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Carlton Beener wrote:
Rule number 5 on the forum seems fairly straightforward to me "No SPAM, advertisements, schemes, or fictitious announcements."
I guess it would depend on how you define advertisement or spam. Would an identical post 'giving info' about new products under three different threads in a half hour constitute spam or an advertisement?
Oh and Jeremy, those were some great drummer shots btw. That kit was insane.
I would normally agree with you statement about three posts on three threads. The reason in this case was that these three threads were are essentially three arms of the same thread and were permeated with requests for the information I supplied and had promised to supply.
In terms of "promotion", the large body of the post was intended to discourage casual readers from rushing into Cyber Commander with the thinking that it is a simple "magic" device that will make their life wonderful with no effort. The remainder of the post was to provide a progress report in response to dozens of questions posters were asking, clarifying rumors.
Forums are places people go to find out the good, bad and ugly about the field they are interested in, and are usually loaded with wrong information. My participation usually follows and addresses incorrect or malicious information. It's not about promotion or sales.
I would love to see other industry leaders and competitors do the same as there are plenty of false rumors constantly spread about manufacturers, developments and product pros and cons.
As a person, I am in an unusual position in that I don't depend on sales and marketing people to be my voice . . . I am the creator, engineer and developer of my products . . . the primary source of information and the sole owner of the company.As such, I would welcome friendly and constructive debate with others in my position, and I believe forum members would gain useful information in the process.
It is ultimately up to Fred, in concert with his followers, as to whether he wants to allow such information and.or debate, and that is exactly why I put up the poll and included participation by competitors in the questions.
I certainly don't want to be here if my input is not wanted.
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