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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Dec 13, 2005 13:59:09 GMT -8
Why are the ad's on this site advertising Mac's forum...  |
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 14:59:33 GMT -8
What's wrong with that? John won't be able to do a thing about it though.
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Post by Dane on Dec 13, 2005 15:15:07 GMT -8
What's wrong with that? John won't be able to do a thing about it though. Ooooo, sneaky.  |
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Post by Doug on Dec 13, 2005 16:39:33 GMT -8
Yep, Mac is just being his typical self. Advertising on this site which will, once again, be a failed scheme to transfer members to his forum. And also copying our forum's (Scott's) name as the title. Oh well, Mac can do what he wants; it will not ruin this forum as much as he wants it to and he cannot even access ours because he has been banned due to threats. PS: don't ask him for a discount on one of his 2007 calenders; he's got to eat you know.  |
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Post by Balfour on Dec 13, 2005 16:57:55 GMT -8
The content of the ad is un-ethical! "A place to chat about ferries of BC without the fighting and nagging." It is also bad marketing. You will not get members by bashing another forum.
Because of such unethical and bad marketing, I refuse to post on your forum, Mac, and I am going to remove my membership there.
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Post by Koastal Karl on Dec 13, 2005 18:03:17 GMT -8
I agree!
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 18:20:35 GMT -8
Sorry about the John can't do anything about the ad, wasn't awake then. And I never made any threats to Doug. He banned me for what I might do not what I had done. Also the ad has now been changed. The change should propagate through soon. I apologize if I offended anyone with the ad.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Dec 13, 2005 18:21:07 GMT -8
Naughty, naughty Mac Write. You are on the naughty list for life! Coal for you.
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Post by Doug on Dec 13, 2005 18:23:39 GMT -8
You threatened to sabotage our forum Mac...and also wanted Scott's password to delete the forum. Did I mention that you wanted to plagiarize again by buying the domain www.bcferriesdiscussion.com? |
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 18:27:08 GMT -8
That's not true doug. I never wanted Scotts password so I could delete the forum. Nor did I threaten to Sabotage your forum. Please stop turning everything I say into something I didn't say.
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Post by Doug on Dec 13, 2005 18:32:00 GMT -8
You lie Mac. Don't you think the admins of a forum will communicate? You think you know everything about forums...I guess you know very little about the people in them. Those three points I made are 100% true.
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 18:37:03 GMT -8
Then show me solid proof.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Dec 13, 2005 18:38:14 GMT -8
How can we when you decide to hide in the shadows instead of being honest?
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Post by Doug on Dec 13, 2005 18:39:22 GMT -8
You and Scott were talking on "Skype"...and he was not and can not record. I think you are old enough (27) to admit what you said.
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 18:44:41 GMT -8
I will be talking with Scott.
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Post by SS San Mateo on Dec 13, 2005 19:57:30 GMT -8
The ad doesn't show up on my computer at home (tried both IE & FireFox). I'm guessing the security software on my computer is blocking it.
-- LB
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Dec 13, 2005 20:02:49 GMT -8
I think someone took away the ads.
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 20:10:46 GMT -8
As I said that ad was pulled.
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Post by Quinsam on Dec 13, 2005 20:46:35 GMT -8
Ok, this topic is Bickering as I see, why do this? It never was like this 7 months ago
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Dec 13, 2005 21:36:29 GMT -8
Well then you might as well ask the question what Mac wants to ultimatly accomplish?
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 21:54:05 GMT -8
I want to advertise my forum to start building a community. Yes I got it all backwards and it should be content first them a forum then a community.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 13, 2005 22:33:11 GMT -8
The best way to attract members to a web forum, is to offer an excellent product.....but that's not enough. You also need the perfect crowd of users to create a winning atmosphere.
Just like with a restaurant or neighbourhood pub. You can have great product, great location, great prices....but unless you have a fun crowd of regular customers, you won't have a successful business. Unfortunately, you cannot purchase traffic. You have to offer a great product, and then hope that the people will show up. That's why so many restaurants fail in business.
Even if Mac's forum was technically better than any other, he would still require a bunch of people to voluntarily change their location of posting. And that's just something that no webmaster can control.
ps: I rarely see ads on this message board....maybe it's because of my Norton.
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Post by Dane on Dec 13, 2005 23:07:32 GMT -8
Out of curiosity, how much did you pay to get them up?
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Post by Mac Write on Dec 13, 2005 23:11:07 GMT -8
Here's a thought, if people come here don't like it, they will then have a link to an alternative forum on ferries.
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Post by Scott on Dec 13, 2005 23:35:18 GMT -8
Ultra Walker is right. Mac's site has some great advantages, but it lacks any "customers." I think there is potential for that site in the future, especially if Mac can get some quality members to frequently post to his forum. It seems like he has more time on his hands than I do... so perhaps with some good well-targetted advertising, talking to the right people, etc. he can get a good base to work from. Say he had some ferry employees, union members, retired workers, historians/politicians/media, on his forum, then I think people would visit it. Although he's free to pay for advertisment on this site (not something I control), I don't think it's all that well targetted. There may be one or two visitors to this site that don't already know about his forum and at least half of the members of this forum have a problem with Mac for whatever reasons.
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