The only thing consistent around here is the inconsistency, and you can consistently expect that it will be inconsistently inconsistent.
Pimping. To quote The Castle .. "It's all about the vibe"
One mans pimp is another mans handy information...
One mans froth is another mans pimp...
If the individual poster has a record of helping folks, so what if they share?
However, if it's a one post wonder, or they have 6 posts, and all 6 posts are promoting the same product .. that gets frowned upon.
..and then there's the case that sometimes we (the moderators) just simply missed something. We can't read it all. If in doubt, click the flag above the post to flag the post.
And if anybody wants to volunteer to help keep the forum friendly and spam free, please do ping me an email.
Pimping= Guerilla marketing!
Seems to be common around the surfing forums I frequent that it is as Laurie said, first post and it's a blatant advertising effort and you'll cop the flack.
Been around for a while as a genuine forum member and there's tolerance.
Fair enough.
Now does anyone want to buy a....
Oh wait! I have nothing to sell.
Isnt it only pimping when you have some commercial interest or are doing it for someone who has a commercial interest ?
Otherwise it's just personal opinion and isn't that what an open forum is all about ?
I have no commercial interests at the moment SO - STARBOARDS ARE THE BEST BOARDS AND PADDLES IN THE WORLD AND ARE SO SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYONE ISN'T USING THEM
Red thumb my red bum
I have found shopkeepers advice and reviews don't mean jack s**t. I can only tell what is good and what isn't good once it is under my own feet.
Surf monk got flogged for there open pimp of their gear. I reckon let's have at it, go pimp hard after all someone has to be doing the marketing of products, that gives employment to a whole bunch of people that failed to get a real job lol. Nah just jokes, I actually don't mind a shop giving a review, I don't mind a person giving one either. I would object to a large company taking out a false profile and just spamming the site though.
As for chill from Surf Monk Oz, I'm hoping that really is her in the pics and would suggest we need many many more profile pics from her
Hey not sure if I will get in trouble for pimping but I just received a new 9' keel fin of this site I found on the net called wetfins.com.au It goes awesome and funky colours as well, arrived in two days and heaps cheaper than the shops and it is an Aussie site. Wahoo, I just wanted something a bit different and it fits the bill. Hope this doesn't upset anyone but it is hard to find decent fins where I live in country Medowie