For some reason, I always assumed asking for financial assistance on any of the boards was a no-no.
Of course setting and advertising donations is one thing, but I was under the impression that actually posting a thread asking for money/financial assistance outside of "work" was frowned upon or even against the rules.
Apparently, as proven a couple weeks ago, this is not the case. I even then looked into a handful of forums and their rules as well as the ECCIE Guidelines and nothing is mentioned of soliciting goods outside of ads. Or even suggesting making "deals" or setting up "loans" to help with "personal emergencies"
Which, is strange to me. We have such strict rules for posting ads (weekly, weekend, short term) yet we can freely post about needing fast cash or wanting to make "deals" to get faster cash for personal reasons?
Are there guidelines to this? Or can any provider post that they have a personal emergency and ask for financial help/deals/loans?