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Good morning Dave!
Excellect post, my friend. Spamming is bad all over, but spamming in forums is something I just cannot tolerate. It drives me nuts; especially when forum members send their spam to my inbox.
It is so bad, that a while back, I added a line to my profile page here, saying: I am not looking for a business opportunity. Do not send your ads to me... Well, I got a message from a member, who actually read my profile, giving me a hard time for that statement. I view it as being honest. If I wanted to spend my day opening junk mail, everyone else's ads, I would write something like: Send me your classifieds, your solos and your pitches...
It is so unprofessional to join a community, having nothing to contribute but spam. When will people understand that communities such as this, are for the purpose of meeting people and sharing ideas, not throwing ads in others' faces? Communities like this one are for building relationships. Why on Earth would I want to work with someone who respects me so little that instead of getting to know me, all they see me as is someone to recruit, especially when I have made it clear in my profile, that I do not want to be recruited.
I have a successful business of my own, and have come here to help others build their businesses; not through the recruitment of me, but through providing a service and knowledge to help them succeed. I am a professional. I want to work with professionals, or at the very least, help newbies become more professional. IMHO most people online today, are not professional. They act like children at show-and-tell time.
"Hi, my name is... Here's my ad. Let's be friends."
I'm sorry, but WHO ARE YOU? I want to know who you are, not what business you are trying to get me to join.
I must say this, even if it makes me unpopular... The day that Bogdan instituted the direct mailer was the day my inbox began to over flow with spam. In case no one has noticed, I didn't sign up to Adlander. Why? Because the main feature being touted to the membership was the direct mailer. Why would I sign up to something that was designed, intentionally or not, to spam members, when I am against such activity? It appears that most people view the direct mailer as a license to spam.
I also find it very sad that in the forums, which I have created in the past, to help others develop better writing and marketing skills, few people bothered to visit, once they found out that I did not tolerate ads in them. I attempted to educate these folks, so that they didn't look like third grade drop outs, due to their poor writing skills, but they weren't interested in learning anything from me. All they seemed to want was to advertise to me and those who read my forum. So sad. I guess I'll just have to take my knowledge, write an ebook, and sell it.
Get a clue people! You turn more people off by slamming them with ads, than you will ever recruit through this method. There is a reason I don't spam. It is unprofessional, and wrong.
Well, Dave, that's my two cents. Thank you for this forum and for allowing me my rant.
God Bless,
Trina
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