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  1. PaulK

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    In the interest of being constructive, is there a list of rules for sponsors or guidelines that sponsors must adhere to that I can review?
     
  2. ShineKen

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    https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/help/terms

    If these are the rules, it seems to be "general" rules. Doesn't seem to be a set of rules specifically for sponsors.

    Either way. I would've accepted Rob's suggestion of posting over a period of time. It is a fair suggestion.
     
  3. PaulK

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    I reviewed those, I don't see anything specific in there that pertains to the subject of the dispute with Dave Rocks. Is there another location?
     
  4. ShineKen

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    So Dave discusses rules and whether or not he broke them. Gets banned for refusing to accept he broke them. Contacts a higher authority to re-discuss the matter and still doesn't see eye-to-eye. Writes a bunch of letters to bunch of people ... about what I am not sure of. And then gets SUPER Banned.

    I can understand this sequence of events and it is probably best both parties part ways at this stage.
     
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  5. rob lay

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    almost.

    we don't publish sponsor rules to users. I give guidance to sponsors when they start, there is a sponsors forum, and if we feel a sponsor is getting out of the guidelines we have a nice conversation. This is exactly what happened with Dave. Posting 7 threads at the same time was outside our guidelines, a moderator soft deleted the ones over, and then we had a nice conversation trying to help Dave understand. He just couldn't understand, he gave example of other sponsors, but none of those examples were valid. Example sponsor he gave me only had 2 threads in 7-day period. That said we have moderated probably a dozen sponsors in the exact same way the last 6-months for activity that was getting too "spammy". This wasn't about Dave not knowing the guidelines, this wasn't about us banning him for breaking the guidelines, this was about Dave refusing to accept the guidelines.

    there is an entire thread about this in Owners forum where I respond to Dave, this was October 18th, 2017. What was Dave doing? He was complaining about a sponsor spamming. As just one example, I told him the guidelines THEN!

    So Dave knew the guidelines AND show me where another sponsor has done the same thing and not been moderated?

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  6. AceMaster

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    His choice or yours?
     
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  8. ShineKen

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    “sponsors should only top 1-2 times a week OR 1-2 new threads a week in single forum”

    I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say I’m not sure how clear this sentence is.

    1. What does “top” mean here? Top threads, top bumps? If it means top out at 1-2 threads a week, not sure what comes after “or” is necessary.

    2. What does “single” imply here? Does it mean you can post 1-2 new threads a week in each forum? Or does it mean you can post 1-2 new threads a week a single forum at a time?

    If one is going off this alone, I can see how it is open to interpretation and needs more clarity. I’m sure what was actually meant was cleared up at some point in the discussion, but to say Dave clearly new the rules based off a discussion 2 years ago before he posted might be a bit unfair.
     
  9. rob lay

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    ha, good question and I don’t remember exactly. we did what we could and helped a bunch when Ricambi started selling SR.
     
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  10. rob lay

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    really? I mean, really?
     
  11. ShineKen

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    I might be trippin’ , but give someone else a shot to decipher what that sentence clearly means.
     
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    "1-2 new threads a week in single forum" clearly means 1-2 times in each forum (which may also be simultaneous), i.e. one can start new threads in a number of forums as long as it is not more than 1-2 times a week in each of them. Why is it "1-2 times"? Since this rule obviously allows 2 times, why not just state "2 times".
     
  13. taz355

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    Booker no disrespect but my understanding is because of the rules not being clear Dave did not understand that spam posting in your own forum was allowed. Which other sp9nsers have done thus he did not realize this was nit allowed. Rob clearly pointed it out after Dave questioned it. This is my understanding
     
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  14. Natkingcolebasket69

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    I’ll be extremely curious to see how much money fchat brings to sponsors through sales? What % can it represent of it?
    Also since I’m not as well versed as some of most in this thread who actually runs fchat? I’d be curious to know what the company generates $ wise; of course I might never know...
    Let’s be real this all think is about money, forum ethics(on the mod side) & ego.


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  15. johnk...

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    I would disagree. It's pretty plain English. "1-2 new threads a week in single forum" means exactly what if says, 1 -2 threads per week is a single (ONE) forum. If it were to means EACH, it would say EACH.

    Break it down. It means; You may post what? 1-2 new threads. How often? Once per week. Where? In a single forum.

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    God, I'm defending Rob. :), Sorry Dave. My background makes me too dam objective.
     
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    So, if we replace the "single" with one of its synonyms, it would read "1-2 new threads a week in one forum". This can certainly be interpreted to mean that there shouldn't be more than 2 post a week in one forum, i.e. in any one forum, which can then be taken to mean that you can post a maximum of 2 new threads per week per forum.

    If the intention was to also limit the posting (of max. 2 new posts) to one forum per week, than the rule should have been written as "the cumulative number of new posts in various forums should not exceed two in any one week" (assuming that if one posts only one new thread in one forum, one is allowed to post another new thread in another forum in the same week). Otherwise it should state "1-2 new threads a week and each time in only one forum".

    If it is not agreed that the meaning of the statement is as I see it, then I believe that it should, at least, be agreed that it is ambiguous. If it is ambiguous, then the "ruling" should be in my favour based on the well known legal principle that the ruling goes against the party which wrote the ambiguous "clause" (contra proferentem).
     
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    It depends on what the meaning of ONE is. (Now I'll probably get banned for a political comment.) :rolleyes: :)

    In stead of looking at what it says and trying to justify your interpretation, look at what it doesn't say. Chat is made up of many forums. It doesn't you can post in 2 forums. It doesn't say you can post in 3 forums. It doesn't say you can post in several forums. It say you can post in ONE forum. Anything else is a misinterpretation.

    Now I am really getting out of this discussion because it's just getting stupid.
     
  19. dm_n_stuff

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    Ok, I'm briefly returning

    I am also briefly returning.

    That was 21 weeks ago. At the time, if I recall correctly, I went in and deleted some of those posts as spam, advised Mike of his violation, and he told me it wouldn't happen again.

    So, given that as background, I took a look at the classifieds this morning for Mike's posts. He has six threads he bumped in the last 24 hours. I deleted one bump, but all of the others included new information about his listing, generally price reductions, which is within the rules.

    I also advised him NOT to bump ads without a meaningful piece of additional information. I'm sure he'll be ok with that, and not contact the CEO of the company to complain that he's being treated unfairly. :rolleyes:

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  20. steved033

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    This.

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    Except if gets personal, which this sort of feels like. This does not seem is as simple as a rule violation issue.

    This whole thing feels rooted in an ambigous policy, that then got personal, on what side is anyone's guess probably both. Asses got chapped then maybe someone quit, maybe someone banned, maybe both. Both sides feel justified, so we have a stalemate. That's ABUNDANTLY clear reading this trainwreck.

    I suspect no argument for or against any side of this will make sense here. It's personal, not to me, the ourcome was personal. in that context this whole absurd thread becomes clear.

    Rules to quote barbossa "they are more of a guideline". That was stipated above somewhere in different terms but that s super clear its about the only thing that is clear ironically.

    So in the end it is what it is. All parties are satisfied as I suspect reading this whe trainwreck so moving on is perhaps the best course. The 2 partiea have after all. :shrug:

    But alas that won happen either will it. Ok back to finger pointing then.

    Dave was wrong. No Rob was wrong. No actually Dave was wrong but Rob want right either. no no no you miss the facts sir, Rob was wrong but Dave was not right, yes but Rob was more right because X, actually Dave was more right because X-Y, 2 wrongs don't make a right but 2 half rights may make a wrong if we debate long enough.

    That covers it. Move on lol.

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    So there's really THREE sides to every story? His His and the truth?

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  23. rob lay

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    Dave already pointed out how it was moderated, also if we weren't doing anything with that Sponsor why is their moderator thread THIS long? ;) The difference is they accept guidance and are willing to follow the rules going forward. Dave showed no indication of accepting our guidelines or following our rules going forward, if any other sponsor or user does this they will end up with the same ban.

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    This thread has finally devolved into this..........

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  25. dm_n_stuff

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    Probably more like 100 in this case.

    There's Dave L's, Rob's, the CEO's, mine, the other moderators who got read in and the 90 guys posting in here. :D

    We're not going to end up with a consensus of opinion, just not gonna happen.

    As an additional note, and then I swear I'm finished with this thread and this topic, I am not pleased with how this turned out. It was never my intent to start a ball rolling that ended with Dave L. getting banned and FC losing a sponsor. Should or will it change how I moderate spam posts? Nope, Will this thread change how spammers behave? Nope. People are gonna do what they do.

    Maybe we should just let this thread run the weekend and then close it? Thoughts?

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