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orignally posted by David Hooper This is my business, folks. If it were your business, you'd understand.
Don't be such a damn punk, tough guy. if you got the balls to "defend" yourself, then suck it up and eat them hooks to body & jabs to the jaw.
Stick around, just don't try to sell your shit here.
It's real simple, those who contribute here do so freely. Them's the rules that we follow, and the spirit in which we participate, whether they be very new members here or very old. Wherever you fit between those 2 camps doesn't matter, still those who contribute here do so freely. Like I said, them's the rules that we follow, and the spirit in which we participate.
All you've done is refer people to your PAYSITE in response or answer to whatever questions or comments arise.
You keep referring people to your "free" site, but only the pages trying to convince us to pay for your services are free. If it wasn't supposed to make you money, you wouldn't feel the need to protect your livlihood. I mean, it's crystal clear you ain't a not-for-profit kind of guy. You got monthly (yearly?) dues your clients pay to access the information you offer FOR SALE, as opposed to "for free" on your site. It's free to walk into Mickey D's, too, it's even free to smell the food, flirt with the cashier, and order. Thing is, it ain't free to eat. And that's exactly how your site is set up. You whet the appetite, & then charge for the grub...
Now you want sympathy because it's your business, and if it were any of ours, you think we'd understand. Even if we did, it wouldn't matter. The rules of this BBS prohibit what you are practicing here. Just because it's "your business," doesn't mean you don't have to adhere to the same policies that we do. Personally, I don't give a shit whose business it is. I bet it'd be safe to say that no other members here do, either - and if they did, it wouldn't matter. Why? Again, "the rules of this BBS prohibit what you are practicing here." Doesn't even matter about the "spirit" of things, now that I think about it. Though you FEEL justified in hawking your shit & "defending" your name & your company, the rules ARE that no one is allowed to peddle their product here. Even you. If I ask you a question, you should answer it here. You should answer it freely, and also free of charge. I must do the same in order to be a member of this BBS. Those of us who choose not to play by the rules ain't welcome to play at all.
Who are we to enforce it? Well, nobody, I guess. But in that case, neither are you to challenge it with your actions.
I dunno if you're legit or not, and I don't care. I might if you acted like you cared about the very forum in which we "met," but you're continuously disrespecting the very medium for dialogue that we're all using. With that as an introduction, there's no need to move forward, no, there's no WAY to move forward.
originally posted by Dyson Steel You are getting $500,000 worth of bashing on HRBBS
That's hella true, and for you, David Hooper, hella fucked up. The ol' "all publicity is good publicity" routine really holds no water.
As for what you posted earlier about members here being "hilarious," dude, you've only seen a piece of how "hilarious" folks can be protecting what they care about. Any number of members here could carve you out a new asshole simply because you're choosing to toss us all the middle finger, and do shit "your way," because it's "your business." Choose your battles, man. Defending a principle (your rep, since you feel attacked) will only continue to walk you down a fast path to a bad rep, and probably humiliate your ass in front of loads of people. But I guess you already know that, and that's why you keep flailing, trying to fight the good fight even though there really ain't no competitor for you, just some folks who've had less-than-positive experiences with you, and waaaaaaay more folks who don't appreciate how you try to manhandle them, their attention, or their time. I fall into the latter catagory, so I'm speaking out.
You wrote: "If you don't want me here, stop talking about me."
If you'd simply shut the fuck up, all the talking would cease. Then we'd be all greasy again. But it appears that that's too logical, too reasonable, and too difficult a philosophy to embrace.
Nobody posting in this thread made you "look bad." Foolish, maybe. Stubborn, maybe. Useless, maybe. But nobody attacked you, as I see it. If the people who've been posting to this thread chose to "attack" you, I'd bet my last nickel you surely know the difference, and certainly hate the drama.
Play by the rules, or don't play at all.
Don't worry, I won't be jumping in this thread to drag it out any longer, regardless of any posts that may follow, and you've clearly enough to deal with as things stand. I just had to say my piece.
Take it from a guy who doesn't care about or need the services you offer. When all the smoke clears, if you break the rules, you get broke off.
Besides, seeing all the great info, and the people on this site who ARE willing to offer it up free of charge, as smart a guy as you are, surely it should have crossed your mind to not try and hawk what we all offer
unconditionally, with no intent to profit from, and again, FREE.
How effing hard is that to understand?
good luck wherever (else) you be.
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