Your comment about the revenue generated from this option could help retain the security of the $3 monthly bonus is humorous.
Apparently, not so humorous. The Admin concurred my thought in the very next post..."
And lastly... it's true that if this new forum advertising results in substantial additional income for FC, we'd be less inclined to reduce the forum posting bonus in the future. The posting bonus is (obviously) a "loss leader" and like any business we do pay close attention to our expenses. After all, uncle sam gets almost half our profits..." Thank you, Admin!
Clearly you have not produced a Profit and Loss Statement or balanced the budget for a big company like I have. Fusion Cash is in the business of making money just like any other business.
Congrats, happy for ya. No, I never have. But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out a basic concept of profit and loss, either. While FC pays out $3.00 for a forum bonus, they may take in $5.00 from advertising. That's a gain of $2.00. Certainly, FC could also decide to eliminate the $3.00 expense, and gain $5.00 pure profit. $5.00 is certainly better than $2.00. But, I have a different perspective of FC than to think they would do such a thing. Not to say they wouldn't, or couldn't, but there's something to be said about REPUTATION, too! And I think FC has earned theirs to be far better than the average business.
Since when does any business care about the little guy...They are the best on the web (so far) for their members to earn the fastest...Nobody I know pays a $3 bonus for posting in a forum. However, if they take that away, and just leave the "banner' option, then they are catering to a select few that can generate them income, and shaft everybody else. They become nothing more than the greedy corporations hiding their money off shore....not cool. Why couldn't it be either or (a choice) for the members. Unfortunately 99% would vote for the bonus, because most people don't understand a lot how marketing and advertising works.
WOW! I think we see FC from two different points of view, Annella. "Since when...?" Since FC came along. You're right, they "are the best on the web". Whether that be "so far" or not, doesn't negate the point they are the best NOW! I don't see FC as a "greedy corporation", but rather a "generous, unique, mostly one-of-a-kind, stand out from the rest, business."
Okay, so you benefited today...Did it cost you anything? And you say it wasn't something to benefit your website? It has to link into it someway or somehow correct?
Cost? Noper, no money expense whatsoever. I didn't spend anything, I didn't make anything. What I benefited from was learning a new way to operate my business. I'm sure you've heard that "knowledge is power", and this is how I was benefited by Oldbuddy's ideas. Regrettably, I cannot be more specific here on FC, because we are limited in what we can say. And I value my account on FC. So, you'll either have to take my word for it, which I'm inclined to think you won't, or we'll have to just mute the point.
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Now, just a summary of thoughts here. I feel like Jerry Springer. When this topic was initiated by OldBuddy, he had "proposed" doing away with the $3.00 bonus, and...
In it's place, if you have over 30 quality posts you get to have a link in your signature for the rest of that month. 
I later proposed a modification to this proposal that FC gives us the OPTION to use our $3.00 bonus (we have to receive it first to use it - so I was suggesting keeping the $3.00 bonus), and spend it on an advertisement in our Signature, or whatever. In other words, keep both options. Keep the bonus, and allow those of us who wanted to, to use it to "further our cause", so to speak. Those that had no need of such a thing, obviously would just keep their $3.00 bonus. That's the venue I've been speaking from, in case you missed it somewhere among these now 15 pages of text.
The Admin later came along and announced that there was no immediate plans to eliminate the $3.00 bonus, but in the long run, may re-evaluate the amount of that bonus. In the same breath, they also took Oldbuddy's suggestion to heart, and asked what those interested would be willing to pay for advertising. They launched a "beta-test" so to speak on placing a text ad in the forums. This process is still undergoing construction, if you will.
My point being (wait, did I have a point somewhere? hehe), the conversation got started with Either One, or The Other, but later developed to a COMPROMISE point of view. To which, FC/Admin is considering the best options for all involved. I'm happy FC is considering both options. I'm thrilled they are at least coming to the negotiation table, and not being so dogmatic about this particular issue. For that, I applaud FC and the Admin(s) involved! I also applaud Oldbuddy for having the nerve to get the ball rolling on an issue that has been shall we say "taboo" for so long.
Annella, I'm a little lost in your comments. I'm not sure what it is you're against. And I'm hoping maybe you can in a nice sorta way, bottomline it for me. Or maybe I'll just go back and re-read everything again, and see if maybe I missed something within these 15 pages. Are you absolutely against the banner/text ad proposal? I know there's been no precedent for it, and so maybe you'd like to just leave well enough alone. Or maybe because you yourself cannot benefit from the concept, you'd rather nobody else does. Kind of selfish if that's the case - not saying it is. I'm confused, remember? Couldn't we have both things happening simultaneously? A Forum Bonus, and the ability to promote oneself within it? I mean, have you looked at Oldbuddy's signature lately? He's suggesting people hunt him down on Google. Should he be allowed to do that? In a way, he's pointing people to a place that will inevitably get people to his website(s). Yet, there's no immediate link in his signature. How about our NAMES. If you typed mine in Google, U2BMATH, you would find me on the internet too. Should FC limit our FC Forum names to our real first names, to eliminate that possibly? I think not, and I think that would be hard to enforce anyway. We all know how creative people can be.
Anyway, I'm glad the Admin chimed in today to clarify many points. And then here I go rambling again, hehe. Maybe there ought to be a limit to the size of one's post? But then how would you limit the amount of smaller posts? hehe.
Mike
Community Forum
Topic: Suggestion: Take Away the $3 Forum Posting Bonus (Read 21780 times)
November 03, 2009, 04:36:47 pm
