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Originally Posted by Soi6
Bro..I understand that..personally i only mentioned my own only during promos..eg Chirstmas..abt Songkran..and when we had a party. In all instances I just invited all sinkies come eat for free. If that is a breach of posting rules then ok..I have no problems w that.
How then we know who have no interest..who is impartial..is not what all this stealth commotion all about? To me at least I declare upfront who I am.  |
Since I believe that I am responsible for the “commotion” about stealth agents, please allow me to post my thoughts on this matter.
Right is right and wrong is wrong/No such thing as a free lunch!
Soi6, I DO see that you have been trying to do the right thing, but I also see that SBF rules have basically forced you to veer into doing it the wrong way. Please note your use of the word “promos" or Promotion – which is a general COMMERCIAL activity encompassing the use of advertising amongst other methods - to disseminate the fact that you are having such a promotion; you are advertising your promotion using SBF as a free platform, and of course this is wrong as there IS specific rules against doing this.
I sympathize that paying advertisement fees to SBF for small businesses as yours may be prohibitive/not worth it – and EVEN at the risk of again being chastised for having the temerity to do so, I would like to suggest to HH88 and Boss that there be another “class” of advertiser.
Depending on the number of good CONTRIBUTIVE posts that such an advertiser puts up, rates can be discounted. And what I mean by contributive posts is for sure NOT all these TCSS nonsense which in most other forums are properly identified as junk SPAM. Totally nonsense posts with no redeeming value and only serves to clog up and make the forum hard to read. Worse, such TCSS/SPAM has time and again been so effectively used to gang-up, organize Mass zapping campaigns against and cause problems to those who do not go along with the wishes of crooks with their own nefarious agenda on SBF.
Yes I understand that this involves subjective judgment, but I believe that we should be able to at least partially rely on such advertisers’ honesty; he can PROMINENTLY MARK and number the posts he feels are contributive and tally them up at billing cycles to get the appropriate discount to his advertisement rates. The MOD and the rest of us should be the judge AND commentator as to the validity as to claims of contribution on each of the advertiser’s posts. Result: – less SPAM (which I of course understand Samsters like Soi6 are basically forced to participate in JUST to keep his name and bar in prominence) and more good informative posts, which will be the basis for more good discussions and information flow.
Using this method, I hope to see SBF take its rightful place amongst trusted and widely participated International boards instead of one which many from the rest of the world just give up on trying to read - because of the amount of chafe one has to wade through, just to get the very occasional kernel of wheat! Sure I understand that in its earlier years, such TCSS had brought the all-important “traffic” to SBF, but IMHO, this forum has developed and matured enough that such TCSS is instead a BAD thing! They turn readers off and worse, discourage many prospective good contributors from participating.
Especially those using all sorts of language which serve to make TCSS only be understood by some stupid exclusive “inner circle.” How does this serve the aims of broadening readership and participation? And then there are of course those used by stealth agents to pique newbie’s interest.... and drive them towards these crooks’ arms!
And yes Soi6, you at least have declared yourself, and my main disgust is directed at those here who manipulate the rules on SBF to do their promotional activities surreptitiously, specifically to entrap the generally good-natured and trusting Singaporeans. I apologize as unfortunately I had no way of excluding you for the above reasons. Let’s us all do our part to rid SBF of crooks!
Of course all above just IMHO – And I’ve not even started on how I abhor Clones and gangs!
LOL …. If true to nature, here they’ll come to attack poor ole ME! Sigh……
SEAJ
Ps. Just to add, IMHO the recent introduction of TCSS threads is a step in the right direction – then those of us who still want to TCSS, can do so there AND stop clogging up the other threads with nonsense SPAM