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Official State of BuSo Address
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- Six Announcements -
Official State of BuSo Address
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- Six Announcements -
The waters have been pretty calm lately...
There's not been much of turbulence in the air... and yet some of you have sensed changes on the horizon.
When operations are going smooth and steady for too long you have to wonder what's lurking under the surface, biding it's time.
We don't stagnate. We take our mission statement seriously:
Mission Statement:
Builder Society (or BuSo) is a forum for discussing digital strategy and online marketing that focuses on bringing together ambitious self-starters to network, to share strategies, and to inspire.
Our goal is to attract like-minded entrepreneurs and business-folk so we can all continue to grow together. If we're sitting on our hands, complacent and relaxed, then we aren't upholding our part of the bargain. And if you thought that was the case... shame on you. Builders are the hardest working people in the industry.Builder Society (or BuSo) is a forum for discussing digital strategy and online marketing that focuses on bringing together ambitious self-starters to network, to share strategies, and to inspire.
Granted, we haven't made an official State of BuSo address in a little while, so I'll cut the couple of you some slack. You couldn't have known about all of these amazing announcements building pressure, waiting to bust out onto the scene.
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2) Moderation Hot Potato
Now that the first announcement's out of the way, I can tell you about the less impactful changes that have actually already happened. These changes won't make you nearly as much money as announcement one will, but you should still know about them.
You may have noticed that our friend @MetaData has been less active than normal. That's because he's been busy slaying it. His hard work and dedication to his projects has paid off and he's got even more extremely killer opportunities in front of him. It's going to take a lot of focus. Rather than hang on to the title, he's decided to pass the moderator baton. Hopefully he'll be around as much as he can!
With that being said, no vacuum stays unfilled for long. After some very serious deliberation with our other moderator @Ryuzaki , we decided to reach out and invite someone else to the team. This person has contributed an insane amount of value to the Builders, has a sensible head on his shoulders, and can be trusted to make the right decisions. We're very happy that he accepted our offer.
I'm happy to announce the addition of our newest moderator...
Congratulations to CCarter. A moderator position at BuSo doesn't come easy, not by a long shot. But you earned it and honor us by taking on the duties. Honestly, this kind of makes me nervous. I feel like we just let the T-Rex escape his area at Jurassic Park or something. The energy scares me.
Welcome to the team!
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3) Rising Through the Society's Ranks: Degrees
BuSo is a society, no doubt about it. But we aren't a secret society (at this level anyways...).
We're a very open group because the name of the game is sharing and helping us all better ourselves and the world. There's a ton of information on here and unless you're browsing pretty frequently, you might not have met all of the characters yet. The Builders may all have the same energy, gusto, and bravado, but we aren't all at the same stage of the journey.
You'll see a lot of discussion and debate here because we're all contributing and trying to shake out what the best approach is to every situation. So some things you read may be more trustworthy or proven than other things. If you aren't sure what to believe, let the Builders themselves tell you.
Introducing the Builder Degrees!
There are 10 Degrees to being a Builder. Each degree is attained in order and is a measure of two characteristics:
- Contributions
- Validations
Your goal as a Builder, if you want to rise through the ranks to become a 10th Degree Builder, is to post the highest quality material you can. Soon, you will attain the next level and lurkers will know that you wield the knowledge and should be listened to carefully.
As always, this forum maintains the highest signal-to-noise ratio on the entire internet, so don't be surprised if your posts get deleted after you submit a bunch of nonsense just to inflate your post count. That won't get you likes and won't earn you the next Degree. It'll earn you a warning. Of course, that doesn't need to be said to anybody here at this time. But one of these days, we'll have to release the T-Rex on a newbie.
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4) Two New Badges!
If you've ever browsed BuSo even once, you've noticed that some people have these sweet ass little badges under their usernames on desktop and next to them on mobile. Those are BuSo Pro badges for supporter accounts and Boot Camp badges for survivors of the tyranny of the Traffic Leaks drill sergeant @CCarter .
Well, today we unveil two new badges. Check these bad boys out... The first is for those who attain the highest degree of builderdom:
The 10th Degree
As always, let me show you how it looks in the wild:
Before @eliquid gets excited, no... nobody has attained the 10th Degree yet! It's going to be quite a while, although I've seen some 3rd Degree Builders floating around out there already...
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5) Username Change Opportunities
This isn't some life altering announcement, but there have been some Builders who've reached out because they regret their username for one reason or another. They didn't want to start a new account and lose their post history. They just didn't want their real name as their username, or didn't think ahead when they used their domain name as their username.
We haven't minded helping people out, but as BuSo grows, there's going to be more and more of these kind of mistakes happening, to the point where I'd spend all of my time responding to private messages and swapping usernames. It's not a big deal until there's 15 requests a day.
What we've done is create an Upgrade option where you can request a username change for a small fee. It's very minor for any business needed privacy and covers our time bouncing private conversations back and forth, changing the name, confirming the user can still log in under the new name, etc. It's a time sink for sure, but we don't want to cut off the possibility altogether. Now everyone wins.
Of course, the best approach is to think carefully about your username before you have 300 posts you'd rather not lose to a new account!
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6) The Warning System is Now in Effect
Let me flat out say it. Nobody here has ever warranted needing a warning (well... maybe one or two people total). The Builders are awesome. This is strictly a precautionary thing that we'll be using in the future when there's a lot more forum members posting.
At that point we won't be able to shoot a nice message to you explaining the situation and asking you nicely to keep an eye out on whatever... @MetaData was the nice guy who created time for that even though he didn't have it. Fortunately there have only been a few instances anyways. In the future there will be too much going on with 100x more members.
What we expect from new members is that they read the Rules first. Everything is laid out very clearly in plain language. And it's one of the only 3 main navigation items, so there's really no excuse. Beyond that, we'll have to start dishing out warnings, which is the click of a few buttons, versus pounding our keyboards to death trying to tippy toe around anyone's feelings.
You guys don't need to worry about it, so I'll keep it quick. The basics of it is that you'll get assigned a point or two. Those points expire over the course of a month or 3 months or a year. So you lose them if you get them. If you keep acting like a goof, you'll begin to accumulate points. If you hit a certain threshold, you'll get yourself banned temporarily for a very short while, and it'll be your own fault. The next higher threshold is still a temporary but slightly longer ban for that account. It's like we're begging people to not keep pushing the boundaries here. If you go buck wild beyond that, you'll catch a permanent ban for that account.
Again, not a problem with anyone here. We're just prepping for the future.
prepping for the future.
for the future.
the future.
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