What's With All The Golf Course Posts

[Pilotman]

Why all of a sudden is the forum filled with golf course posts?  It's insensibly boring for the sensible ones among us, who support Churchill's view that golf is just a way of spoiling a nice walk.  

Edited February 16, 2021 by Pilotman

[Sujo]

I do like golf but yes, it is annoying and smells of blatant advertizing.

[scammed]

its ads, a way of income

[CharlieH]

Actually Mark Twain !

 

This belongs in forum support

 

MOVED 

[Susco]

16 minutes ago, Sujo said:

I do like golf but yes, it is annoying and smells of blatant advertizing.

 

Well, since this forum is free to join and read, the owners can do as much advertising as they want.

 

On the other hand, I agree with you, and it looks all a bit like desperation, and is driving their users away, and advertisers and users are connected in a vicious circle

[scubascuba3]

9 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Why all of a sudden is the forum filled with golf course posts?  It's insensibly boring for the sensible ones among us, who support Churchill's view that golf is just a way of spoiling a nice walk.  

For some people golf is just too difficult so they don't enjoy it. The ads do get ridiculous on here

Edited February 16, 2021 by scubascuba3

[mr mr]

if you are not paying for the product...you're the product. 

[Thailand]

10 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Actually Mark Twain !

 

This belongs in forum support

 

MOVED 

Actually Samuel Langhorne Clemens. ????

[PatOngo]

I want badminton stories and advertising!

[1FinickyOne]

It seems to me that you have to actively click on those "links" - not so difficult to avoid, is it? 

[norfolkandchance]

1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

I want badminton stories and advertising!

Nah. Netball.

[ubonjoe]

16 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Why all of a sudden is the forum filled with golf course posts? 

That was when several new topics were posted late yesterday that were posted in one of the forums under the Golfing in Thailand heading. 

Have you seen any today.

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[Salerno]

6 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

It seems to me that you have to actively click on those "links" - not so difficult to avoid, is it? 

 

Pretty sure the point is that for those (including myself) that browse the site via the "new content list" end up with almost half a page of ads/spam links until such time is they sink into the depths of oblivion - that is the annoying part which would be negated by spreading out the posts over the week rather than the regular mass post dumps.

Edited February 17, 2021 by Salerno

[Pilotman]

2 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

That was when several new topics were posted late yesterday that were posted in one of the forums under the Golfing in Thailand heading. 

Have you seen any today.

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not today

[lopburi3]

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

in one of the forums under the Golfing in Thailand heading. 

Indeed and probably why my mouse scroll hates me.  There are way, way too many forums - but we seem to be making more.  It has become almost impossible to find specific forums as by the time you get to them you have forgotten why you even wanted to go there.  

[1FinickyOne]

3 hours ago, Salerno said:

browse the site via the "new content list" end up with almost half a page of ads/spam links

ok - I get that too, but mine is not about golf... usually a hotel advert... 

[Salerno]

3 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

ok - I get that too, but mine is not about golf... usually a hotel advert... 

 

I don't have that problem fortunately. Just spam posts that show up in the list with no way around it (ignoring a poster doesn't remove the posting from the lust so no point even trying that).