Dear chatters,
Q: If we all love fashion and we all love to chat, why not chat on the Fashion Consolidated “chat group” line? That is the question.
A: Well one reason is because it is forbidden. Strictly forbidden.
Q: Why is it forbidden?
A: Because Fashion Consolidated is a huge group, over 6600 people, many of them busy and they do not all want to hear you chat. It is deeply annoying to many.
Q: What does http://fashcon.com/oops mean? Somebody keeps posting that in the middle of our fash con conversation.
A: That’s code for go to the fashcon website to read the rules on being quiet. Basically it is the official way of saying “hush now!” on Fashion Consolidated.
Q: But I have fashion needs! I need to express them and find the answers to my burning questions and I know people out there can answer them.
A: Don’t do it. Sign up for the Fashion Consolidated Cafe group. It was created Just for this purpose. You will feel right at home there. Everybody yaks and blathers very intelligently about shoes and aos and everything under the sun.
Q: But it’s a chat group! The line is for chatting!
A: When Linden Labs set up the groups system they did not envision all of the ways that groups would be used. They did not separate group notices from group chat, figuring that most groups would need both. Fashion Consolidated is a Notice Service. If we could completely disable the group chat we would.
Q: What if I go ahead and chat anyway?
A: If you are a spammer posting advertising slurls you will be immediately ejected from the group. If you are just chatting there because you saw a neat notice or have a fashion question, one of the Fash Con helpers (if they are online) will privately IM you and tell you to stop. If you don’t stop we can eject you too.
Q: You don’t understand – this is an emergency. I’m a designer and I just sent out a notice and I forgot to include the landmark!
A: Stop. Take a deep breath, and whatever you do Don’t post a slurl. Slurls get you kicked and and while we don’t really intend to kick our own designers not all helpers know the names of every single designer in Fashion Consolidated. Do not post. Landmarks are optional in FashCon; people can find your store in search and through your profile picks. It will be okay.
The answers to most problems lie in the Fashion Consolidated Cafe group.
Yours,
Ivy Norsk
Content Moderator, Fashion Consolidated
