I think if a member who has been discussing starting a business with the community for a while, if the member provides a mention as an FYI of ‘this is the result of the conversation’, then it may be less of a promotion and fit in the context of the discussion. Now repeated mention of said business after that is a promotion. If a member who comes in out of the blue and start referring to a business, then its promotion. It all depends on the context and the tone.
Remember, Hungry Onion makes a conscious decision not to accept advertising so the platform can be free of promotional content. So similar standard applies to posts as well.
- Informational - ‘Is it true?’ Posts should be of informational nature. Please disclose any conflict of interest. Please no
- promotional posts on behalf of products, services, restaurants,
Members asked similar questions in the past and in general I told them probably best to leave any promotions and intent to promote out of the posts. The challenge is many members are in the food business. So posts with obvious business mentions are going to be interpreted by some of your fellow members as ‘if he/ she can do it, why not I?’ And then everyone gets upset at the volunteer mods for perceived double standard if the action/ treatment gets too nuanced. Since we have day jobs generally its a grey area we’d rather not go.
