No. Just No.

[ron_newman]

Sorry, omcityyoga, but Barack Obama did not win a presidential election just so that you could post your fourth commercial davis_square ad in five weeks. I'm deleting this:

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[enochs_fable]

Yeah, that was my recommendation. I vote for once a month, honestly.

[ron_newman]

We haven't yet heard from the other two moderators, but once a month sounds reasonable for most purposes. I'd apply this only to commercial businesses, not to non-profit arts organizations such as Honkfest, theatre@first, and the Nave Gallery. It also wouldn't apply to individuals advertising yard sales or stuff for sale.

Even so, I'd want to be a little flexible. If the Somerville Theatre has two or three special events in one month, it would seem wrong to allow them to announce only one of them.

[enochs_fable]

I dunno, if they had multiple events in a month, they could do a single post, and I think that'd be fine.

Otherwise, you need to delineate the criteria for being flexible, because, as you've seen, otherwise people will push the envelope.

[ron_newman]

Event ads aren't really what we're trying to stop, and it seems to be generally accepted that people can advertise an event several weeks in advance, and again a few days before as a reminder.

[enochs_fable]

How would you distinguish between an event like a Somerville Theatre thing, and a special event promotion at a store?

[ron_newman]

I'm going to stop here and see what other mods have to say.