Im not going to fight with you, but i am glad his income is damaged He has damged the income of the adwords users!
In his legal letter addressed to this forum and all participants of this thread thereof, he states that he will not return to this forum to view any future responses. So I am safe in saying he deserves what he gets. However I will agree this guy is paying the ultimate price. At the time I didn't realize that this subject was going to be as popular as it is. But I don't really think this is about John (the cheater). It is more about CHEATING THE SYSTEM and what can happen when you do. John just happened to be the fall guy. I would also like to make the point that this thread serves a great purpose to Google. Look what can happen to you if you get busted...above and beyond what Google authorities corrective action is. No matter how you look at it this situation cannot be controlled nor avoided if someone (webjunkey in this case) takes acception to AdSense cheating.
I agree with you. And I think everyone should take acception to cheating adwords/adsense. As far as serving a great purpose to google....in theory maybe, but in this case, I think certain actions caused them more grief then good. That aside, I do think that there is an obligation to report cheaters and there is no disagreement there.
Exactly. It's just that no one wins we become vindictive about issues. I personally (and people are more then entitled to disagree with me) don't think anyone should be happy or get their kicks when another person is damanged in some way. Sure, do the right thing, report him, follow up to see it's been resolved if you want, and move on. I'm not saying he didn't (and other cheaters) deserve the be in trouble, I just think it's not overly mature for people to take such pleasure out of it. just my 2 cents....
What went wrong here was the result of members of higher intelect than other forums. Ultimately taking matters into their own hands. Which I agree was wrong to do. But I think those involved know it was wrong now. If I quickly review this thread there has to be some kind of award for what was accomplished . Not only is it quite humorious, but it is top of the pile in SERP's at Google and Yahoo. So if your thinking of 'cheating adsense' and decide to search that term guess what...DP may deter the cheater from carrying out this act.
As i suspected would happen, i got a red rep for this. No, i'm not a nun, I simply like to be empathic towards others. I won't buzz off, i will state my opinion, I was poliete about it, and wasn't rude in the least. I also had the guts to sign my name to my opinion, openly in the forum instead of hiding behind an anon red box rep. to each their own.
I hope it is because i am the thread starter, and it would be an honor to have started the longest thread ever on dp