Would it be unfashionable to say I like Warrior Forum? Not the WSOs, main sections or jabroni gurus, but within certain smaller sections there are a lot of useful threads. I tend to frequent the email marketing, copywriting and offline marketing sections, there are some real marketing brainboxes in the latter two, and the people there scoff at the WSOs as much as people here do.
But on topic, I wasn't around here in the old days so don't know what it used to be like. Maybe its more of a sign that the internet is more tightened up these days, and the days of the wild west internet are over.
I just love it when people that provide no value and contribute jack shit to the community (not even a jr vip donation) begin to bitch about the community
"it's going down hill" "it was better in the old days man" "there is no good shares here anymore"
Yo here's a fucking great idea... Do something about it! and by that I don't mean another whinging thread like this.
Grow up OP.. you're not going to find "super top secret" money making methods in a public forum anymore, those days are gone. But to say there is no value here is ridiculous and insulting for people that take time out to provide value and help people on this forum day in and day out.
Throwing hissyfits at critics isn't exactly making the forum great either. Here's what I suggest OP, your comments may well be valid but identifying a problem is the easier part, solving it needs some thought and experimentation. Do you have any musings to throw in the ring as to what can be done? If your intention was to blow off steam then that's fine and all, we all have our moments to rant, but you've set off something now that could be channeled into a successful conclusion. Sherbert Hoover inadvertently showed that you had been a pretty cool contributor indeed back in the day (I'm sure that wasn't his intention lol) so how about you throw up something in the form of:
1) Ideas
2) Example - The more posts there are like your two that Sherbert Hoover linked, the more others will jump aboard until such things are the very fabric of the place. I know it's a chicken and egg thing - 'why take part if you get nothing back', but it's got to start from somewhere. So if you're wanting a place to be a certain way, it makes sense to take the lead, perhaps in the form of a chain letter exercise: Make a good post, then at the end say something like "If this post helped you, pass on the gesture by making a post based on your own skills too, wherever your skills lie. Keep the thanks button and pay thanks in the form of continuing the chain". The reason why chain letters were so viral back in the day (apart from the superstitious fear of bad luck) is because it feeds into a communal mentality and sense of belonging, but that can be harnessed for good, and as long as there are a few of you to start the wheels off, combined with a quasi-"campaign", it's a very growable motion.
