Competition?

I can see their rationale. I am assuming that BB gets money for how many times the ads are clicked, or viewed for that matter, so if BB looses members, they would also lose money.

On a side note, Dale, I would say the great thing about the BB in contrast to (unnamed board) is that there is a much more laid back manner in posting, less formal. On the (unnamed board) it is like people are writing essays in response to questions, perfecting grammar, editing, rough drafts, the whole deal.

Or they are just smarter than us! :laugh:

 

I guess that explains why it's okay to spread the ME works-based gospel heresy on the board.

Money talk$. Nobody walk$.

 

This isn't a ME thread nPetreley, though if you are a Christian and going to obsess about any one doctrine, you've picked a good one.

 

I recently joined a "Christian Forum" that I wish I had never signed up.
the members are the most rude and arogant bunch of people who claim to be christians I ever had the displeasure of comunicating withwith the exception of a few.
plus if the moderators disagreed with what you wrote they would delete your post.:tonofbricks:

this Forum has a much friendlier group of people.

OH and I forgot to mention you get bombarded with popup spam every time you visited or posted to a thread. that place is ridiculus

 

I went to the "Posting Rules", and the only one I could find about advertising was this:

7. No solicitation or advertising of any kind. Our message boards are for discussions, not to sell goods or services. If you would like to advertise, please contact us for an advertising package. ​

In my opinion, if someone mentions or provides a link to another Christian board or mailing-list (whether it be the Puritan Board, GenevaNet, or whatever) they are in no way "selling goods or services". Of course, if someone were to post a message saying something such as: "Leave the Baptist Board and join Board X instead" that is a different matter.

 

This is a privately owned board. The mods and administrators are obligated to follow the owner's wishes. If the owner doesn't want links to other boards then they will be deleted. Simple as that.

If one doesn't like that, one doesn't have to post here. We are all here because the owner chooses to provide for the needs of the board. We have no right to anything here, even posting.

Be glad Bro. Andrew allows what he allows.

 

I have no argument with that. Clearly if this board is someone's private property, it is as you say up to him what he allows/disallows. That said, we as members need to know what is acceptable and what is not if we wish to keep within the owner's guidelines. If it's not on the Posting Rules, how are we to know?

 

Well, seems like it used to be on the posting rules. I've been here a long time and don't ever recall this being allowed.

 

Posting a link to another Board has never been allowed in my time here. It falls under the "No Advertising" rule, I think.

 

In that case, might I suggest that the wording of Posting Rule 7 needs changing, to make it clear that it does not only cover advertising by the producer or service provider? At present the rule says:

7. No solicitation or advertising of any kind. Our message boards are for discussions, not to sell goods or services. If you would like to advertise, please contact us for an advertising package. ​

If it really is meant to include the posting of links purely for information (not selling anything) perhaps it should say something like:

7. No solicitation or advertising of any kind. Our message boards are for discussions, not to sell goods or services. This rule also prohibits the posting of links to other sites. If you would like to advertise, please contact us for an advertising package. ​

But of course, as I implied before, if this Board is someone's private property, it is up to him.

 

Well I posted a link to my forum in my first thread, but I'm desperate. I just want to borrow some folks until the storm passes.