Blasting a WSO and response

Warrior Duncan Carver recently posted a WSO about Complete Automation of Yahoo Answers Marketing.
The WSO was immediately blasted and moved to the classifieds section.
I felt the WSO was wrongly blasted.
Here was my response:

First off, let me say that I respect all opinions given

so far, even the ones I disagree with. I have in the

past done business with some of the posters here and

still will in the future when I need them.



Now, on to my thoughts. I just don't get the fuss and

anger towards Duncan. If you don't like what he has to

offer, then ignore it. I have not purchased Duncan's

product or service yet. I did skim the over the WSO.



Maybe my opinion is more of a buy it or leave it alone

attitude and I am not getting the full picture because I

have not studied the service.



That being said, I have purchase several products in the

WSO section that have been questionable at best. Yes, I

understand not all can be seen or followed but there

have been enough for them to be blasted also.

Let me state also that I have not used any of them as of

yet, but may at some point if I see a use for them.



One statement above says:"we don't sell porn here".

Well, sorry to inform you, but, yes we do.

How do I know this? I purchased it. It was in the form of starting

an adult site. This was not a how to, but, the actual

database etc. with videos etc.

Here is a quote from the WSO:
"Publish Your Very Own Fully Featured Adult Website And

Join In On A Multi-Billion Dollar Industry - Resale

Rights For This Week ONLY!"


Here is a quote from another WSO:
"you’ll get a chance to see how everyday marketing

strategies can yield high profits with the adult

industry."

Yet another from a different WSO:
"Like I mentioned above, using this tactic is extremely

black hat, and may even be illegal! I can't be held

responsible if anything bad happens to you, I just want

to let you know that! If you are Mr. Ethical, or don't

want to venture on to the dark side, just leave this

page now, I really don't want any Drama so I am telling

you guys right now that this code may be illegal and by

using it, you risk deletion of your affiliate account!"



Well, I have more, but here are a few other questionable type WSO's:
(I did not go into these files to read again--so some of
these may be perfectly legit ways to promote)

Add digg friends bot
Add myspace friends
traffic exchange trickster
article spinning
posting robots
and totally legit software(that could easily be used the wrong way)
example: social software

Anyway, I think you get the point. These are just a few

that I personally have. There were many that I saw but

passed on.


I probably would have gotten Duncan's service had it not

been for a couple of reasons. One is WSO funds are low

at the moment (I spend way too much on them), and

second, monthly services for me have to be very strong(I

am sure your service is great Duncan) or at least I have

to know that I will use them and right now I am not

ready to use it.


The only problem I have with this is that with all these

other WSO's getting through, why blast this one? In my

opinion, the blasting was enough to damage the WSO and

cause loss of income for Duncan.

Not only Duncan's WSO but others as well. Most everyone

knows blasting a WSO by someone who is known here can

put it in the trash can.

I will say that some WSO's do better when they get

blasted because folks get curious. They would have

quietly faded away otherwise.

I have seen many times statements like: "couldn't your

software be used for .......? Answer: well, yes but we

dont encourage that, etc.

I see the need to police the WSO's. But the one's I usually see blasted is someone offering an affiliate link etc. Yes those ought to be deleted and/or moved. There needs to be some kind of system or guidelines if we are going to blast em. I will blast away myself if I see someone not following the forum guidelines.

At one time--not very long ago--blasting emails was not a bad thing (well it was, but it wasnt illegal). Much money was made. Many things we do right now that are considered perfectly fine to us may one day also be illegal.

Consider this: You have a main website. What if the only way to use social sites is if someone mentions your site because it is good or they liked it. You are not allowed to build squidoo lenses, hub pages,myspace, etc.
If you ask me--all of these are not being used according to their intent at all. People are using them to promote their other websites, products,etc.

To me it is just what you decide is right or acceptable.
Do I think pointing 20 other such sites above to my site is ok. Well, for now it is. I am cool with it.

Maybe not so later on, if too many folks blast the method.

Ok, stepping off of my soap box now.

End of response

What are your thoughts on the WSO's and blasting?
Do you think this WSO crossed the line?
What about all the BlueFart methods listed in WSO's, are they to be blasted or are they ok?

To see Duncans WSO and all responses go here:
http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...marketing.html