spam in a cmfadmin closed thread nearby.
oh, shame, shame
spam in a cmfadmin closed thread nearby.
oh, shame, shame
ok so cmfadmins have moved it into a sticky.
isn't there a section for freebie offers under general discussion ? other companies put their offers there.
the questrade offer is an adlet, it's not about investing.
the regular cmf forum ads are fine imho. In fact they are well-designed & appealing. But a sticky like this, in the wrong section, screams out that cmf forum can be bought for cheap pennies. Not pleasant ...
Would you prefer an alternative such having to buy a membership in exchange for less or no ads?Originally Posted by humble_pie
Mike Holman
Money Smarts Blog Investing and Personal Finance
no cmf forum member could be more supportive of the ads than i have been. My messages exist to prove this & the admins probably know this is the case.
whereas i have never seen one single message from four. pillars. praising or supporting the ads in any fashion.
the issue i wish to raise is that transient freebie offers belong in their own section under General Discussion. They have nothing to do with investing.
I think freemium could work here.. or even a donate button... with a real time target tracker [*******---] 75% reached
Given that you (and nobody else) just started a new thread to complain about an ad, clearly this statement is false and you are not the most supportive member of the ads.
Not sure why this is relevant, but I guess you missed this post from Monday:
http://canadianmoneyforum.com/showth...271#post119271
It's not up to you where things go.
Mike Holman
Money Smarts Blog Investing and Personal Finance
I agree with humblepie. I've noticed an increasing number of 'plugs' (aka. spam) in CMF that seems to have turned this into a spam board with various individuals never missing a chance to support certain companies or with individuals signing up to post aggressive sales pitches and the like. What's happening to CMF? Are commercial interests taking over?
Maybe the latest increase in users has to do with behind the scenes efforts to drive more traffic here. It probably takes $600/yr to run the site. I duno how much CMF ads earn, but at any time there's ~600 users online. So if everyone gave a dollar...
YES THEY ARE TAKING OVER. Book plug book plug book plug. There.
I better get on writing a book about spammers and trolls on Canadian internet forums, then I'll have something to plug.
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