Spammed to Death: The Unfortunate Tale of the General IM Forum

Takes a while to see the BS stuff. By that time unfortunately new marketers have bought it. I have an in home computer tutoring client here in Honolulu Hawaii who has bought two programs against my advice she then discarded. When she called again I said

"Don't you have a Rick?"

She said, "Yes"

I said, "Then use me and listen!"

Grrrrrr

Rick

I agree with the general spirit of your post, but post count is not an accurate indication of knowledge. Indeed, often the opposite is true. You'll find those who have the most to impart often impart very little.

There are people in this very forum with thousands of posts who don't make a dime or make very little money.

There are also people in here with very little posts who make more money in a day than most warriors make in a month regardless of their post count.

Post count isn't an accurate indicator.

But I agree with Jennifer on the spam part. They will learn the hard way when their account gets banned lol

Please check your Paypal account. I checked to verify your order and I do not see your purchase in my balance.

Until you pay your invoice you will continue to live in poverty and squalor.

Apologies, Jennifer, if it seemed I didn't understand the humour in your post, nor agree with the sentiments. I did and I do. Just that one point (post counts) I felt was inaccurate (well, I'm being delicate - know is inaccurate). I feel your pain, and post similar things myself here and elsewhere, but as Alexa informs us, we're lacking in moderation today. You'll receive a much better halo effect of WF on Monday. Well, let's hope..

You are a good poet , aren't you ?

After all that, all I can say is; I'm just here for the donuts.

Yep!

Oh no. Straight cash Homie!

Most people don't get that.

The most uttered phrase in all of MMO, perhaps? And the least heeded?

No personality is hard for me to communicate with.

Unfortunately, reason has very little effect on these people.

Perhaps some people are very tired of "What is affiliate marketing."

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Figuring out who to listen to is one of the hardest things newbies have to do.

"It ain't easy being Green" - Kermit The Frog

I really never realized that the number of posts at the warrior forum equals Internet Marketing Knowledge. I think the OP is a Gooroo

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Don't forget about people who just joined and:

"CLICK MY SIGNATURE TO WIN A FREE IPAD LOLOLOL"

Then they cry and whine and complain "internet marketing isn't working for them, even though they've tried everything..."

It makes me cringe seeing newbies SPAMMING their CPA links to try and make a quick buck.

Every time I see it I can't help but think "man, you got a lot to learn."

Some people just have to have the last word, don't they....

Anyway, low post or high post count matters very little to me, just take that Alexa Smith for example, what a (*)

But i must say Jennifer that this is one of the best threads ive read in a while... And so true...

I read some of the questions in the main forum and can't help but mutter to myself
"Is this person serious, they claim to run a business but ask questions that would embarrass my 8 year old..."
















(*) You know i'm joking Alexa....

Don't under estimate the value of poking fun. The people who are truly successful don't take it all so seriously. It's mostly the desperate ones and the posers that act like they have a stick up their...

I dislike spammers. Not because they pollute the landscape, but because are disrespectful takers. They take our time, our focus, our productivity, our optimism and our enthusiasm.

In contrast, I try to give more than I take. Like leaving no evidence of your existence behind at a campground, or returning a borrowed car with more gas and a bit cleaner than it was when you borrowed it.

When I have an IM related query, I almost always find what I am looking for through search. No need to start a new thread when it has already been addressed.

When I have a brilliant response to a question I am eminently qualified to answer, but I see *Alexa* (or someone else, occasionally) has beaten me to the punch with a more eloquent reply, I usually move on (that happens a lot). No point in adding redundancy unless I can bring something unique to the conversation.

When I have a brilliant response to a question I am not qualified to answer, I always preface my response with that little fact. It is essential context, and to imply otherwise would diminish whatever true value is left to be had.

Most of all, I like to see people being people. I like the satire, and the ridiculousness of the OT room. And the occasional brilliance of the other sections. And even the audacious claims in the WSO section. I learn by witnessing it all, and participating where I can, and it is a really good day when I can land a zinger that has the effect of pivoting the conversation and creating a better debate.

In other words, I try to leave the forum a little better off than it was when I arrived.

And, I'll admit it... I'm a "thanks" whore. I get the most satisfaction when they pile up at the bottom of one of my posts. It means I succeeded in helping others, or at least bringing a moment of happiness to them. That is the best currency here, by far.

On all of this as a whole, I think I mostly succeed. But that is for others to judge. And history books.

People who make a habit of dropping one-liners for sig exposure fail on every count. And while I do not believe in anything supernatural, I do believe in karma.

Link spammers, sig spammers, trolls and crooks will never win. They will just inch along day by day, taking what they can until they are banned, beaten or busted. They will do damage along the way, and some may reap rewards on the journey. But they always have to pay up at some point.

Their lives are not worth much. So, as hometutor said above, they deserve pity, along with the scorn.

There are some people who still can't understand that " How does this OP teach us to earn $2700 even it he yet doesn't know to cloak an affiliate link?". Perhaps, his (OP's) targeted audience may be kind of less experienced people.

See but this isn't ALWAYS the case...

I made a post the other day with one word and included a picture with a qutoe as the "main" post... because that's all it needed. It was a very inspirational quote, and sometimes "less is more".

Come to my shock & dismay when I got a PM from an admin that said he had to take my signature out of the post, because people were complaining, and that normally he deletes posts like mine but he was going to let mine stay as long as my sig was taken out.

I had no idea "simple" one sentence or picture posts weren't allowed until now.

I legitimately wasn't trying to "spam" either. I found a very inspiring/motivational quote that I wanted to share that related to internet marketing.

But I agree I'm sure there are many who DO "spam" this way, and that's why my post got flagged is because that's what people thought I was doing :/

This thread really gave me a laugh. I don't know where I stand on the post count thing. I've been a member for about 3 years and I don't think I have that many posts considering how long I've been a member.

I love to share my knowledge, however. It's just that I'm picky about which threads I'll post on. A lot of it has to do with threads popping up that have been discussed many times before. If I've posted on one of them, I generally won't post on another thread of the same subject.

I also appreciate the humor in Jennifer's post. It has an element of truth while also being very funny.

Followed and Bookmarked this Thread. This would be helpful to many aspiring spammers out there.

If a person is attentive, seeing the general discussions thst take place here, one will soon start to the clues pointing to scammers.

Haha good one Jennifer.