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05-31-2006, 09:54 PM
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The Banner Ad Criticism Thread that got deleted but now is resurrected
Current ownership has turned a blind eye to MANY conversations herein where people inquired about submitting their writings for free.
If writers were interested in submitting their work for review, expecting no more payment than the good exposure that being published here would bring, then money is no longer the problem. True, hosting and maintaining this site incurs some costs, and I have no problem with you getting your advertising dollars where you can. But calling this a literary site when there isn't even a mechanism in place for people to submit their written offerings - not even one listing of an email address - is a farce.
By the way, you have lots of pretty banners rotating through here. I would think they generate enough revenue to pay for one new piece a month, at least. Unless you're getting paid on a click-through basis. Then I could see you having a problem. I myself haven't clicked on a banner since February ... when I realized you weren't supporting the literary side of this site.
But, hey, cheer up! These are some lovely gothic chat rooms you're hosting! 
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05-31-2006, 10:01 PM
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uhm... it was never deleted.
Also, the site is currently closed to submissions. This is not a secret.
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05-31-2006, 10:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Oh, so there weren't a bunch of people whining about how ungoth the AFI banner is?
Well,okay ... guess I need to figure out who's been spiking my tea.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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05-31-2006, 10:17 PM
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Benny, it's right below this one, sweety.
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05-31-2006, 10:20 PM
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Okay, hun ... thank you. I'm not the only one who thought that, though. Guess I ought to copy my first remark here to there, then this duplicate thread can be deleted.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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05-31-2006, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by WolfMoon
Benny, it's right below this one, sweety.
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Why can't I find it?
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"It's strange to see how much people have changed through the years. Just for fun, see if you can find the point where we all turned bitter."
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05-31-2006, 10:26 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Yeah, that's what I'm wondering.
Wolfie, am I going mental. I move up one level to the "Whining" index,
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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05-31-2006, 10:26 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Or, try this one... why can't I bring up any of horrorgirl's posts when I search for her by username? All that turns up in keywords of her username are quotes of her in other people's posts, but none of her posts [that were quoted] show up in those threads. It's like regular members can't view anything she's ever posted, including the thread mentioned by Ben.
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05-31-2006, 10:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Yeah, that's what I'm wondering.
Wolfie, am I going mental. I move up one level to the "Whining" index, and the thread I see below this one is "Get over your appearance".
Is that what you see?
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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05-31-2006, 10:35 PM
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That's what I see Ben.
Manson.etc - I hadn't realised that thing with horrorgirl... has her account been deleted?
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05-31-2006, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by mansongothicmadonnababy14
Or, try this one... why can't I bring up any of horrorgirl's posts when I search for her by username? All that turns up in keywords of her username are quotes of her in other people's posts, but none of her posts [that were quoted] show up in those threads. It's like regular members can't view anything she's ever posted, including the thread mentioned by Ben.
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Heh! Nice handle there, pal! Funny stuff.
Hum, well, Ihave a thought. According to the Admin's reply to my first post in this thread, the other non-exiistant thread was never deleted. What are the chances that a member who was protesting too loudly in that thread that never existed might have been banned? But I'm sure that didn't happen either.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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05-31-2006, 10:43 PM
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So, let me see if I've got the picture correct. Is it possible you can be a troll and run around here spouting hate speech and hurtful rhetoric all day without interference from ownership, but criticize managements advertising choices too loudly and you're outta here in five minutes? Is that right?
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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05-31-2006, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger
What are the chances that a member who was protesting too loudly in that thread that never existed might have been banned?
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I don't get it. TStone's posts are still there...
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05-31-2006, 11:00 PM
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This is messed up. That thread is gone and so is horrorgirl. What the hell? Can't people express their opinions on this forum?
I don't like the banner either. Going to ban me too?
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With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
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05-31-2006, 11:01 PM
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I am gonna miss Horrorgirl. Much.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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05-31-2006, 11:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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HorrorGirl is not banned. The thread is not gone. TStone's posts are still there. Trolls posting inappropriate messages are dealt with as best as the ownership and it's various moderators can keep up with them.
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05-31-2006, 11:25 PM
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Well, it wasnt there 10 minutes ago. Good to see it back..
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And thus I clothe my naked villainy
With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ;
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
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05-31-2006, 11:26 PM
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What Moderators? God I hope you have more then just Wolfie... The trolls and bots are getting fucking ridiculous.
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Your blatant disregard and lack of respect for the members here pisses me off. You think that just because Sanctus likes you for some reason(?) , that you can act like a bastard and get absolutely no comeuppance? Fuck you dickwad!
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06-01-2006, 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Gothic.net
HorrorGirl is not banned. The thread is not gone. TStone's posts are still there. Trolls posting inappropriate messages are dealt with as best as the ownership and it's various moderators can keep up with them.
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So I'm considered a troll? That's really interesting. I thought a troll was a person who came in here and posted racist remarks,etc. Evidently I really hit a nerve. Go me! :-)
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06-01-2006, 06:09 AM
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They deleted the thread again!!!!! Oh... you clever, clever scamps!!!!! No wait...it's back again. This is making my head hurt.
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06-01-2006, 06:24 AM
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I see it's back now!
Which means my cleverly thought-out title for this thread is now more ironic than ever!
Schweeeeeeeeeeet! 
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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06-01-2006, 07:09 AM
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I'm really confused as to why the owner of this site got so cranky over complaints about the banner ad... We bitch about plenty of things on this site, and the owners remain silent... Why choose to speak up now over this matter?
As the Gothic.net poster said the banners that are complained about get the most clickthroughs, so surely they should be happy if members start complaining. That means more revenue for the owners, more money to pay submitting writers, better quality site, more advertisers attracted, more revenue...
But I'm sure I'm missing something here, 'cause it doesn't make sense in this purty little head of mine.
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06-01-2006, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by darkangel29
I'll help you Morrigan...
*coughtheyarekeepingthemoneyforthemselvescough*
Sorry, more bullshit was caught in my throat... I knew something stank like shit.
Anyway, that's what it's looking like to me. It's fairly obvious.
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You hit the nail on the head. Indeed.
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06-01-2006, 08:32 AM
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It certainly seems that's the type of person the owners want to attract. They would be more likely to click on the AFI banner...
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06-01-2006, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by darkangel29
So I'm not the only one seeing it... good.
Funny how the corruption flourishes when money is involved huh?
We might as well call this gothicfreaks.com, go into competition with vampirefreaks and call it a day.
Because that is what's happening.
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Since they seem to see this site as a money making venture I really wouldn't be suprised if that happened.
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