Newer Members - Don't Be Fooled By Member Titles Under Our Avatars

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  • Yes, be very careful...

    Notice how Big Mike changed just one letter in his own title to throw you off...

    He may be Greek but he is really a Drunken Geek and the second title can be purchased from the warrior title mill for $37
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    • shhhh this is not fun... i though all the buzz about bad boys taking over was a bit too much, but here they are going the extra mile to suck the poor's newbies blood.

      Maybe it could be added to Paul's list of things to watch out for...

      Laura
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    • .....gets my vote for sticky of the month! Or at least sticky it up for a little while.......

      RoD
  • I thought you meant one letter in his username...
    BigNike.

    They certainly are big shoes to fill.
  • Good point Mike. I thought that senior warrior member meant they had been here longer because if I remove my one underneath it says hyperactive warrior -very true lol

    I did not know that thank you that makes things easier to understand mr geek I mean greek
    -WD
  • So are you sayin when I used to have Internet Goddess under my name I wasn't really one

    That sucks


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  • Oh I know exactly what you mean Mike, I have had this argument on so many different forums before and will probably continue to have it long after the internet has been switched off lol

    I have always argued most vehemently that anyone who has the trust of the owner or the admins if they are a forum mod or senior/distinguished member gets a unique tag that no one can copy...that is of course if the senior members actually do any moderating.

    Of course here apparently we are all moderators so you have no right to say that I cannot put whatever the hell I want in my tag :p (joking)

    If someone is a mod, they get a tag. Make people able to see who are trusted or simply take the mod powers from everyone.

    Never been all that partial to secret police or self confessed paragons of the forums when anyone can claim the role.
  • thanks for the heads up !! it does confuse me a lot because I always thought the area on the left is OFFICIAL... but I did figure out I can assign any title to myself.. no need to earn it ... :-)
  • I have a moderator tags in another forum and we are the only ones who are able to change our member titles due to this problem coming up time and time again...you have stated so succinctly why this is so :p

    By the way, on my forum my tag is : I had a cookie, but I eated it. (A reference to lolcats)
  • I guess I'll have to stop using "Big Mike Jr." in my Title =(
  • Thanks for this another thing i didnt now, i shoudl go in now and change mine to the Smexiest Scouser in all of Scousepool Lol
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    • Damn Mike.... I was just getting ready to add all of the stuff with the
      title

      Warrior of The Year....

      Oh well...

      ....Sidenote....gotta give credit to all of the TRUE Senior Warriors / Mods here...there is a lot that goes into keeping this forum INCREDIBLE!!!!

      Thanks for the heads up Mike!
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    • Watch yer hub cabs peeps . . .
  • There must be some kind of default, maybe left over from the old forum? I only say that because I haven't touched mine, and it's not empty.
  • another forum made me my own group. 'Forum Pet'
    It never ends
  • Good post, Big Mike. Maybe some ambitious person should take all these "what to watch out for tips" and make a sticky or an All-in-one thread.
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  • Maybe it's time for another round of word substitution fun. trusted --> untrusted. It could make for an interesting Friday
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  • I seem to remember signing up and mine said: active warrior

    Now it reads: hyperactive warrior, and I never changed it.

    There must be something to do with how much a person posts.
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    • There are defaults, however there is also a custom title option available in the user control panel in the edit your details section.
    • Yeah, you'll be hyperactive now until you hit 500 posts, at which point it changes to Advanced. Unless, of course, you change it in your control panel.

    • Oh-Oh, I put myself on a WF diet and haven't posted in a while...hope mine doesn't change to 'LazyChick!
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  • Damn, Rod. I always thought you were the Conversion STD.
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    • You instigator you......you're not supposed to out me like that!

      RoD
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    I think I'll post to see what mine says. I haven't noticed.

    Edit: Ahhh ... I see. I'm a senior. That explains the memory lapses.
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  • :rolleyes:Ohhhh I am an advanced warrior . woohoo so what am I advanced at I wonder:confused: Oh that's right I can tie my own shoes I am advanced shoe tier guy

    LOL
  • I was nominated...but I can't remember why...LOL
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    • I think it was because "Goddess" was taken at the time.

  • If you use the warrior pro you can JV with the WF, with Warrior Pro, and also be asked to be the WSO of the day.

    It is interesting that one of the WSO of the day, is the same WSO Jack Tackett was talking about yesterday which was telling you to break copyright law.

    I wonder if the only thing which is considered for the WSO of the day is the number of sales they have. I would have thought to endorse a product they should at least read it to make sure it is honest.
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    • I've seen the "WSO of the Day" awards, but I hadn't paid much attention to who was getting them or how they were getting them. After reading this thread, I'm with you that the folks giving out these awards need to seriously change the way they're doing things.

      It's down right misleading.

      First, it's misleading because it sounds as if Allen himself is endorsing WSOs. Secondly, if you think Allen or the WF is endorsing these WSOs personally, then the natural assumption is that these are GOOD products and trustworthy sellers.

      Apparently that's not the case. Apparently those factors aren't even a consideration. (At least that's what I'm gathering from this thread.)

      Problem is, this thread -- Big Mike's warning -- is eventually going to fall of the front few pages and get buried. New forum members won't see it. And so they'll be left assuming that "WSOs of the Day" are good, honest products endorsed by this forum.

      If they run into products like Jack did (copyright infringement) -- and if they realize the product is endorsing something illegal -- they're going to assume the WF endorses stuff like that.

      Alternatively, some beginners may assume that surely a product endorsed by the WF is 100% legal... and they'll apply the methods. Yikes. Double yikes.

      Thanks for the warning, Mike.

      Cheers,
      Becky
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    • I noticed the "Trusted Warrior" tagline the other day and my first thought was that this was someone I did not want to do business with. That is one sneaky, underhanded thing to do.

      I hadn't noticed the WSO of the Day "Award" but that is also pretty cheap.

      Tina
  • May be it is a good idea to publish the default titles somewhere and ask the newcomers to go through the list.. Still better, make this thread as sticky and ask the newcomers to read it
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    • Well actually it does.

      I know that for a fact from an unimpeachable source.

      I can't recall his name but his user title was "Allen's partner".

      Harvey




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  • Thanks to write about it, i just aware of it after read this thread.
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    • Any chump with a $20 bill can buy a "Porn Star" T-shirt. Doesn't make it true. I won't get into the due diligence process on that one.
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  • Wow. I never thought about the effect that these titles could have. Prior to reading this thread I had "Platinum Level Warrior" figuring that everyone would know it was a joke.

    I've now seen the error of my ways.

    BTW IMHO DogScout has the BEST title EVER.
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    • Hmmm, I didn't realize "WSO of the Day" was solely based on sales activity. I thought those WSO's were selected on more merits but that was just my assumption since I haven't looked over the warrior plus program.

      I also didn't know WSO's not using Mike's service didn't qualify for "WSO of the Day". I need to pay more attention.

      I knew about the custom titles and yes several of those have made me roll my eyes.

      Even the default titles need to be taken with the grain of salt since it's just based on the number of posts made.
  • Hey Big Mike,

    Good topic here, I'll add my own thoughts...

    I think the mods should have some rule on
    self assigned titles. I know we are a marketing
    forum,having some kind of space for promoting
    ourselves should be alright, but when it's already
    misleading, then that's where the FTC errrr....I mean
    the mods come in...

    It's just a title, I know but here's what I felt about
    each title I earned in this forum.

    each forum assigned title I earned here..was sort
    of like an accomplishment for me..Not because of
    having more prestige, no..I felt some kind of personal
    accomplishment along with it..

    The best feeling I had was when I turned Senior
    Warrior Member last Dec. 24, I was so happy, it was
    a day before Christmas and I felt it was one of the
    most valuable gift I got for Christmas..

    Not because of prestige or anything, but because I
    knew that I've learned enough about Internet marketing,
    enough to earn that title. Enough to stand on my own
    and be confident that I'm a Senior Warrior now..

    Somebody with enough experience to somehow make it
    online..

    I didn't created a new thread announcing it..I didn't
    giveaway some PLR or stuff, I just celebrated it by myself
    congratulated myself and had some drinks..After all it's just
    a title..what matters is what we learned here..What we
    are now capable of doing after we earned that Senior Warrior
    Title..

    So again, maybe some kind of moderation of self-assigned
    titles will be alright, just to protect the people here....
    But that's just me..

    All the best,
  • Now maybe folks will quit telling me they just KNEW they had seen me somewhere before...!
  • I trusted everything he had to say because I thought someone from "on high" bestowed the title of "Drunken Greek" to him.

    Now I know...
  • What about these titles under username ?

    - "Want extra income ?", "Make money quick", "I follow u follow". These types of titles are attractive for newbies.
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  • Thanks Mike - that is good to know. When I work out how to thank you on that post, I will!

    Cheers
    Rob
  • I don't really pay attention to the post count as I've seen more than a few "advanced warriors" whose contribution to this forum are literally 5 word nothing responses.

    I also think the "WSO of the Day" is incredibly misleading to newbies who trust this forum and have yet to learn to do their 'due diligence' around anything involving marketing.
  • I thought "WSO of the Day" is linked to warriorforum? Have stopped buying WSO for quite sometimes, lost track of what's happening.
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    • That's the problem - with new people joining all the time and many of them being told to come here and scam the members (from other forums), there are probably a lot of people who have no idea who owns the forum or that the WSO of the day is not actually anything to do with the forum, just riding on the back by offering a useful tool that members can use. It could just as easily have a 'best WSO of all time' tag on it, but it would be meaningless as far as this forum is concerned.

      Anyone who doesn't know whose forum this is can hardly be an involved member.

      There are a lot of people who literally just come here to post their signature links and scam people with lame WSOs that are just rehashed PLR stuff and I think it's amazing that the forum is run so well that we tend to only get glimpses of this stuff.

      Stuff like changing the avatars to have stars and putting 'trusted warrior' to fool people that don't know better just screams desperation.
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  • Just to clarify ... I am a hillbilly warrior . Considered village idiot but didn't want to offend the other idiots out there .
  • For those who don't know what the WSO of the Day is, and isn't, the announcement posted on this forum is here: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ays-offer.html

    "Each "WSO of the Day" will have been personally reviewed by us and/or have been selling well and getting great reviews from Warriors here in the WSO forum"

    and the statistics for WSO Pro are here: WSO Pro - The all-in-one WSO sale, delivery and management system | WarriorPlus

    From that you can come to your own conclusion as to what the designation signifies. It's not, as one person stated today, a matter of being chosen from "thousands".
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  • Thanks for the heads up Mike!
  • Mike, thanks for the heads-up... BUT....WE should use more often the report button.

    Even for those small things...

    Just sayin'.
  • I was actually quite surprised when I saw that you can change your title right from the get-go.

    In many forums, you can't do that until you've reached something like a minimum amount of posts or thanks/rep.