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Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: But this makes no sense... (Bob Baroner)
Tuesday, 18 October 2005, at 9:15 a.m.
> There are very few people that are in business that will come here to post
> anything of value if they cannot get something out of it.
There are more than enough to keep this board hopping.
> There are many
> people here who sometimes offer good advice and stuff, but they also have
> sites to promote in their signature line. You can bet your butt that even
> though these people are good, well-intentioned, smart folks, they are not
> mostly willing to waste time posting without any personal benefit.
You're right.
> I understand the need to help folks without any form of repayment, but
> usually, that is not the case. Time is money and so is information. You
> cannot have everything for free. Sometimes ads must be shown and money
> needs to be paid. Actually, make that MOST of the time, not sometimes.
> This is the way capitalism works, and for good reasons.
Oh.
I didn't know that.
> You cannot expect most good people to participate in every thread.
Nor would I want them to, because anyone who participated in every thread would be immediately pegged as an idiot or a desperate (and dangerous) MLMer.
> Nor can
> you expect them to participate in any thread that is not related to their
> own business.
Wrong.
Very, very wrong.
People here participate in threads that aren't related to their own business ALL THE TIME.
You obviously haven't been paying attention.
> that is a waste of time for them and is usually not the
> primary reason why they post to forums.
You are SO out of touch.
It is NOT a waste of time for them to (1) become known, (2) become liked, (3) become respected, and (4) become recognized.
They post their links because when they are (1) known, (2) liked, (3) respected, and (4) recognized [not necessarily in that order], people will begin to click on their links.
If your theory were true, people would ONLY post in threads that directly pertained to their businesses, and they would ONLY post when they thought they could get something out of it.
You're right to the extent that lots of people do actually operate that way.
You're wrong about the VALUE of operating that way, because those people (1) don't stay around long enough to become known [except as a pain in the a**], (2) liked [we hate 'em], (3) respected [BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA], (4) or recognized [except as someone to stay away from].
> Many get nothing from posting if
> it wasn't for exposure of their link(s). Nothing wrong with that, IMO, as
> long as they are not obviously posting rubbish just to expose a link.
> Everything has a price and nothing is truly free.
Right you are -- but you don't benefit, and the board doesn't flourish, because of people who participate only when there's something in it for them.
When a board is successful enough to become a true "community," everyone benefits by becoming part of that community.
Very few biz & marketing boards ever achieve real "community" status. This one has (and in record time, I might add), which is why your advice falls on deaf ears.
It could be that the whole "community" concept is over your head.
> Information is golden. People who are not willing to pay...
I haven't noticed you buying MaaMaw any hot cocoa lately.
> Being an entrepreneur isn't for everyone. In
> fact, it isn't for most people.
Forgive me, but I'm not sure how we got here from there. (Just thinking out loud... please don't tell me.)
Luv,
MaaMaw
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