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Just for the record and let me clear this up once and for all...
I don't care if anyone promotes anything, from any company, about any event, whatever. I think Johnathon has posted and promoted his show RFR on these boards more times than I could EVER count... no one has EVER told him he can't do that. EVER!
I'm not a supporter of IAHA, but NO ONE has EVER told them they can NOT post updates about their events on my message board. EVER.
I've had vendors tell me they don't post updates about their new products because they think someone will get mad at them, maybe because in the past on the old IAHA Yahoo Group, certain people would rip on someone for promoting. I for one encouraged people to give us updates about new products. I've told EVERYONE no no no... that is information to be used to help other people.
We want to know the latest, the greatest, and everything in between and it doesn't really matter what site, what vendor, what show, whatever.
There is only a COUPLE things we don't allow and I will highlight them for you...
1) Don't come on this message board and say something like ... 'hey you won't believe this or that, basically hyping up something then saying go to this other message board to read about it. If you have news, then just post it, don't try to get people to leave this board to see another board.
That is the MAIN RULE! Halloweennation was a HUGE violator of this rule, and at first we let them do it for about 6 weeks, until someone finally got sick of it and said to them... if your message board is so great why do you keep promoting it on the HW board. Well then a MAJOR title wave occurred and war world three broke out. So to keep that from ever happening again... just no promoting other message boards.
If you have something to say just say it in your post, not hyping up some story to get people to leave to another board. That is disrespectful totally.
As for someone promoting some show or event on another site whatever.
Some people think I would do anything to do in the Pickle... not true! I have a message board on my site devoted to his event Hauntcon, which some of his organizers used to promote their show. I put up the board because I'm not an idiot... I do realize people want to go, and people like the show, and people want information about the show. So I'm offering them a place to discuss it. If Leonard came on this site today and posted... 'selling ads for the next HAM magazine, you wouldn't see a reply from me, but it wouldn't be erased, and no one would ask him not to do it again.
Would you like me to create a message board to discuss the RFR podcast??? LOL
I'm all about providing people a place to communicate, talk, chat, trade info or whatever about ANY subject they choose to discuss. That is the way it is baby... nothing has ever changed.
From time to time I might erase a post here and there to prevent a war from breaking out, or because someone is way out of line, and that goes double for myself. I've had to erase some of my own posts because I was out of line. But I'd say over the past year I've maybe erased 10 posts TOPS and I think half of those where mine. LOL
I hope this clears things up for you.
Larry
I don't care if anyone promotes anything, from any company, about any event, whatever. I think Johnathon has posted and promoted his show RFR on these boards more times than I could EVER count... no one has EVER told him he can't do that. EVER!
I'm not a supporter of IAHA, but NO ONE has EVER told them they can NOT post updates about their events on my message board. EVER.
I've had vendors tell me they don't post updates about their new products because they think someone will get mad at them, maybe because in the past on the old IAHA Yahoo Group, certain people would rip on someone for promoting. I for one encouraged people to give us updates about new products. I've told EVERYONE no no no... that is information to be used to help other people.
We want to know the latest, the greatest, and everything in between and it doesn't really matter what site, what vendor, what show, whatever.
There is only a COUPLE things we don't allow and I will highlight them for you...
1) Don't come on this message board and say something like ... 'hey you won't believe this or that, basically hyping up something then saying go to this other message board to read about it. If you have news, then just post it, don't try to get people to leave this board to see another board.
That is the MAIN RULE! Halloweennation was a HUGE violator of this rule, and at first we let them do it for about 6 weeks, until someone finally got sick of it and said to them... if your message board is so great why do you keep promoting it on the HW board. Well then a MAJOR title wave occurred and war world three broke out. So to keep that from ever happening again... just no promoting other message boards.
If you have something to say just say it in your post, not hyping up some story to get people to leave to another board. That is disrespectful totally.
As for someone promoting some show or event on another site whatever.
Some people think I would do anything to do in the Pickle... not true! I have a message board on my site devoted to his event Hauntcon, which some of his organizers used to promote their show. I put up the board because I'm not an idiot... I do realize people want to go, and people like the show, and people want information about the show. So I'm offering them a place to discuss it. If Leonard came on this site today and posted... 'selling ads for the next HAM magazine, you wouldn't see a reply from me, but it wouldn't be erased, and no one would ask him not to do it again.
Would you like me to create a message board to discuss the RFR podcast??? LOL
I'm all about providing people a place to communicate, talk, chat, trade info or whatever about ANY subject they choose to discuss. That is the way it is baby... nothing has ever changed.
From time to time I might erase a post here and there to prevent a war from breaking out, or because someone is way out of line, and that goes double for myself. I've had to erase some of my own posts because I was out of line. But I'd say over the past year I've maybe erased 10 posts TOPS and I think half of those where mine. LOL
I hope this clears things up for you.
Larry
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