It's little wonder why the directory industry is in the state it is when respectible forums like this have fairly senior members or at least posters, post pathetic comments like the one I quote with anonymous red rep. Edited to prevent unfair generalization that wasn't intended. Thanks for all the good advice.
Haven't read the post but the title is rude and irrelevant to this section, will report as it serves no other purpose than to be controversial, offend and cause trouble.
The title isn't rude at all, it's a genuine question. Even you have to concede pipes that the directory industry is in a mess, it's because of people who can't act like this that are doing it. My post refers to no-one other than those who feel they fit into that category. Why are you defending this immaturity pipes? Are you worried it portrays a bad light on the users of phpld? As far as I can see in my post I have and always will have the utmost respect for many of its users who have great talent and directories to go with that. This isn't a flaming post it is an observation of how bad the directory scene is and why. As you said it's a forum and we're all entitled to our say.
Your only making it worse for our whole business by referring to mental age, it is a rude title because yet again its bunching hundreds of people into a category. Im not defending anything, im protesting at rudeness to get a thread going and get people angry for no reason than stirring it up. Of course your entitled to your say, as you keep saying... But why keep referring to people like their idiots, theres plenty of skilled and abled folk. What i cant understand is that you own a script targetted at directory owners yet you abuse directory owners, it doesn't make business sense, i dont get that. If really never seen this approach before, you are shooting yourself in the foot.
Mental age has nothing to do with it. The reason for the mess in the industry is because there is a minimal financial barrier to entering. If you could open a burger joint for $10 you would see a million crappy burger joints out there, plain and simple. My advice to anyone that gets flustered and upset by a negative rep is to leave the industry because it is doubtful you have what it takes to succeed. I saw it before with the phoneix and I never understood it either and yet another reason to consider leaving the industry. So someone writes: and you reply by calling them names? I don't get it, they make an observation about a script you like and then you call them names? And then you question the maturity of directory owners?
Absolute nonsense, the only people who will feel offended by this post are the very people it is aimed at. @JG; This isn't targetted at the good reputable members of this forum and directory community, it's aimed at the minority who feel it worthwhile to undermine this and destroy this. I am not at all offended by red rep JG, what annoys me is this constant nonsense of phpld v phplynx by juvinile delinquents who have nothing more in mind that making trouble. As for the phoenix I won't scare as easily as he did, I respect people who deserve to be respected, equally I will confront those who don't.
Here something, imagine david of phpld coming here and calling us all names, he wouldn't do it, it would be business suicide for him, its just not the type of thing that you do. No i find it offensive and rude not only for me but to hundreds of people involved in our business because it is, it is offensive, its bad enough when non directory owners do it, but you own a script, why do this? If i want to sell metallica albums to metal heads im not going to call them head banging freaks am i? you dont do things like this to your potential customers, this is bad. Added text: Jamie i dont think your cut out for marketing a product, id stick to the law books you spoke of, none of us can do everything, im sorta oka-ish at seo, but have zero html,css kinda skills but willing to learn. Maybe you should concentrate on your studies or hire a professional marketer for phplynx, otherwise it may never get off the ground.
I just think it is strange that you choose to take a stand and say this person and others like him have a 'lower mentality' simply because he stated that phplynx sucks
I agree, i know they dont, ive seen nothing here to suggest that from them. You think i want to pick a fight? are you serious? you have a canny way of twisting things around quickly, why would i want to pick a fight when im showing how disappointed i am in your thread. Now you hope a number of people never buy your script? wow this is something else. Your just a litle bit crafty, drawn into an argument? you began the thread, thread titles like that do tend to get a reaction. Lets hope this thread gets buried quickly so that your potential customers dont see too much of it, have you seen how fast dp threads show at the top in google? Your determination to do what you do is ruining your business, take a breath and calm down, its friday night in the UK, you must be very bored. For me, im always here, because im boring, i still work on weekends. Really man, you are making so many mistakes, you will never listen to a guy like me though.
Actually it wasn't that at all, I happen to feel the opposite, it was the pathetic second part that got me going. I'm sick and tired of faceless idiots trying to bait people into disrespecting one another which isn't the proper thing to do.
lmao; ... reading this post i just had to peep into my reps, im not sure when was the last time i saw my reps! if people start ranting on every negative rep they recieve the forum would be full of rants, ...lol if i were you, i would just ignore it and use the time somewhere else! @JG - yeah this does remind me of pheonix !!! @Jamie - Heres a off hand question for you, at the tip of my mind there are a number of scripts, esyndicat, qlweb, indexu, phpmydirectory, .... and am sure a handful of others,.... why is it that this " ...frog..." guy choose to say what he says, about ur script vs phpLD and not any other script.... [why dont people attack other scripts?] perhaps you should look into that b4 you start ranting over red reps like those!
Jamie ive always seen that if you show how upset you are at a red rep then people play with you more, you fall into the trap and the reaction from you gives satisfaction. If red repped, dont show that it bothered you.
based on that paragraph alone, I'd say 2, you included. btw, it wasn't me, i sign my reds and greens alike. ask anyone I've given a red to. (f.y.i - this is a sarcastic post, have some green on me.)
Thanks John, I do accept what you say. I really am not bothered by the red rep it was the words that came with it. I'm sick and tired of this phantom phpld v phplynx thing that's all. competition is healthy, and now we're going at least semi-open source we're likely to be even more competative. Advice taken on board though.
Hi Rob, I happen to have high views on you, I think I've made that clear, even mentioned that in my post. The thing that annoys me as I've already mentioned is this pathetic mentallity that there is some kind of petty rivalry when there isn't. I think what also does it for me is the thousands of two bit directories that are getting set up using freebies and ruining what should and could be a lucrative industry with respect instead of the pathetic mess it's in now.
I don't think you saw my *full* post, nor the green i had sent along with it. Anywho, only stopped in to see if any drama was kickin' in. I see my client watching me so I best get my booty off of DP and start hacking this shit script phpLD (oh damn, have to pick up the wifey in 10 mins......vrooooooooooooom sh*t i'm dead!!!!)
So here is what it seems happened - Some unknown person makes a private comment to you while red repping you that is directed at the script you work with. Saying it is not really all that good. So in return you make a public post intended to cause a controversy in which you call that unknown person all kinds of names directed in an attack that goes very personal AND it seems to be directed at more people than just the one that sent you the private comment. All the while defending your right to say what you want on the forum. hmmm..... Where to start. So apparently it is completely ok for you to carry on a very personal public attack on a person and also infer that attack to all directory owners by the way you worded it. But on the other hand it is not ok for someone to make a derogatory statement on the script you work with privately???? Maybe you should have asked what is the mental age of this one person rather than all directory owners. Maybe you should have thought about it for a little while before you made this post and just not posted it. Which is worse? Someone making a private statement against the script you work with or someone who makes a very personal public attack? Especially when that public attack your making could be seen as including all owners because of the way you worded the title of this post. Pipes makes some very good points which probably did not go far enough. Personally I don't recall ever giving anyone a red rep and I am certainly not defending the person that gave you that red rep. On the other hand I won't be standing in line to defend what you have done in this post either. What you did Jamie goes way beyond a red rep you received. At least in my opinion. And just a side note - what does "phpld leet" mean? Is leet a typo or does it mean something?