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[noreasterbackcountry]

And apparently you have no interest in discussion over the difference between acceptable and unacceptable posts, just finding an opportunity to fling insults and repeat the same personal attacks that you already made on the other board.

[AdironRider]

Again, you and GD need to look in the mirror.

YOu have a grand total of like 225 total posts across all three boards. When called on your BS, you complain about how people just need to understand your just trying to have a discussion. If you really cared about that, you would have been having discussion for years. You havent, and have proven that isnt your intent otherwise.

Call it insults if you want, but you keep toeing the line about the issue across several media forms. YOu think getting the same reaction all across the internet is everyone elses fault?

[Cannonball]

wait...did I just I log into TGR by accident?

[snoseek]

There's a fine line between giving and taking in online communities.

Your soul purpose of joining any of these communities is simply to take in the form of creating blog traffic. That doesn't sit well with a lot of people as you can see.

As much as you want to defend yourself for these actions the fact of the matter is the majority (by far) of the people don't agree with your actions. Could everyone else be out of touch and you correct? Answer:no. The sooner you realize this and the sooner you change your methods the better IMO.

Lot's of people post blogs AND provide constant stoke directly to the board and noone cares about that. Lots of people get involved in these communities to exchange thoughts and ideas within. When people with low post counts start showing up and directly linking to whatever it is SPAM imo, no way around it....it's self serving. Do what you want but don't expect to not be called out. This is how it works dude and of those three boards consider this one to be the most forgiving easily.

That's all I got, I should probably go out and ski the three inches of dust on crust last night. Man I'm jealous of you east coasters right now....doesn't happen too often if February

[Kerovick]

Back on topic

http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travel...opes-1B8271014

[Nick]

I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like he is trying to profit from his posts. If it's against AZ rules to promote other blogs/forums that's a different story. I really appreciate the posts. Helps me check out new lines, conditions, etc.

Not to open a can of worms here but here's my .02 on the thing. I have zero issue with promoting your own blogs....we have a lot of bloggers here .... skiing in maine, harvey road, snowway, etc etc etc. They are awesome sites with really compelling enjoyable content that is fun to read. NEBK makes some great posts too (IMO) and there is no doubt the blog content is certainly compelling to the AZ crowd.

That said, I also draw a line.... most posters on this site with their own blogs also are active members on AZ, a real part of the community. It does appear in the past that NEBK and Gerred Dunne both jump in here, make a post with three sentances and a link, and bail. Inside info; I have talked with NEBK about this before, and he agreed to participate more actively on the forum, and in fact I have seen some more representation from him.

I think the more info and stuff we have to discuss, the better; but I also don't want AZ to become a link directory to skiing blogs. That's why there is some reciprocity expected. It's courteous (IMO).

"a rising tide lifts all boats" I think applies to the ski blog / forum / internet community.

[gereddunne]

fair enough, and thanks for the reasonable reply Nick.

look, it's a lot of work to put those stories together. i don't have much time for floating around the forums on top of that, and then you've got guys like kingdomtele just making everyone feel real good to be a part of the AZ community. if you've got any real problem it's that your membership is edging closer and closer to tgr, and you're spending your time writing friendly reminders to people who are creating positive content for you and your readership. i mean, look at the recent jay post. one ahole and 4 overwhelmingly positive responses. no one thought twice about having to go off-site to read for a moment. and they didn't leave a comment on our blog. they left it on your forum, as intended.

you better watch out though. that one aholee is going to pollute and ruin a brand you've been building for a long time now. it won't be the spamming bloggers who kill forums for good. it will be letting one or two people suck all the air good vibes out of your virtual community.

frankly, this it's just not my thing. i think what we produce is good content, and I always try to leave a conversation starter back on the forum so people can go at it there. if that's not enough I'll lay off it. i enjoy the skiing, and the writing. the insulting hooligan insider ski culture, that's the real problem and it's your problem now.

[BeefyBoy50]

Not to open a can of worms here but here's my .02 on the thing. I have zero issue with promoting your own blogs....we have a lot of bloggers here .... skiing in maine, harvey road, snowway, etc etc etc. They are awesome sites with really compelling enjoyable content that is fun to read. NEBK makes some great posts too (IMO) and there is no doubt the blog content is certainly compelling to the AZ crowd.

That said, I also draw a line.... most posters on this site with their own blogs also are active members on AZ, a real part of the community. It does appear in the past that NEBK and Gerred Dunne both jump in here, make a post with three sentances and a link, and bail. Inside info; I have talked with NEBK about this before, and he agreed to participate more actively on the forum, and in fact I have seen some more representation from him.

I think the more info and stuff we have to discuss, the better; but I also don't want AZ to become a link directory to skiing blogs. That's why there is some reciprocity expected. It's courteous (IMO).

"a rising tide lifts all boats" I think applies to the ski blog / forum / internet community.

+1 I like how you handled that.
In essence a lot more than just blogs can be considered self promoting- a youtube video posted on here will draw more viewers than if it wasn't posted on here. But having looked around at postings on other forums by NEBC and GD it seems there have been times that they have certainly gone over the line with the links and such.

[kingdom-tele]

fair enough, and thanks for the reasonable reply Nick.

look, it's a lot of work to put those stories together. i don't have much time for floating around the forums on top of that, and then you've got guys like kingdomtele just making everyone feel real good to be a part of the AZ community. if you've got any real problem it's that your membership is edging closer and closer to tgr, and you're spending your time writing friendly reminders to people who are creating positive content for you and your readership. i mean, look at the recent jay post. one ahole and 4 overwhelmingly positive responses. no one thought twice about having to go off-site to read for a moment. and they didn't leave a comment on our blog. they left it on your forum, as intended.

you better watch out though. that one aholee is going to pollute and ruin a brand you've been building for a long time now. it won't be the spamming bloggers who kill forums for good. it will be letting one or two people suck all the air good vibes out of your virtual community.

frankly, this it's just not my thing. i think what we produce is good content, and I always try to leave a conversation starter back on the forum so people can go at it there. if that's not enough I'll lay off it. i enjoy the skiing, and the writing. the insulting hooligan insider ski culture, that's the real problem and it's your problem now.

I deleted the post. My issue with you didn't need to be read by anyone in retrospect and I should have kept it to myself. you think I'm an asshole, no worries, I'll take it as a compliment coming from someone who appears to have their head shoved up their own ass. congrats on first tracks ger, your really sticking it to the NE ski community with your incredible effort, good luck down in black falls

feel free to ban me AZ mods

[Nick]

fair enough, and thanks for the reasonable reply Nick.

look, it's a lot of work to put those stories together. i don't have much time for floating around the forums on top of that, and then you've got guys like kingdomtele just making everyone feel real good to be a part of the AZ community. if you've got any real problem it's that your membership is edging closer and closer to tgr, and you're spending your time writing friendly reminders to people who are creating positive content for you and your readership. i mean, look at the recent jay post. one ahole and 4 overwhelmingly positive responses. no one thought twice about having to go off-site to read for a moment. and they didn't leave a comment on our blog. they left it on your forum, as intended.

you better watch out though. that one aholee is going to pollute and ruin a brand you've been building for a long time now. it won't be the spamming bloggers who kill forums for good. it will be letting one or two people suck all the air good vibes out of your virtual community.

frankly, this it's just not my thing. i think what we produce is good content, and I always try to leave a conversation starter back on the forum so people can go at it there. if that's not enough I'll lay off it. i enjoy the skiing, and the writing. the insulting hooligan insider ski culture, that's the real problem and it's your problem now.

I've sent you a PM for further discussion. No need to cover it here.