The problem with all internet forums.

[nme]

Epic irony OP....

Your talking about a couple of logical fallacies then something that has nothing to do with the internet or forums.

The reason internet forums fail (which was the topic but not what was discussed) is that there is no sense of community.

 

[davids355]

Good post. I agree over all, and most definitely with the point that IM/SEO is about trying and testing rather than just copying what others do or say they do.

 

[matrix79]

TLDR; The only thing that we as humans can do is project our beliefs upon the world, and consider them reality. This becomes a problem for the world if those views are ill-formed.

If John Citizen, a newbie internet marketer, tries to rank a site with 100k blog comments bought on Fiverr, and fails to rank top 3 most instantly, he'll start to believe that SEO 'doesn't work'. By the time he does one or two additional silly things, he'll be absolutely convinced that SEO doesn't work. That wouldn't be a problem if he kept that view to himself - the problem starts when he accrues a few hundred posts on a forum (and therefore, quasi-credibility) and starts replying to other unsuspecting newbies with 'the facts' that SEO doesn't work, OR that PBN's don't work, OR whatever poorly executed half-assed failure he ran in the days before arriving at that conclusion 'doesn't work'.

And then Barry Schwartz will post something like "Black hats desperate" and link to a thread here as a proof!

 

[infoanalysis]

Very well put, it seems half the people who reply have no idea what they may even be suggesting.

 

[NateThehitmaker]

There is some helpful info and good points being made in this thread.These are the type of threads I like to see on BHW.

 

[tony_d]

Epic irony OP....

Your talking about a couple of logical fallacies then something that has nothing to do with the internet or forums.

The reason internet forums fail (which was the topic but not what was discussed) is that there is no sense of community.

Logical fallacies are relevant to every corner of life, including our online activities. The forum (no pun intended) is not relevant.

I suggest that anyone with an average of 1.6 posts/mth over a 6-and-a-half year period couldn't possibly feel a sense of community. That would be like sitting in the dark corner during a party, drinking alone, and saying 'this party sucks'.

I think BHW is a great community - with exactly the same set of people and personalities represented as would be in any other community.

 

[manking]

So what you're saying I shouldn't lie on a forum and bash how experienced I am and actually do things - I don't know man. It seems like hard work