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Posted By: The Tim <tim@thetimtimes.com> In Response To: Tim, I agree (I'm Shocked!!!!!!) (Rick K.)
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, at 6:39 a.m.
I'm just a little jaded by the constant 'drive-by'..."IS THIS A GOOD DEAL/IS THIS A SCAM" type posts, most of which are probably just ad placements or teasers meant to attract nubes. If I see somebody that is so DUMB they don't know how to GOOGLE, then I'm sure NOT GOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM to continue with a web-based business. There are PLENTY of good higher level questions that get asked and answered by the pros around here everyday. Sometimes I add to them, but Roadie and Mel (I'm aware there are others) handle it well.
Bottom line for me is that if you just bought a PC thinking you're going to get rich on the web, but you don't know a mouse from a keyboard, I'm gonna heavily DISCOURAGE you from making that jump. There is no amount of board-based help/education that can be absorbed that will help.
The other thing I see a LOT OF? Folks with really good internet skills and NO BUSINESS ACUMEN. Everybody is looking for shortcuts that don't exist and I'm not going to encourage them in their fantasies. Want a good job? Get a good education.
Enjoy.
> I think a lot of these folks that come here and leave a basic 2 sentence
> question are trolling.
> That being said, I also remember when I first began visiting forums,
> everyone there seemed so knowledgeable, I was afraid to post anything,
> thinking that my question was "too dumb."
> Before you blast what could be a beginner, why not drop some helpful
> hints??
> Like how to type in
> "name-of-opportunity-you're-looking-for"+scam+complaint+ripoff
> in Google will get you past all the promoter's hype, and lead to
> discovering bad things that folks had to say about a particular
> opportunity.
> The bad results are often buried way back in the results, and are hard to
> find unless you know how to look.
> But all in all, it does seem that a lot of folks come here looking for
> easy answers rather than do a little research on their own. Just haveta
> train 'em.
> Later,
> Rick K.
Sensibility Without The Static
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