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Spoiler: Someone assumed to have shady intentions (like self-promotion or ripping people off) decides to create a new thread in a community of self-proclaimed experts, otherwise known as a forum). Instead of ignoring this person, members of the forum expose the creator of the thread and save the day. The thread creator proceeds to helplessly defend their thread and their intentions. The forum community decides that the creator of the thread is overreacting to their accusations. The forum community tells the creator of the thread to calm down so that the forum community can expose the problem in a more polite way. Sometimes a person decides to toss in few complements to soften up their criticisms. Nice of them to do so after forgetting to do their research before replying the first time. The Lesson: Don't try to promote your business in forums directly. If you insist on using forums, do it like the everyone else who knows how to fit in. You must become a member and build your reputation by replying to people. You should always reply to the people who you can easily beat because that will build your reputation faster than getting into long debates with intelligent people. After all, you might lose the debate and not only waste time but be publicly humiliated. Also, if you find anyone who is guilty of self-promotion you should definitely put them in their place as it is a quick way to build yourself up. Cliques are fun! If only you could join one without selling your soul to the idol of conformity at the cost of creativity. |
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