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It says that the sub was saved for TheBuddha, if you don't know. In other words, someone set it up and held onto it for me, and I was invited here - by a number of people, but only one made the sub.

At times, I feel kinda like a spammer - even though I'm pretty sure my content is appreciated and I know some of you click through. (It tells me the referrer - it's right in the header you send to my server.)

You're a bit cliquish and I try to meander out of the guitar sub so that I can interact with the rest of you - but I don't really have time and seldom comment unless I also have time to respond to any replies to my comment. (I consider hit and run forum posting to be pretty much on par with a war crime!)

When I first showed up, I got some (legitimate) questions about why I was here - and that appears to be the end of it. Everyone kinda shrugged and went back to what they were doing and nobody has complained. Which is pretty cool, actually but I've always wondered if I'd have to explain it again.

Currently, I can point to the 'saved for TheBuddha' bit and say, "I was asked to share my content here on Phuks."

But, I still get that icky spammer feeling. I dislike spam as much as anyone else.

My question is, have we moved past that or do I seem like a spammer? I don't actually have any ulterior motives that aren't disclosed.

My ulterior motive is to interest you in spending ungodly hours learning to play a guitar, realize that the greatest factory-issued electric guitar is a Les Paul after years of study, and start a collection of them! For this, Gibson pays me zero dollars. However, it's a start that might get you interested in classical guitar and my absolute ulterior motivation lies there. I'm a shill for the Classical Guitar Cabal. They don't pay me and it's a labor of love/addiction!

I guess my question is, do I appear to be a spammer? I'm really just passionate about music and feel that I should have started this project a long time ago. It's such wonderful passion that I'd like everyone to understand it and decide if they want to take part in it.

But...

I do pretty much just submit links to my site, unless I have free time and gumption.

I welcome your feedback, 'cause I've been pondering this for quite a while now.

It says that the sub was saved for TheBuddha, if you don't know. In other words, someone set it up and held onto it for me, and I was invited here - by a number of people, but only one made the sub. At times, I feel kinda like a spammer - even though I'm pretty sure my content is appreciated and I know some of you click through. (It tells me the referrer - it's right in the header you send to my server.) You're a bit cliquish and I try to meander out of the guitar sub so that I can interact with the rest of you - but I don't really have time and seldom comment unless I *also* have time to respond to any replies to my comment. (I consider hit and run forum posting to be pretty much on par with a war crime!) When I first showed up, I got some (legitimate) questions about why I was here - and that appears to be the end of it. Everyone kinda shrugged and went back to what they were doing and nobody has complained. Which is pretty cool, actually but I've always wondered if I'd have to explain it again. Currently, I can point to the 'saved for TheBuddha' bit and say, "I was asked to share my content here on Phuks." But, I still get that icky spammer feeling. I dislike spam as much as anyone else. My question is, have we moved past that or do I seem like a spammer? I don't actually have any ulterior motives that aren't disclosed. My ulterior motive is to interest you in spending ungodly hours learning to play a guitar, realize that the greatest factory-issued electric guitar is a Les Paul after years of study, and start a collection of them! For this, Gibson pays me zero dollars. However, it's a start that might get you interested in classical guitar and my absolute ulterior motivation lies there. I'm a shill for the Classical Guitar Cabal. They don't pay me and it's a labor of love/addiction! I guess my question is, do I appear to be a spammer? I'm really just passionate about music and feel that I should have started this project a long time ago. It's such wonderful passion that I'd like everyone to understand it and decide if they want to take part in it. But... I do pretty much just submit links to my site, unless I have free time and gumption. I welcome your feedback, 'cause I've been pondering this for quite a while now.

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[–] Hitchens 3 points (+3|-0) Edited

I’ll be honest although it will sound like an asshole but I believe in truth. I don’t ignore you because you spam I ignore you cause I find you pompous.

but I don't really have time and seldom comment

You’ve said this a couple of times. I get your time is of value so is mine but I don’t act like my presence here is a gift to anyone.

I think a lot of the guitar thread users from voat are on poal not phuks.

Don’t let me change the way you post. You just asked if I feel you’re a spammer, no I don’t. I just think I you’re here for one thing and not the community at large.

Edit: formatting

[–] TheBuddha [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Excellent and I appreciate your honesty. I am also guilty as charged. I'm pretty pompous.

[–] Hitchens 1 points (+1|-0)

Honesty is key and I’m an asshole.

[–] TheBuddha [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

I can relate! By the way, I don't want to ruin it - but...

Much of my pompousness is actually just how I write - and is mostly tongue in cheek, I think. I actually usually try to be fairly cognizant and make an effort to be humble. But, it's pretty damned hard to be humble when you're a damned national treasure!

(I don't actually believe I'm a national treasure. I'm not even notable enough for a Wikipedia article!)

Still, I asked this question with the desire for honest feedback - and I appreciate that.
[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

We've talked about this before, I know what you do and my understanding (and how I've explained it to others when it came up) was that you post your site because you post to multiple places.

I don't know how everyone else feels, but I would say that it would be less likely to be seen as spam if the posts were text posts. While I haven't seen evidence that you're collecting money from clicks, I'd understand how it would seem that way. Doing text posts instead of link posts would eliminate that question.

I'm not telling you what to do, but simply my view on how you could alleviate that question should it come up.
[–] TheBuddha [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I've pondered that, but the formatting sucks, they're very long articles, and it'd take time to try to make them fit into a text post.

I may see if I can do some sort of compromise - with the intro and then a link. I'll do what I can to remember to do that - and see if it is viable.

For the record, there are Google Ads. They've made like $10. They are not gonna make me rich and I'm actually just hoping it all breaks even in the end.
[–] pembo210 0 points (+0|-0) Edited

Meh, no worries here. The media space is changing, lots of new things, but I agree, this reddit/voat style format has its own limits. You have a unique outlet, and while you're here, you interact with people that have questions and concerns about your content. No hidden crap. Seems open enough to me.

One of the reasons we built Phuks was to have our own space in case some other sites went down. The internet used to be thousands of forums dedicated to specific things, each with their own hierarchy based on activity. Having a bunch of outlets was standard until reddit/facebook/twitter/social took over. Now copy/paste news articles blanket popup blogs covered in ads that get spammed to dozens of aggregators and facebook groups to get the clicks. I would love to see more people, like you, maintaining private sites with real content again.

I've had fun reading so far. Flows nice, easy to read, like talking to a friend. Even if you decide to stop posting here, I hope you keep at it :)
[–] TheBuddha [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I'll keep it up unless meaningfully asked to stop (which doesn't appear likely). So, that's not a concern.

I do feel kinda spammy, at times. There are ads on the site and I pretty much exclusively submit my stuff. I do try to make it interesting and I never post unless I also have time, and interest, in following up with anyone who has questions or comments. So, there's that...

It's a subject that I'm passionate about and it makes me happy to share it. I don't even get much traffic from Phuks. It's less than 1% of my traffic. I'm definitely not in it for the clicks!

I am going to try a different submission format - text with a blurb and then a link. I should be able to bang that out in just a few minutes and often copy and paste. Working on brevity might actually help!

Either way, I'm glad you enjoy the material. It's a load of fun to write it - most of the time.
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