Richard ~

I would have a tendency to lean in your direction on this as well. But I fail to see any insults or personal attacks to anyone in general.

What I do see is someone relating an experience to a marketing strategy which wasn't for them.

Also the tenacity of some people within this marketing strategy. I'm tenacious and agressive as well, but I don't believe I would be attempting to close a deal on a battleship under red alert! ;-) Not *my* style anyway! LOL

Personally, I believe the cross posting of open articles, is very close to the line of Spamming a Board. I've seen this thread and topic on a number of boards and the 'status quo', 'boilerplate template' answer is... "Different people view and respond on different boards so you receive broader responses by doing so". Quite frankly I don't buy into that.

If someone were to have asked for information concerning MLM's, or other topics... Then the self-posting of articles under that thread would in my mind be a valid, and requested post.

When I receive a question in the e-mail, I don't go to every board and "Spread the word". (Ever been to an office party where someone is "Holding court"???)

But by surfing to the many other boards and posting the exact same post, is in my mind Board Spamming. Post it once where it needs to be when asked, and others will find it. Post it to dozens of board's without the request... I call it a form of Spamming.

Either way... Although I don't agree with the method, most board owners are allowing it and it is supported by the majority of Forum Visitors.

Richard you may do what I do... Just ignore certain posts with certain types of headings, and/or authors. I do believe in the First Amendment and the ability to express yourself without slandering, attacking, or coming across as libelous in some way.

This thread doesn't cross the line there, yet. I know of people who make a nice income from MLM and I know people who despise it. Simply it's an opinion not an attack stated above.

If you feel the post, and or poster, has done something which crosses the line, by all means you are invited to make a reply. But please be sure you make a logical, non-offensive argument to support your case and thoughts.

Sometimes it's very easy to get carried away with your thoughts and become a bit overzealous.

Yes it's very close to being Spam, or viewed as insulting or attacking to some. But here we have a narrow strip of gray between the black and white. Some will say it's more white, others will say it's closer to being black.

You and I have our thoughts on it, and others have theirs... Thanks for opening this topic for me. I've watched posts like this for a few months now and am amazed myself, it hasn't been called on.

Maybe we both can push this thread aside, let it be, and move on. Don't you think that's possible Richard?

Thanks for reading this. As always it's just one mans opinion and should be thought of as such.

~ Mike