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Originally Posted by TheLegacy
I did what everyone else out there did.. I spoke to the free speech organization and got their blessing to promote their site - you mine as well add many other providers in your bitchy atttitude along with world wide content. We were promoting the FSC and giving a deal to anyone who signed up with them.. simple as that.
So .. if supporting the FSC by offering anyone who signs up a special deal (NOTE GFY did it as well) then you mine as well blame the whole industry for spamming.
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That you were courteous in talking to FSC before incorporating your promotion into your business model is admirable.
Showing WS the same consideration would have been considered an exercise in good business manners, too. You didn't. And, let's be honest here. While supporting the FSC, you were also taking advantage of an opportunity that presented itself. No harm. No foul there, although a little tacky. But we are all sales people and a sale is a sale is a sale, isn't it?
That you were a long standing advertiser for klixxx, the magazine, afforded you leeway in many ways.
I don't know where you learned business; but, where I come from, most people who want to promote and announce, buy advertising. While WS is a property of Klixxx, it is separate, which your account rep was supposed to inform you. Whether that happened or not will never be known by me. As a courtesy to Webmaster Paradise, due to their long standing relationship, I did pin your press releases, for free. We flew your banner on WS for free.
Your ad in Klixxx in no way gave you the privilege of spamming the board, with your promotion, regardless that you got the blessing from FSC.
That you couldn't take the two minutes to ask me, the admin of WS, was rude.
You've dogged me since my days at Cozy and then you and your friend have dogged me at Klixxx.
It's really too bad, as your numbers showed some pretty decent traffic.
If you continue to conduct your business in the manner I've seen, from Cozy to Webmaster Safari, then I fear all those bridges you are self burning will lead you to a place where opportunities will be like doors closing.
Those who know me, know that I do not share private dealings, even with close friends such as Aaron. You posted it on the board for the world to see and I doubt highly that you kept it private. Word has gotten back to me and it's rather nasty, the things you and your, ahem, friend have said against me.
You just gave it away by saying that you spoke to FSC and gained their blessing. Common courtesy dictates that a simple two minute IcQ with me, as everyone else did, would have resulted in a whole different scenario.