Asking readers to consider being a sponsor would be your first case. Many would not find such a request compelling, but maybe only a few would go so far as to unfriend the journal in question.
Trying to sell ads to help pay for something, which means asking readers to advertise in a publication, to wit, the program book of a competition (not affiliated with LJ), might be considered a commercial activity, which is what got me started on this thread. I don't see a specific ban on commercial activity in the ToS, but some services have such bans.
However, it's not a matter of showing ads for another service, which is what a narrow reading of your second case describes. It's trying to figure out where this falls on the spectrum between the cases that's making me wish for an analgesic.
I have to say that when aiglet asked in her journal for sponsorship in a walk for a charity, I not only didn't unfriend her journal but made a donation, via PayPal. I think a solicitation that isn't for a third-party charitable cause is what would offend some readers, though they would certainly be free not to donate.
Asking readers to consider being a sponsor would be your first case. Many would not find such a request compelling, but maybe only a few would go so far as to unfriend the journal in question.
Trying to sell ads to help pay for something, which means asking readers to advertise in a publication, to wit, the program book of a competition (not affiliated with LJ), might be considered a commercial activity, which is what got me started on this thread. I don't see a specific ban on commercial activity in the ToS, but some services have such bans.
However, it's not a matter of showing ads for another service, which is what a narrow reading of your second case describes. It's trying to figure out where this falls on the spectrum between the cases that's making me wish for an analgesic.
I have to say that when aiglet asked in her journal for sponsorship in a walk for a charity, I not only didn't unfriend her journal but made a donation, via PayPal. I think a solicitation that isn't for a third-party charitable cause is what would offend some readers, though they would certainly be free not to donate.
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