, 2006

#jessamyn: I'll try to make the faq more explicit.

By "faq" I hope you mean Ask MetaFilter Guidelines which is distinct from the FAQ.

When you try to ask a question there is stuff on that page to keep down bad questions and a demand to read the Guidlines page.

A new question asker can read through both pages and not realize that asking a question to promote a business will result in incomprehensible derision.
posted by MonkeySaltedNuts at 5:02 PM on November 24, 2006

She likes teh Greek.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:06 PM on November 24, 2006

By "faq" I hope you mean Ask MetaFilter Guidelines which is distinct from the FAQ.

By FAQ I meant FAQ which is the page that I could edit immediately. I'll see what I can do about the guidelines.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 5:26 PM on November 24, 2006

Oh... that, FAQ.

Then again, I just wanted to say hi to Jess and this seemed like as good a pretext as any. Hi, Jessamyn.
posted by cedar at 6:57 PM on November 24, 2006

Hi!
posted by Ceiling Cat

We get it already.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:23 PM on November 24, 2006

Hi Cedar!
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:52 PM on November 24, 2006

What about posts like this one?
posted by onalark at 8:09 PM on November 24, 2006

What about them? It's nearly a month old. What specifically are you objecting to?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:26 PM on November 24, 2006

What about the "how many staples get thrown away each year" question?
posted by IndigoRain at 8:26 PM on November 24, 2006

What specifically are you objecting to?

If you follow the link in the poster's profile, it appears the question was set up to shill their e-book.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:36 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]

What about the children? Has no-one thought of the children?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:37 PM on November 24, 2006

The AskMe question this thread originally was about was removed for two reasons 1. because saying "who wants to go on a trip with us?" is not what AskMe is for and 2. because it seemed to be a shilll for the woman's business. The two other questions didn't have that problematic first part, though dropkick is on a pretty short leash otherwise anyhow.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 8:38 PM on November 24, 2006

ugh. "dropkick" is this guy. I'm sure we'll be hearing about him again.
posted by bob sarabia at 8:49 PM on November 24, 2006

dropkick is on a pretty short leash

Seems like you're giving him a pretty long leash, actually.
posted by mediareport at 9:09 PM on November 24, 2006

Bonus points to anyone that figures out his sock puppet for skirting the askme question limit.
posted by bob sarabia at 10:11 PM on November 24, 2006

I admit, I don't care enough to actually read the thing, but is it a sexy sexy trip? Are there any 'special' services? Greece, right?

C'mon, it's friggin' Greece!

I say, give him/her a shot. Who doesn't need a vacation? We all saw that Darryl Hannah flick and you know you want to be there.
posted by cedar at 11:05 PM on November 24, 2006 [1 favorite]