Trolls. Time for a Bitch!
There seems to me to be some general bitchiness, slandering of site owners, and similar nonsense. I left a comment for one such troll, something like: if not a site owner, slander not.
The loss of Paypal as a payment processing tool to the affiliate marketing community, especially in North America, was a heavy blow. A lot of site owners have struggled to make payments to their members, and to upgrade scripts; however, they still have an obligation to their members to ensure sites work properly, are safe to use, and members get paid.
Frustration leads to anger, anger leads to trolls.
I still remember that moment. Checking now my notes, where is it, ah yes here we go:
August 15, 2012: surfed 25 to activate account, checked internal site calendar for upcoming contests.
August 16, 2012: support ticket sent as the click zone images were not matching up with the required image (support ticket reply not recorded).
September 4, 2012: account suspended owing to "wrong image" being clicked too many times; support ticket sent (thankfully, the text of that very angry and frustrated 4-letter vitriol was not recorded, and the few words I do remember I will not mention here!).
May 22, 2013: earlier account with my primary email address had been blocked so used secondary email address to set up new account, unable to use Internet Explorer web browser owing to image problems.
October 9, 2019: surfed site to check click image, used Firefox web browser, click zone working better but taking a lot longer to surf as too hard to compare images.
Please, when you get angry or frustrated because a site is not performing as you had hoped, try a different site, or wait awhile in the hope that the site owner will apply a fix. I wish I had done just that! After all these years, I still have that feeling of frustration with that traffic exchange!
The only reason I persisted using that site is simply because a lot of my online friends surf there. My friends matter more to me than any problems I may be having with a particular site owner. If that means I have to spend more time on that site to be seen with them, then so be it.
Bitch said and done, my life is calling: time for a change of attitude!
We are the champions, no time for losers, 'cause we are...
Ian Ballantine
Wellington, New Zealand
October 10, 2019
I thank you all - But it's been no bed of roses...just the clematis growing on the shed roof!
The anger and hate that remains in that industry is remarkable...
Here's something to consider.
We 'shed' our skin and basically replace ourselves every few years....So technically, we are completely new beings after a few years.
If you are holding onto grudges and hatred after a decade or more....You are essentially trolling someone who doesnt exist anymore...In a weird way of looking at it LOL
How's that for creepy?
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yeah, time to let go was yesterday! I agree Jon, too much angst around and I'm always surprised when I come across that. that's why I use this comment now: if not a site owner, slander not.
people have to understand that owning and managing websites is not easy. site owners also have to understand that they too are not perfect. maybe forgiveness is a virtue we all need to embrace, going forward?
soft hands approach?
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Really great post Ian, and yeah support is very important, it's how you really start to separate from the rest, stay awesome.
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thanks Erik. I wanted to blog about one of those Elephant in the Room topics. Been thinking about trolls for the past few weeks, so by writing I managed to mind-dump that one. I love what you write about too. So, you too keep up the awesomeness, Erik!
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👍😀
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Oh how I remember those days. Not good at all. We are better people. Keep your head held high and keep at it.
Bradley
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Thanks for your comments Bradley. School of Hard Knocks perhaps best describes how we learn. That is why ClickTrackProfit works so well, and fills a major gap. Have an awesome day, Bradley - Ian. :)
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