[Rick A]

I have responded as appropriate, Tasuki, including to a post by Thales that was personally insulting, but your moderator apparently has censored all of my responses. Sayonara.

[thalestrader]

Originally Posted by Rick A »

I have responded as appropriate... including to a post by Thales that was personally insulting,....

You used your inaugural post to a free forum to make mention of the fact that for just $995 you will teach others to to as you do, and you're insulted?

And then your next post is to cry about having been insulted because of the content of your first post?

For the record, your first post was fine up to the point where you decided advertise your services.

Just once I'd like to see someone who has broken with the accepted practices here within the TL community, whether or not it was intended, to apologize for the transgression. Instead we get one guy telling us that we should "calm down" and another guy crying that he's been insulted.

-Thales

[BlowFish]

I think there have been one or two. Richard springs to mind, apologies to R if I have misremembered.

More importantly there are a couple of vendors here who are not sponsors but make valuable contributions to the community. Win win situation.

[SunTrader]

Handled as it should be.

Anyone who has any posting experience whatsoever in online forums should know.

[Tasuki]

Originally Posted by SunTrader »

Handled as it should be.

Anyone who has any posting experience whatsoever in online forums should know.

Well, this is the last time I start a thread on TL and try to add something of value to the forums. By jumping down this guy's throat, you pinheads have driven away a successful trader whose calls on the gold market (at least) are scary-good. Had you folks been a little more patient with him, we might have learned some more about his methods, which obviously work. In your insane drive for the purity of the forums (free of salesmen) you have done us all a disservice.

Whatever makes you think that this guy Rick had any experience whatsoever with online trading forums? From what I can tell, he's a crusty old floor trader, and my own experience with former floor traders is that they are averse to online chat sites and trading forums and generally know jack about them.

Yeah, I'll agree, it was tacky by our TL standards to advertise his services, but how the hell was he supposed to know that? Instead of insulting him by deleting his post, why not politely tell him that this was uncool, and ask him to edit his post and resubmit it? It is this lack of courtesy on the part of the forum moderators (not to mention the posters) that is unfortunately immature. IMHO you should review your impatience with someone new, especially someone who obviously knows a thing or two and might have been willing to share, if he had been treated less rudely.

Well, you folks can do whatever you like, I'll just hang out elsewhere.

[SunTrader]

Originally Posted by Tasuki »

Whatever makes you think that this guy Rick had any experience whatsoever with online trading forums? From what I can tell, ......

You assume and don't really know but it is the forum admin that is jumping to conclusions.

Well I'm assuming you have made the final decision to move on. Oh well. Good luck.

[RichardTodd]

FWIW people in business do "vanity searches", and also their clients tell them when they are mentioned on sites. So, in my case, someone emailed me to say "check out this link" and I saw tens of pages of people investigating one of the indicators I used to sell. Their posts linked to my sites. Their posts used my screenshots. It was exciting. The last thing on my mind was investigating the board attitude toward advertising, when from my perspective I was looking at a thread full of positive advertising already. It's an easy mistake to make when part of your job is to market yourself.

But, even though it's an easy mistake, it's still a mistake, and the internet isn't known for politeness. So, when you get slapped down for being a sleazy marketer, you can either adapt or go home crying. One would think that if he had something of substance to say, his ego could take the hit....

(at least he didn't come back as Ackerfan9391 posting "interesting" charts and claiming to love the service in every post )

[DugDug]

Originally Posted by RichardTodd »

. One would think that if he had something of substance to say, his ego could take the hit....
)

I like the attitude Richard.... I dont think many people like salesmen especially those who deny they want to sell something.
I particularly like the quote above..... I mean who cares what the internet is saying, so long as you are either selling, or the market is whispering sweet nothings into your ear.