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I have also noticed this trend
And I am with you on this.
I do not like it either.
As a matter of fact I have started posting less and tend to look towards less commercial fora.
Talking about commercialisation, I am often puzzled as well by some types of posts coming from members or moderators. There seems to be more and more pre-digested press reviews, attending to cocktail parties, sneak preview timed to perfection just before the big trade fairs, boutique openings or sub-events and the like. There is a "News Central" category but those types of posts are pervasive on nearly all brands fora and the HOME forum.
Sorry if I am getting side-tracked. I couldn't help notice. Just my humble opinion.
Z'
slightly overdone?!
I fully understand the need for sponsors and advertising partners to maintain such a great place like purists, but I also think this is slightly too much, it distracts from the forum and is simply overwhelming, not in a positive way I mean ;-) If inapprop...
If your remark is 'inappropriate" I "inappropriately" .......
agree with you! :):):) Cheers, Francois
It only
opens now and then so no big harm done case of counter productive marketing IMHO Cheers D
You could write us a very big check too...
...and then maybe the execs of the site would have no need of corporate sponsorship. :-) People from all over come to this place to read the content, but none of the readers pay to play. Cheers, Daos
I have also noticed this trend
And I am with you on this. I do not like it either. As a matter of fact I have started posting less and tend to look towards less commercial fora. Talking about commercialisation, I am often puzzled as well by some types of posts coming from members or mo...
Luckily, the web gives you lots of choice as to where to go for...
...your horological content, so thankfully you don't have to endure PuristSPro and the ads. While I'm not an exec of this site, so can only speak for myself, as a moderator no amount of ad buys from any brand impacts my editorial. If you review my posts o...
Dear Daos, Thanks for clarifying all these points
It very interesting reading your point of view from the engine room. All very valid points and easy for me to oversee from the 'passenger seat'. Besides all these reviews (not the exclusivity of Moderators, mind you) it is the spontaneous sharing of infor...
Agree
Trend very clear, but I guess "no free lunches" in this world. Same happening on Hodinkee and other blogs, first 90pc vintage reports, now 90pc on new watches.
I post a vast majority of the brand press releases you see on PPro
I only do this as a courtesy for our readers. Some may want to see these press releases and some may not. It is my belief that it is better to post the news than not. We are an information source for the watch community aren't we? And receiving all these ...
It's all in all an unblockable ad, although I'd like to think
that advertising doesn't do much for me regardless.
While I personally...
...don't love it, this format of advertising is becoming more commonplace throughout the web. I don't always get this particular view when I log on, but I understand your gripe. Also, the ad will not run like this forever. Thanks for sharing your opinion....
Let's be glad we have a site where companies want to advertise.
The ads you see are votes of confidence that we are (1) thought leaders and (2) qualified prospective buyers. The confidence is well placed, because (in large part due to the effort of unpaid moderators) we have a vibrant and enthusiastic community that i...
its official...you are voted best forum participant of the month :)-
appreciate your understanding of the economics of running a forum, and the balancing act of hosting and contents versus marketing and awareness. best, Horo
Thumbs up from me as well ...
Yes, I have to admit that I dislike aggressive advertising, be it in the bus, the morning paper, tv, or the web. Sometimes, I even discontinued visiting my previously favourite news sites because of the advertising there. However, the ads I really dislike...
Lateral Thinking: "...it tells me the sites are likely to stay around."
mkvc I never thought of it the way you described: "......... it tells me the sites are likely to stay around." After pondering, I believe that is a rational truism and I agree with hororgasm......you are PuristS Thinker of the Month. :-) Regards, MTF
Thanks for thinking holistically.
Nobody loves ads (Although, sometimes I enjoy the more creative or visually interesting ones.), but the reality is that everything costs money. Having a proprietary platform instead of using the more common vBulletin forum/chat system requires development...
Some comments ...
Thanks for your comments, Henrik. Posts with reflections on the functionality or appearance of PuristS would never be deleted if they are presented in a reasonable and constructive way, as you have done. And it gives us the opportunity to comment, as many...
Would you rather pay a yearly subscription fee to read posts on PPro?
Or do you want it to remain free to read? If it's the latter which it most likely is, then this is why we have banner ads running on the site. Running and maintaining this site is not free. Cheers, Anthony PS. With the current Hublot ads running now, you ...
Another source of income
Will PPro charge a fee on the successful seller at the Collectors Market for providing facility of trading ground? Regards Ling
It's going to be very difficult to enforce this
You have to make the buyer complete the entire process by clicking on the listing that he's purchased the watch, and many buyers want to stay anonymous. Then you run into the problem of sellers telling the buyer to not do this so they don't have to pay th...