I am willing to bet that someone, somewhere, started this forum on their own. To express, and share their knowledge of rocketry. To invite people that knows more than them to contribute, for many more people that want to learn more to join and learn. At which point did it become a non-profit organization? Of a group of people from around the world to share their rocket knowledge? The first post of someone wanting to vent about SOMETHING? And it went from there? A book of rules? Then it becomes a set of rules? Then becomes a neccessary punishment for breaking those rules?
Isn't that up to each individual to decide rather to post upon that statement as they see fit as a FREE FORUM?
Everyone has an opinion, and that is the just of things. The way it will always be. Sticks, stones, speers, etc. People have been fighting over one thing or another since there have been people. It's part of our society.
At which point in time did Advertisements become neccessary to keep this forum alive? And why, or whom made that choice?
Your adds that is seen on this forum is based on you own browsing history. This I know to be true through my own experience.
If you have a young one using the same computer system as you to view this forum, delete your browsing history and cookies before logging off.
This is each individuals responsability.
Personally, I see no reason that a self contained forum like this needs adds unless someone has gone through business college and has discovered that they can get rich quick through it, that would even take part in it, or have anything to do with it. And probably has nothing to do with rocketry.
And as an Admin has stated, he is not making any money off this site as an Admin.
Then whom is?
We, the rocketeers, need to own, Police, and administrate punishment as a group. No ONE person should be able to nay say he is banned. Afterall, we are all human and Earhlings. A bad day for someone being an Admin, could also be a bad day for a poster. We vent. This we know to be true in all of us. I am more guilty of this than many others on here.
I do not pay for Dish or Cable TV. Why? I refuse to pay for advertising. If I want something, I will go looking for it on the Internet.
I use Netflex and other more less expensive ways of wathing TV.
I would rather pay $10 a year to pay the fees and the Admins for their contributions than for unwantted adds.
The reasons for adds is simple, someone gets paid.
Is it us? NO, but someone does.
Is it the people whom keep this forum alive?
Possibly, but from this thread if they don't like the feedback given from a highly respected and liked member from their add.
Is that something as a rocket community we will accept?
What choice do we have once a corperation has their hand in things. Leave?
Then where do we go?
Someone starts another forum, builds it up on his or hers own money, becomes highly reliable and visited.
Then what? A corperation decides they can make money off it due to adds and buys the individual out?
With an absolute un-refusable offer?
We are We.
Each is Each.
Corperation Domination doesn't have to take place if we all pull together and resist.
I love, and admire many individuals here on the forum for the inlightenment they give me to many future possibillities, even though I'm not financially able to move on them. But I'd rather not see ANY ADDS at all.
This forum can be run by the same Admins that say they receive nothing for doing so just as easy without adds.
Only rockety related adds should be allowed, since the rules pertain only to that.
If other adds are allowed pertaining to non-rocketry related items, then the forum is breaking it's own rules and they do so volentarely for profit.
This IS a non-profit forum for the benefit of all around the world for rocketry purposes.
When you come here, you are here because you are interested in rocketry, not your browsing history.
This forum was started on a bases of trust and unity, and has turned into a corperate nightmare of adds and fascism.
All due to the greed of making a profit from each of us interested in talking about, learning about, sharing our knowledge of rocketry.
And that is just WRONG!
Thirsty is a wonderful person, and in no way has deserved any punishment for commenting on such adds published by this forum for his browsing history!
Those that thinks so, is profiteering, and needs to be tared and feathered and put to same in the their town square.
If the corperation that makes money off the adds that each individual's browsing history is based upon, but is yet subject to harsh circumstances for those adds and the comment there of, is a proof that the reliablity of the owners of this forum is just as corrupt as our government. The US government.
Put this forum back into the hands of us all, not a corrupted corperations rule that demands adds and the staisfaction for those adds based upon browsing history of non-rocket related browsing history!
