It is easy to "trash" others online....

I will NOT post on some other boards.

As "seller" of items which can be purchased by readers of these posts....it has been "curious" to me (as a seller and poster) why board monitors on other "marketing" boards have allowed "attack" or "negative" posts against those who "sell" stuff.

It is THESE "sellers" who normally have more knowledge and info to offer than the "average" reader (that's why they are "selling" stuff)

So...if it is THESE sellers who add to the "Info-Quotient" of a board...why do the monitors jeopardize their "bread and butter"?....those who are responsible for building their boards?

I never will understand that one.

A couple years ago just ONE disgruntled customer was allowed to attack and harrass with his posts, one of the best marketing minds in the biz.

Apparently the guy had bought a product he was unhappy with and instead of returning th eproduct thru normal channels...decided to attack the seller...on MANY boards.

This caused the seller to STOP posting and readers on EVERY board missed out on this guys ideas for ever more.

Why the owners and monitors decided to leave these posts was beyond me...but that caused me to pull back also.

Not that I and others like me are so "great"...it's the reality that "I HAVE DONE THINGS OTHERS HAVEN'T"...and I believe people can learn from MY and other "doers" experiences.

Thanks Dien...for having a "No Attack" board. I know I will be stopping by more often.

Don Alm

> ...with no evidence whatsoever.

> Unfortunately, this is how some people try
> to "beat" their competitors -- by
> spreading lies about them.

> I have a particular example in mind, however
> I just want to talk about this in general
> without naming any names.

> Online, it is EASY to accuse other people
> falsely of various things, without needing
> to provide evidence for it whatsoever. This
> is particularly true if these accusations
> come in private email, though they also
> occur on forums.

> My general approach to this if I hear this
> kind of thing is to ask these questions....

> What is the evidence for these
> accusations?
> Does the source of this accusation have a
> motivation for spreading these accusations?
> For example, perhaps they are a
> competitor....
> Do you know the other side of the story,
> or have you just heard one side? Just a few
> thoughts I wanted to share....

> By the way, it is in order to prevent this
> kind of thing that we are the only NO
> INSULTS marketing forum online that I know
> of. I'm interested in FACTS and KNOWHOW, not
> accusations without basis.... These fly
> around like wild on other forums, but
> thankfully we have largely avoided them here
> at Sowpub....

> - Dien Rice




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