For those of you that don’t get to the PPP forum much, I was there today to see what was going on over the weekend. I made a post awhile back about the new forum for posties located at postie.us that had been started because the person was outraged that his topic had been locked and I even talked myself into registering with them because it seemed like a nice open place that people would feel welcome to join in if they wanted to.
I really haven’t seen any unpleasantness to mention and I haven’t seen anything negative or untoward against PPP that hadn’t already been mentioned at PPP’s forum and they seem to have a policy of not locking threads just because they can. I will say right now that I disagree with the way the new forum administrator has conducted himself at the PPP forum since starting his forum. The way he has gone about advertising his forum on PPP is something I wouldn’t have done.
I see that a new PPP forum is in the works with plans to train moderators and hopefully compensate them for their time and trouble and this has been one very good thing to come from the postie forum upstart and other bloggers staying away from PPP forums because they really did feel uncomfortable there. This change is very much welcomed and I look forward to it. I hate feeling oppressed and that is how I have felt since joining there, although recently I have tried making a comment here and there.
The thread that caught my eye was one that had already been locked by a moderator, but was reopened by Ted Murphy today Mar.2nd because he chose to make a statement and then the thread will be deleted tomorrow. PPP even let Postie.us give opps for their forum in the marketplace, but now say they have to do PPP direct, of course I don’t understand the reasoning there. If I was going to limit them then I would have just refused their business to start with.
This is what Ted had to say:
I would like to leave my opinion on the existence of Posties.us. I have already acknowledged that we have had some problems on the PPP boards. That is something that we are currently working to fix. As a follow up to my blog posting I want to state here that the changes we are making are in no way the result of one moderator or user, rather the boards as a whole.
Our moderators have been AWESOME to us and I can’t thank them enough.Whether they have been IZEA employees or Posties I believe that everyone has always done their best to preserve and promote the community in a constructive way. I can’t say the same for the existence of Posties.us.
The fact that Posties.us is buying PPP related Google keywords with a negative slant makes me view these boards as hostile and competitive rather than constructive and additive. This practice is detrimental to the PPP brand and in no way helps this community or our company grow.
Every click that goes to Posties.us is a click that could have been an advertiser depositing money and creating more Opps for you. I appreciate feedback, I even appreciate rants. But if the true goal is to help rather than hurt this community the tactics need to be seriously reconsidered.
This thread will be removed tomorrow.
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Ted
I really have to agree with a lot of what Ted said and I like making money with PPP. There was an answer from macewan, the administrator of the other board because he wanted to get his point of view across before the thread disappears and that follows. Everything in italics is used as a quote and answered to by macewan
macewan: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject: Ted that’s a pathetic response.
murphman wrote: Our moderators have been AWESOME to us and I can’t thank them enough. Whether they have been IZEA employees or Posties I believe that everyone has always done their best to preserve and promote the community in a constructive way.
macewan: If this is the case then you haven’t been paying enough attention to these boards.
murphman wrote: I can’t say the same for the existence of Posties.us.
macewan: u should spend more time reading the content of them than knee jerking to an Adwords campaign.Seriously,TechCrunch says people are selling their souls if they join PayPerPost.
murphman wrote: The fact that Posties.us is buying PPP related Google keywords with a negative slant makes me view these boards as hostile and competitive rather than constructive and additive.
