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Well HaRRo as OLDENSTYLEHATS new agent/manger I get 40% of everything you pay him, k.

Not really though, but congrats OLDENSTYLEHATS. Your job will not be easy but with great power comes great responsibility. :D
 
Damn it's already been a fantastic day, but this put a bigger smile on my face. Fine choice... congrats OSH!
 
That's great, good to hear it. Now OLDENSTYLEHATS stand up and say a few words for yourself. Who would you to thank for such an accomplished position; mother, father, kids, BHW members? :D:D
 
I sincerely appreciate all of the kind words. Over the last year, I have had the pleasure of spending a lot of time speaking and working with some pretty amazing people at BHW. I won't name names, as I would surely forget some, but there are quite a few people I've met through BHW who I would now consider close, personal friends and whose intelligence, creativity, and business prowess is an inspiring testament to the genuine power of "outside-of-the-box" thinking.

Last September, I wrote a blog post on our blog that is truer today than it was when it was originally written. Rather than rehashing the idea, I'll just post an excerpt here:
For every fresh-faced college graduate who gets hired at Google to fight spam, new SEO techniques, or any other number of "nefarious" activities, there are hundreds of equally talented young engineers, computer scientists, and enthusiasts who are struggling in an increasingly competitive, modern economy. Many of these individuals find themselves at a critical juncture. They must decide to either take an often low-paying, unsatisfying job in any number of industries or find elegant ways to support their lifestyles. Luckily for the black hat community, many of these individuals are choosing the latter.

To be a black hat is to be more than an exploiter of computers systems; it is to be an explorer of the unknown. It is to follow the foot steps of previous explorers and to allow one's own personal imagination and intuition to guide them passed the comfort zones of most inhabitants of this dynamic organism we call the internet. Most importantly, it is to have an understanding and a connection to how it is changing in a way that most people will never be cognizant of.

To say that black hat SEO is waning is to say that the potential for the thrill of financial freedom is coming to end, for what the black hat represents is the most key component of any functional capitalist society, market change. Black hats are some of the most integral agents of change that exist in this marketplace and without them the stagnant conditions that have forced many to the Internet in the first place could just as easily arrive here.

Is black hat SEO waning? We don?t think so, but if a time ever comes that these key members of the Internet community do begin to disappear, we fear that it will mark not the beginning of a Golden Age, but rather the beginning of the spirit of capitalism online resigning.
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While it may sound ridiculous, I truly believe that what we're doing here at BHW is pushing the envelope of conventional marketing thought. If nothing else, by even existing, BHW shows that geographically disparate, micro-businesses can interact and operate in a mostly self-policing manner without needing the approval of more conventional business models. Just as much as we black hatters push markets, we are creating them too.

I'm absolutely honored to be given the opportunity to help tend a garden that I care for very much. Thanks again.

(Also, I've given out all the "Thanks" thanks that I can on the 1st page... just so no one feels slighted. :) )
 
Great Promotion... Most trustful and supportive as his products.
 
Way to go ! Congratulations Man, and any other hoopla we can come up with.

(passes the bong...)
 
Congratulations OSH, well deserved and appreciated in this community.
-O
 
Congratulation Oldenstylehats, that post was beautifully written and i dont think that anyone could have described what blackhat is about better than you.
 
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