Website promotion (or spam)??

[calpoon]

I'd have to agree. I really don't mind it but I don't care much for the double standard. why is it not ok for joe blow to spam the forum, but if jill swallows does it that makes it ok?

(BTW, that was simply a play on words and not meant to represent anyone, any similiarities to actual members are entirely coincidential.)

and I don't think that the argument 'This is a porn board' makes it valid. just because I mentioned (insert lewd act here), doesn't mean that I want to be directed to a site to buy the films "A fistfull of asshole" and "for a few dildos more".

And I really don't buy the argument that they are just trying to make a living. If you want to make a living Mcdonalds is always hiring. spamming your way out of poverty..now I've heard it all.

 

[poggy]

I'd have to agree. I really don't mind it but I don't care much for the double standard. why is it not ok for joe blow to spam the forum, but if jill swallows does it that makes it ok?

(BTW, that was simply a play on words and not meant to represent anyone, any similiarities to actual members are entirely coincidential.)

and I don't think that the argument 'This is a porn board' makes it valid. just because I mentioned (insert lewd act here), doesn't mean that I want to be directed to a site to buy the films "A fistfull of asshole" and "for a few dildos more".

And I really don't buy the argument that they are just trying to make a living. If you want to make a living Mcdonalds is always hiring. spamming your way out of poverty..now I've heard it all.

So you think they pose for the camera for nothing

Do you work for free ? No, so why should they ?

Most of the members here feel honoured to have the OCSM's on this board. This is what makes this board so special. Having the insight, the beauty and delight to talk and share things with the OCSM's. So what if they plug their website every so often. You get at times exclusive pictures or sets for you to look at for nothing. Posted out of the goodness of their own heart. So this balances up the fact that they do a little spamming. I don't hear none of you complaining about the free stuff.

 

[xxaru]

Some of you are missing my point. My problem is not that they're advertising their website, but HOW some of them are going about doing it.


Scenario 1: OCSM makes a title thread post on the board to advertise their website.
Ok, no problem with that at all.

Scenario 2: OCSM does the same as senario 1, but also post in other threads and contributes to the forum in more ways that just plugging their website.
I have no problem with this at all, and actually respect and applaud the OCSM's that do this on the boards :hatsoff:. As an active contributor to the board I think you should have every right to advertise and promote your business, so long as you do it in a respectful manner.

Scenario 3: The OCSM then only comes to the board to promote their website (by posting in "their" title thread), takes no part in any other thread discussions, and would not be here if they were not allowed to advertise.
Ok, I dont like it. You're using our discussion board as a ad campaign without giving any contribution to the board discussions at all.... but there's nothing wrong with them advertising so long as they dont start spamming and keep it in their title thread where everyone knows what it's about.

Scenario 4: The OCSM does the same as senario 3, but now makes multiple threads advertising and promoting their site.
This I have a huge problem with. At this point the advertisment becomes nothing but spam, and I dont think it's right that 1 or 2 people should get away with it simply because there arent enough people doing it "yet" to cause a big problem for the forum.

Just my :2 cents:

Most of the members here feel honoured to have the OCSM's on this board. This is what makes this board so special. Having the insight, the beauty and delight to talk and share things with the OCSM's.

But that's the thing. Not all the OCSM's talk, interact, and share opinions on discussions with the members. The ones that do I have respect for. But the ones that only come here to plug their websites and spam us I dont (their only just taking up space)... I dont care how many free sets of pics or vids their giving out.

 

[Iamforever]

But that's the thing. Not all the OCSM's talk, interact, and share opinions on discussions with the members. The ones that do I have respect for. But the ones that only come here to plug their websites and spam us I dont (their only just taking up space)... I dont care how many free sets of pics or vids their giving out.

when it comes down to an ocsm and you, who do you think freeones will keep? remember, freeones is a business. directly linked to those ocsm's might i add. this board will be run as the mods see fit. :2 cents:

edit: do you really care if the ocsm's actually intereact with you? i dont. they do their thing. i do mine. its that easy.

 

[MRPIMPN4EVA]

Stop ******...

 

[xxaru]

when it comes down to an ocsm and you, who do you think freeones will keep? remember, freeones is a business. directly linked to those ocsm's might i add. this board will be run as the mods see fit. :2 cents:

edit: do you really care if the ocsm's actually intereact with you? i dont. they do their thing. i do mine. its that easy.

Ok, you make a good point... but why do you have to post in the talk section if you're not gonna interact and contribute to the forum?? Why not make a promotional section of the board for them to post all the spam they want into?

 

[member006]

I'd have to agree. I really don't mind it but I don't care much for the double standard. why is it not ok for joe blow to spam the forum, but if jill swallows does it that makes it ok?

(BTW, that was simply a play on words and not meant to represent anyone, any similiarities to actual members are entirely coincidential.)

and I don't think that the argument 'This is a porn board' makes it valid. just because I mentioned (insert lewd act here), doesn't mean that I want to be directed to a site to buy the films "A fistfull of asshole" and "for a few dildos more".

And I really don't buy the argument that they are just trying to make a living. If you want to make a living McDonald's is always hiring. spamming your way out of poverty..now I've heard it all.

I think whats being missed here is the difference between an actual business affiliations with a actual site owner and "joe blow" or "jill swallows getting a penny a click by spamming the internet with a link promoting "watch your dick grow 6 inches in a month" or "motion lotion". Trying to get something for nothing. The difference is day and night.

As for the McDonald's hiring thing, I don't think it was being said they have to beg business. The point being they have already made the choice in career and they do have the right to promote their sites to make a living on a porn board or anywhere on the net with the permission of the owners. Thats the way business is run. Its the penny a click spammers that need to check in at burgerland. Or start a real site/business and get with the owners of these sites. I have to say again, I feel how FreeOnes handles their affiliations is not my (our) concern. FreeOnes works hard to keep all this free, think about it. All IMHO of course.

LL:angels:

 

[member006]

Ok, you make a good point... but why do you have to post in the talk section if you're not gonna interact and contribute to the forum?? Why not make a promotional section of the board for them to post all the spam they want into?

I can say this much. The OCSM's are a blessing compared to many of those threads others put up. Some do interact and if you can wade through some of the other stuff in talk, OCSM's are a cake walk. Just walk on by.

LL:angels:

 

[calpoon]

like I said, I don't have a problem with the advertising. what I have a problem with is the star-fucking ********* worship. the fact that someone said, "which is more important? you (the average poster) or an OCSM member?" THAT is the problem defined right there. If it wasn't for us nobody posters that contribute the talk that seems to be so secondary, then this board wouldn't exist. so what if we have porn stars posting? if there's no one to click on them then they aren't going to go very far. and if all the OCSMs dropped out, then I don't think that most of the membership to this site would stop. just look at the facts. the most popular threads are by and large not made up of OCSM postings. That's the difference between the freeones board members and the freeones.com lurkers.

now don't get me wrong, I have absolutly nothing against the intelligent ladies that post on here and I do appreicate the one's that contribute to the lively discussion. hell, I even like the one's that are gracious enough to throw us freebies and exclusives along with the ad's for thier site. that's a great marketting approach and everyone get's what they want. Even if they didn't do that, I wouldn't care and wouldn't protest it if all they did was post links to thier main page till the cows come home. But what I don't do is respect and hold them above everyone else just because of it. I judge a person by what they say and what they contribute to the board, not because they have a famous name attached. and also I don't think it's fair to the producers and directors and other people that are just as neccesasry and vital to the adult film industry that don't get any of the same recognition.

 

[poggy]

Ok, you make a good point... but why do you have to post in the talk section if you're not gonna interact and contribute to the forum?? Why not make a promotional section of the board for them to post all the spam they want into?

There are members here who start threads on topics in the talk section that just post the opening post. They never post on the thread again after the first post. You've been here only 2 months and most likely not taken much time looking at the history of the board.

You would see that it has it's good times and bad times. There people who give a lot and others who give a little and some none at all. This goes for OCSM's too. But if you looked just that bit harder you'd find that the biggest spammers on the board are the members and not the OCSM's. There has been many a fan of a model or models that who posted links to there site all over. Some even use their sig as a advert to some site with them on. Even either showing a link or hiding a link in it.

Then there's the ones who come on here just to plug their own websites. Some can do it very crafty. One recently was posting lists of UK models in their threads telling eveyone what and which issues of top shelf magazines they'ed appeared in. All harmless you thought. That is till you looked at his sig and saw the link to the site he sold all these magazines on. That is just one example, there's been many more.

So I don't get at the OCSM's for a bit of linking to their sites. After their no way as bad as the members.

If they did get out of hand with it the mods and admin would deal with it. They have done before, so would do again.

 

[BNF]

If they did get out of hand with it the mods and admin would deal with it. They have done before, so would do again.

:yesyes: There was at least one prominent OCSM who was constantly exceeding the long, long leash that we extend our valuable OCSMs. She left instead of getting ******.

Every OCSM is different and it's better so. I would rather have a board operate as cleanly and (content) friendly as ours and HAVE the OCSMs than have a free-for-all board with nothing but a bunch of acne faced boys talking ghetto and chasing off everyone new - stars or not.

 

[xxaru]

Seriously, Xxaru, get off the OCSMs backs. Do you know how cool it is to even have them here? This forum was designed for looking at all these amazing chicks, well, a lot of the amazing chicks are right here.

It is 100% up to the moderators how many threads the OCSMs can post, etc. We generally treat them as if we are lucky to have them here, if they didn't make money they wouldn't take their clothes off, and if they don't advertise they won't make money.

If you like looking at women with their clothes off, then leave it alone. If you want this to just be a talk and porn board with no pornstars, then there are plenty of those out there, but there's only one Freeones... the OCSMs - and how many of them we have - is one of about ten reasons Freeones is unlike (and better than) any other board out there, imo.

I know you're only dissing the ones which appear to "spam", but you know what? I wouldn't diss any of them if I were you - they're a blessing. Besides, it's not spam if they're an OCSM directing us to their work - it's just another link, like all the others we have here!

Fox

I understand this, but Im only referring to the chat board. Freeones is much more than just a chat board. Im not trying to diss anyone here. And I don’t see how having anyone on the board that doesn’t participate as a “blessing”. You sound star struck. Some top name porn chick decides to become an OCSM, makes one post in the chat forum and is never seen or heard from again… and you think it’s a blessing to have them here?? PLEASE *rolls eyes*. An OCSM like that is no better than any one of us.

And I don’t see how you get the idea that we should all be kissing the OCSM’s asses just because they’re an OCSM. The hell with that. What makes them better than any other loyal poster on the boards? Yeah… without them taking their clothes off then we wouldn’t have a porn board. But guess what, without us supporting them they’d be out of a fucking job.

 

[xxaru]

There are members here who start threads on topics in the talk section that just post the opening post. They never post on the thread again after the first post. You've been here only 2 months and most likely not taken much time looking at the history of the board.

But they’re not here just to plug a website… it’s different IMO.

You would see that it has it's good times and bad times. There people who give a lot and others who give a little and some none at all. This goes for OCSM's too. But if you looked just that bit harder you'd find that the biggest spammers on the board are the members and not the OCSM's. There has been many a fan of a model or models that who posted links to there site all over. Some even use their sig as a advert to some site with them on. Even either showing a link or hiding a link in it.

Almost every OCSM links to their sites in their sig. So I don’t know what you’re getting at here.:dunno:

Then there's the ones who come on here just to plug their own websites. Some can do it very crafty. One recently was posting lists of UK models in their threads telling eveyone what and which issues of top shelf magazines they'ed appeared in. All harmless you thought. That is till you looked at his sig and saw the link to the site he sold all these magazines on. That is just one example, there's been many more.

So I don't get at the OCSM's for a bit of linking to their sites. After their no way as bad as the members.

Again, it’s not the linking and advertising I have a problem with… it’s HOW some of them are going about doing it that I have issues with. If some regular joe comes on here and starts making threads to plug his new magazine, then he’d probably get ******. But just because someone’s an OCSM it automatically makes it "ok" for them to post the same kind of spam and be PRAISED for it!??