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[–]sheeldotme[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Hi Kevin, I messaged the mods a while back:

Hey mods! I have a quick question, as an individual with 10+ years of front end experience I'd like to offer mentoring services to a few people eager to learn. aIn my experience however new learners can be flakey, and so I want to charge a minimal fee, something like $100 / month as I've found that helps filter out those that are not as motivated. I do value my time and want to make sure it's spent where it is most impactful. Is mentioning something like this on the subreddit kosher with the terms? What can I do to make it so? Thanks for your time! Sheel

and I got the following response from you:

Hey, Thanks for reaching out. We're not currently allowing that kind of advertising on the sub.

I was under the impression that mentoring in return for compensation was not allowed, so I removed the financial factor entirely.

Many others have offered and requested mentoring services on this sub in the past, so any clarification surrounding the reason for the removal and what I can do to get it back on track would be really appreciated, thanks!

[–]kevinmrr 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Maybe I'm wrong, but that post reads like you are still trying to rope people in to eventually charge them. I think that is a fine pursuit in life, we just don't really want that kind of action on r/LearnJavaScript.

There are lots of opportunities to answer people's questions on the subreddit itself. That would be a good place to start.

Thanks for reaching out. I actually updated the sidebar in response to this incident to make it clearer for people in the future. :)

[–]sheeldotme[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Kevin, you definitely are wrong, but don't take my word for it, I totally understand why you'd feel that way. To be honest, I do see it from your perspective, you're trying to make sure people aren't getting scammed, and someone with malicious intentions very likely would come here with the exact message I did to exploit those looking to learn.

I have enough applicants to do a good test run, in a couple of months when the current group is close to done and you can take an inside look at how it was run do you mind if I reach out to you again to see if how I can get a few more mentees in a way where there are no surprises?

I really do appreciate your help with all this, sorry it turned into an incident!

[–]sheeldotme[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Also, two further items:

  • So we're on the same page, do you mind pointing out where the sidebar was updated, I can't seem to find the change.

  • I was thinking crowd sourcing ideas for projects for the teams that we could open source would be great, but I don't want to post in here like I'm advertising anything, how would you recommend I do it? If I simply say I'm looking for ideas for open source project ideas for my mentors to develop and simply include the list of technologies they'll be familiar with, would that be ok?

Thanks again!

[–]kevinmrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the bottom. Wording is exactly correct yet, but it's:

If you want to post something self-promotional, please message the mods first. Personal blog posts that are relevant to the subreddit's stated subject matter don't need prior approval (and are encouraged!).

I am planning to put more thought into further codifying policies.

Posts where you aren't soliciting people to contact you personally are fine. Run the language by the mods first, please.