Hello Mike, Patricia and Diane
Mike, Thank You for the update on Shirley; it seems this is very serious and she need to be very cautions and taking great care of herself. My prayers are with both of you! I so hope that she can get some relief and feels better and, even, healing of her actual condition.
On the other subject, I understand very well all of your frustration. It was my load for quite some time until I decided to get the most out of what is...
1) AdlandPro is first and foremost an advertising place... people are joining AdlandPro to Advertise their business... point final; otherwise, they would not be here.
2) Very few of them, then discover that there is a community of wonderful and amazing people... so few of them that for more than four years that I am here, close to none really added to this small group that we are and, in fact, we losed more members than we gained... and, this is why we must treat each other so preciously because we are rare gems.
3) Spammers are spammers and we will not stop them - even though we might bring one to understand at some point, there will still be ten others joining meanwhile. I understood it long ago and I do not even bother to explain anything, I delete the post... point final. My role is not to convert anyone. And, you know what, I think that they do not even noticed that there post has been deleted as they just move from one forum to the next posting their ad - hoping to get some miracle result - and are not coming back to see if their posts are still there or not.
4) And, thus, very few people are truly interested in any topic at all... as you all noticed, they are here to advertise their business... point final. So, some might try to join and do some posts here and there, and if they do not see kind of immediate result they shortly won't be coming back. Actually, even those coming here to advertise are leaving very shortly or simply not coming back because they do not see immediate result... not understanding that advertising and Promoting is something that pays in the long run, that pays when people get to know you in one way or another and are then attracted to do business with you or not according to who you are... they will slowly learn over time and experience or they will stop doing business... having no results whatsoever.
So, the question is in this actual reality that is AdlandPro, what's in it for me? How can this place help me serve my own purpose... no matter what purpose is???
And, then, manage to get the most out of it... this is my perspective.
Note. This thread is actually transforming into a discussion and venting place while it is suppose to be a welcoming place... I suggest that if anyone wants to continue this discussion, you just copy the actual post. that you want to start with or reply to, to a different thread or forums and let me know so that I can join you in there. Thank you so much for your understanding. I love you all so dearly ;-)
Have a Magical Sunday!
Love & Blessings,
Alain