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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I wonder if it is technically possible to have the Authors' Self-Promotions forum not show up when you click on "New Posts".
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I believe it is, but members shouldn't have to be blocking every other part of the site to have a fulfilling experience. Seriously, authors should have a little more insight into the nature of other people, seeing as they're calling themselves authors. All they need to do is ask of themselves; would this piss me off if someone else were doing it? Think about it, authors, nobody likes advertising. Nobody likes sales pitches. Nobody likes having someone whine at them or chastise them in a public forum.
Besides all that, I believe author spam here is terrible marketing. The maximum number of people on the site at any one time was 1,500 (of which only a small percentage were actually registered) of a 70+ thousand membership . Discounting all those who come for technical help, those who come for specific help on their product and all the other forums and sub-forums, you're not exactly looking at a large conversion rate for the product you're offering. Even less when threads are bumped and obvious spam is obvious.
And to add to all this, the recent changes and the abundance of 'book spammers' is at least a part of why I no longer post my own work here at MR, or even include a link in my signature. Sometimes we stand on the shoulders of giants, but around here lately, it's more like standing in the shadows of Carnival barkers.