Market News Guidelines
https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/wiki/market-announcements
We've formalized a set of rules as it pertains to market news. The rules for announcing a new market still stand. These rules apply to markets that have already made a formal announcement and wish to communicate new features. Market admins/mods/PR - please review these rules before making a post regarding your market. These guidelines should make it clear what is permissible and what isn't. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to message us.
TL;DR - If you are affiliated with a market, read the whole fucking thing! In a nutsack, message the mods with your news BEFORE posting on the sub. You are limited to the # of announcements you can make per month. Please don't violate the rules - we need to make it fair for ALL markets.
These are the rules and guidelines we've formalized for markets and market public relations. If you are a market or affiliated with a market, please review these guidelines. Any market news announcement must be cleared in advance with this sub's moderators.
A market is allotted 2 "Market News" posts per month. In addition, each post must be at least 7 days apart. For instance, you may make a market news post on Dec 1 and Dec 8. And that will be all for the month you can post. You cannot make a post on Dec 1 and Dec 2.
"Market News" should be limited to new features on the market itself - only real improvements, enhancements, features, and changes.
Do not treat "Market News" as an overt advertising.
Consider collating your all your new features into a single post. Plan ahead!
Please message the mods BEFORE making your post for approval. Allow at least 5 days for approval. We'll probably get to it before that period of time but please take into consideration that we may not get to your request that same day. So plan ahead!
Do not abuse the purpose of market news.
What is considered market news?
- A new feature. Such as the addition of multi-sig
- An enhancement. Such as a major UI change
- An improvement. Bug fixes and such.
What is NOT market news
- A promotion.
- Anything dealing with Reddit and not your market. For instance, changes to your market's subreddit is not market news
- Market milestones. Hitting 100K users is not market news, for our purposes.
Remember, "Market News" is not the platform to advertise your market. Its intended as a way for you to convey improvement new features and improvements to your customers. Overt advertising and marketing has no place in "Market News" (because, yes we realize all publicity, even the announcement of a new feature, could be thought of as marketing. Just no overt marketing/advertising). Abuse of "Market News" can result in the inability to make further announcements. Please check with the mods if you have any questions.
The Economist1 is doing a good job guys. Shout out to The Economist1 for maintaining the balance.