I think The Miller made a good about the difference between an affiliate linker bumping his own thread with new deals in new posts vs. “organic” bumps by BLFers that are asking questions or whatever.
True.
But if people are genuinely using his links its deserved. Posting your welcome to each on the hour, not so much.
Tough call all around. Not easy to Moderate.
I wish I could simply apply an Ignore check mark to some threads. Or only see them on the front page if I have Subscribed to those specific threads in the Commercial spot.
I like the deals. Why don’t we make a sub forum for deals. Possibly even make sub categories for batteries, flashlights etc… it would make life a lot easier when looking for something specific than having to ask for deals on threads or searching the entire forum.
Is there a way to make a thread accessible to only the op with one or two updates per day? Doesn’t need to be hardwared but if exceeded subject to :rage: of DM. Basically the same rules governing polite behavior all of us are supposed to follow. Questions can still be answered via pm so that those don’t bump the threads.
The cutthroat competitiveness is definitely noticeable.
the had his exclusive BLF 348 groupbuys for years and recently I noticed that while “the’s” groupbuy is still going on, there are others using boiler room tactics and undercutting his price.
I think a little Ethics 101 wouldn’t hurt.
Healthy competition is great but you don’t have to become the next Ricky Roma from Glengarry glen ross to be successful.
when i first got here and started posting as a newb?
we had a “affiliate link” flame war going on… i got here late on it, and when i unknowingly resurrected a flame-war thread that was mercifully dying down? it “ignited” people on BOTH sides to ask me what i thought… heck… i try to be “principled’, and so i replied after asking what an aff link WAS?
was told, and i said :well then, i guess i dont like the idea of someone posting “deals” only to be making commission…
then everyone went ape$h!t… the word “shill” was thrown around a lot…LOL
old lumens PMed me and cussed me out, and told me “i wouldnt last long here!” of all things…
the whole “shill thing” slowly died away… NOW we have ‘this’ controversy going on, rules are being made, admin will see if it works…
geez, its ALWAYS some periodic controversy… and its ALWAYS centered around “commercialism”…
a year or 18 months from now? it will be “this” again, or? “something new”… but it wont be that new, it will be SOMETHING surrounding something commercial…
its a little like “election season craziness” on my site i run… except its not electionism, its somethign else here… same thing in the end, though… just another headache for the guy in charge is all…
Ugghhh, indeed they are annoying. They don’t seem to be bots, at least not to complete the registration steps, because my CAPTCHA is too zany for a bot to figure out.
I find them funny actually, really like it when members post the filthy kitchens in replies.
Your registration steps are fine.
Thanks for keeping this place Real!