TOFTT said:
Good on ya, Edmonton Mod. It's about time that certain SPs advertising on this board were denied the free ride. It was seemingly getting out of control. I never thought it was fair to the other SPs who paid their dues and followed the rules.
Last I looked, this was first and foremost still a review board.
Thanks TOFTT. A free ride is no more i think, advertising is getting a bit out of control of late I think. There are SOOO many sps on this edmonton forum, and so few contributers it startles me. In the vancouver forum, most of the major participants have been paying for a while. We have somewhat turned a blind eye on advertisements in edmonton in the past, but i think that has changed. I have issued a few "TEMPORARY BANS" to continued abusers of the system. I won't ban you right away, but if i continued abuse of the system occurs, sometimes it is the only way people listen. A slap on the wrist often does no good, but a slap with a whip might be a bit more convincing, and if this doesn't work... serious jail time (aka a long term ban) should convince??
That is true.... it is first and foremost a review board but to some degree it has changed to "community" where sps and reviewers communicate. This makes it fun, but tougher for the mods to determine what is advertising and what isn't. Personally i find it very difficult to draw the line sometimes as to what is advertising and what isn't. Alot of sps banter on this board, which is fine. Just don't mention yourself
too much, post schedules etc... Sorry if I have been overly mean to some of the sps, but I think sps should understand that perb is a valuable tool, and LITERALLY some sps have told us that they have made 10s of thousands of dollars off advertising on perb. So it is a good investment. A good businessman takes advantage of this, i hope i can help Fred to be a good businessman

The rates that perb charges are very cheap compared to terb and merb, that is why it is fair to the ladies i think.
We also have to keep things so the reviewers are happy for the most part, cause you guys are important for this site to exist as well. Some guys don't like it too much when they see ladies shamelessly self-promoting. They are here to read reviews. That is another reason why we have to charge for advertisements, just to keep this under control. I think for these reasons, we have no choice but to be very strict. It is the only way that works.
Despite all this said....
Lastly, It is difficult to keep everyone happy. I get complaints advertisements aren't deleted, and I get complaints advertisements are being deleted???? WTF gives, can't everybody be happy?? It is always our judgement as to what is advertising and what isn't, if i don't delete it someone will complain. Either way, someone is not happy. I guess that is the life of the moderator

sigh.... complaints and more complaints lol.