S: GAM Mistake

[ski]

Just a notice to any and all forum members:

I have contacted GAM about their decision to move this thread from the Deals forum to the Spam forum. This deal CLEARLY does not have any referral information in it. It is simply a link to FatWallet, and even the link given on that forum is non-referral.

I also do not see the need to change this poster's rank to "deck swabber" as they did nothing to violate forum rules. If they had a problem with my post that gave an OPTIONAL link to help Maarchk out, and it was clearly labeled as the MLM forum, they could have deleted my post, no hard feelings. Do not take away someone's deal just because of that. I have a feeling they immediately saw "infone" and went to town after that.

I request that all Moderators re-read the Deals Forum Rules.

Should they have moved this deal to the spam forum?

[Jenny]

I request that all Moderators re-read the Deals Forum Rules.

You make it sound like there are a bunch of them... Afaik, aside from the admin (Apex & Leon) who move & delete things occasionally, there is only one GAM...

Talk about being on your high horse with that one...

[Merlin]

Okay I gotta ask, who is Afaik?

[Cubsfan]

Okay I gotta ask, who is Afaik?

I believe that stands for "As far as I Know"

[Merlin]

Cool.

[IrishSS]

You make it sound like there are a bunch of them... Afaik, aside from the admin (Apex & Leon) who move & delete things occasionally, there is only one GAM...

Talk about being on your high horse with that one...

Maybe its time for you to stop being on your high horse... I know I'm not the only one growing tired of you throwing around your coupon-wielding powers as if you are the all knowing authority around here.

And stop acting stupid... a lot of us around here know more than you think we do...

[ray]

And stop acting stupid... a lot of us around here know more than you think we do...

Hahahahahahaha. Sorry, had to laugh at that comment.

Where's the love people? Everyone makes mistakes, even the GAMs! After all, we're only human...or are we...

[Jenny]

Maybe its time for you to stop being on your high horse... I know I'm not the only one growing tired of you throwing around your coupon-wielding powers as if you are the all knowing authority around here.

And stop acting stupid... a lot of us around here know more than you think we do...

Scuse me? When have I acted like I'm the all knowing authority?

And when did I act stupid? Or say that you or anyone didn't know ****? So I told ski that as far as I know, there is really only one GAM... So?

What an ass you are being, geez...

[ski]

You make it sound like there are a bunch of them... Afaik, aside from the admin (Apex & Leon) who move & delete things occasionally, there is only one GAM...

Talk about being on your high horse with that one...

Me on MY high horse? Excuse me, I don't want any trouble ma'am, but I believe I handled it in a more professional way than most people carry themselves around here. I think I missed the part where I gloated.

Whoever decided to move that post is on HIS or HER high horse. Not following forum guidelines and giving the new member a negative custom rank. I'm still waiting to understand what was wrong with the original post he or she made.

It is perfectly fine to make mistakes as long as you correct them.

If it was not a mistake, please explain why it violated forum guidelines to post a non-referral link as a deal.

[Cubsfan]

I'm still waiting to understand what was wrong with the original post he or she made.

My guess is that it wasn't the original post, but that you replied with what was basically a referral link. (I have no opinion on this, just pointing that out...)

[ski]

Well, I posted a link within the forum, also stating it was optional and it was clearly labeled as going to the MLM forum. I can understand removing the link to the inter-board forum, but the only beef I have is removing someone else's deal.

Another thing to understand is that I have nothing to gain by protesting this... I am doing it to help the original poster of the deal. That's part of the deal community. So not to beat a dead horse but I am the least of people who should be thought of as on a high horse.

[IrishSS]

Scuse me? When have I acted like I'm the all knowing authority?

And when did I act stupid? Or say that you or anyone didn't know ****? So I told ski that as far as I know, there is really only one GAM... So?

What an ass you are being, geez...

I really don't think you want to get into this argument, but I'll throw a couple of examples out there.

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...638#post725638

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...780#post720780

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...668#post720668

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...317#post714317


Not to forget the hundreds of "this belongs in the "" forum", "your picture is too big", "your signature is too big", blah blah blah. More often that not you try and act like a moderator from within your own account.

[LegendKiller]

Hey guys, just relax. GAM might have had a perfectly good reason for doing it. There is NO need to jump on Jenny.


LK

I really don't think you want to get into this argument, but I'll throw a couple of examples out there.

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...638#post725638

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...780#post720780

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...668#post720668

http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...317#post714317


Not to forget the hundreds of "this belongs in the "" forum", "your picture is too big", "your signature is too big", blah blah blah. More often that not you try and act like a moderator from within your own account.

Look guy, Jenny is a well respected member of the G|A community and she WORKS for this website. She used to do some admin stuff but got tired of people like you throwing down their dick every time they felt wronged.

She tries to remind people that doing stuff IS wrong, getting asked by her is a LOT better than getting asked by GAM.

Now, you can stop this crap and knock it off, or the GAM WILL smack you down.

[IrishSS]

Hey guys, just relax. GAM might have had a perfectly good reason for doing it. There is NO need to jump on Jenny.


LK

I could care less about what GAM did... I'm tired of Jenny's holier-than-thou attitude that goes unchecked.

Look guy, Jenny is a well respected member of the G|A community and she WORKS for this website. She used to do some admin stuff but got tired of people like you throwing down their dick every time they felt wronged.

She tries to remind people that doing stuff IS wrong, getting asked by her is a LOT better than getting asked by GAM.

Now, you can stop this crap and knock it off, or the GAM WILL smack you down.

Bring it. And least you forget, I worked my ass off for this site before as well. So don't give me that line.

[LegendKiller]

I could care less about what GAM did... I'm tired of Jenny's holier-than-thou attitude that goes unchecked.

Bring it. And least you forget, I worked my ass off for this site before as well. So don't give me that line.

Again, all she's doing is trying to keep people in line, thats all. Now you are attacking me? For what? For defending a person who doesn't do much to anybody except try to maintain some order when GAM can't see everything?

I don't even know who you are, perhaps you were before my time, I have no clue, but there's no need to get so pissy.

LK

[IrishSS]

Again, all she's doing is trying to keep people in line, thats all. Now you are attacking me? For what? For defending a person who doesn't do much to anybody except try to maintain some order when GAM can't see everything?

I don't even know who you are, perhaps you were before my time, I have no clue, but there's no need to get so pissy.

LK

So if you don't know me, don't presume to do so or threaten me. I've respected many of your arguments around here but you're stooping down to Jenny's level by threatening to have GAM "smack me down."

[ski]

This isn't about Jenny or who GAM is or how many GAM's there are

If you want to read about the history of GAM in speculation, go here
http://www.gotapex.com/forums/search.php?searchid=80404

If you want to discuss, only discuss about the reasons for which the thread was deemed "Spam, MLM, or Referrals"

[nickel]

my 5 cents:

ski, i think it's pretty clear that Cachygirl came from FatWallet and is promoting that site. she could have posted the deal here w/o linking us to FW to find it.

truth be known, that was the first kinda post i put up on Got/Apex myself. i came here and promoted another hot deal site in a roundabout way.
my post was promptly put in the spam bucket forum.

Jen girl, your reply to ski was a bit condescending. i know it's hard to have authority and not admit to it every now and then, but how was he supposed to know there is only one GAM? i thought there was a herd of them too.

[ski]

nickel, that makes sense...

it's just Tim doesn't need people to advertise for his site... FatWallet has been making unbelievable amounts of money and progress as it is. They hired a graphics design firm to help create first, the revamped logo, and next, the revamped whole website. That's much bigger than this site, NOT to say it makes it better, just that they don't need to send peons out to advertise on other forums for their forums, not even the website. I could definitely see this as a problem if someone new showed up and was like "check out my new deals site, go here THEN click here to get the deal"

Oh well... moving onto bigger and better things!

[nickel]

most sites of substance have a "no promoting rule" no matter whether or not the offending site needs the advert or not.

i guess if Cachygrl had more than 2 posts it wouldn't seem like that was what she was doing?
i dunno, i guess she didn't deserve the label. that seemed Anandtech-like.

[ski]

i dunno, i guess she didn't deserve the label. that seemed Anandtech-like.

What's next? G|A?Banned

Anyway, I realize that FatWallet gets credit if anyone in the forum links to popular stores like Amazon, Buy, etc., but I'm pretty sure there wasn't any referral info for infone. It's not that big of a company.

Bah well, like I said, I was just mad they weren't clear on why she deserved the negative title and why exactly they moved it.

[LPMiller]

She used to do some admin stuff but got tired of people like you throwing down their dick every time they felt wronged.

I tried to throw my dick down, but as it already was touching the ground, it kind of blew the moment.

[LegendKiller]

So if you don't know me, don't presume to do so or threaten me. I've respected many of your arguments around here but you're stooping down to Jenny's level by threatening to have GAM "smack me down."

Look man, I could care less who/what you are/were/am/is. If your not Apex, Darth, LP, or Jenny you don't hold too much weight with me. Furthermore, I didn't threaten you with anything, I merely said that you should stop else GAM smack you down. This wasn't implying I had PM'd or IM'd GAM, this was stating that GAM had a reason for doing what he/she did and thats that.

If you want to be a prick, then go ahead, I could care less.

[attgig]

I tried to throw my dick down, but as it already was touching the ground, it kind of blew the moment.

[Merlin]

I tried to throw my dick down, but as it already was touching the ground, it kind of blew the moment.

Be careful. With talk like that Nickel might take a real liking to ya.

[nickel]

Be careful. With talk like that Nickel might take a real liking to ya.

well of course, that's why i like you

[Jenny]

Me on MY high horse? Excuse me, I don't want any trouble ma'am, but I believe I handled it in a more professional way than most people carry themselves around here. I think I missed the part where I gloated.

Whoever decided to move that post is on HIS or HER high horse. Not following forum guidelines and giving the new member a negative custom rank. I'm still waiting to understand what was wrong with the original post he or she made.

It is perfectly fine to make mistakes as long as you correct them.

If it was not a mistake, please explain why it violated forum guidelines to post a non-referral link as a deal.

I probably overreacted. I get pissed off when people bitch about decisions that GAM or Apex or Leon, etc make. I should have stated my feelings differently. Next time, the proper thing to do would be to send a pm to GAM (or whoever) instead of posting **** about it. When it's the admin of the site, that is the right thing to do, imo. I apologize for sounding bitchy about it, but like I said, that's one thing that pushes my buttons on here more than anything.

As for the other ****, I think other people said what I would have.

[gear02]

ok...now that that is resolved...on to more important stuff:

how exactly do you throw your dick down? doesn't it, like, bounce back up?

[DarkFury]

I tried to throw my dick down, but as it already was touching the ground, it kind of blew the moment.

Git off your belly mang.... that's embarassing to say the least.

[Maarchk]

Git off your belly mang.... that's embarassing to say the least.

Hehe sorry. That was pretty good. Although the milk on my screen was not so attractive.