I copied what Reno posted today about this place. If this is true, I find it disturbing and wrong. I think this is the same Reno who used to post at MW. Can someone Please answer a few questions that posters have a right to know.
1-Is Reno telling the truth or is he lying?
2-Do you pay posters to post?
3-Did Rob Funk get hired here when The General was the head mod or did it happen after he left?
4-Why would Buzz Daly right this?
Thank you for your attention to this serious matter.
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I am the reno of Offshorebettor.com and can confirm your suspicions. Its THERX who has been paying former Offshorebettor members to post at their site. Evidently, they felt they needed some active posters to stir the pot and came to my place to grab a few.
I was curious when I noticed a couple of regular posters, who had been at OSB for close to 4 years, all of a sudden gone. Some of these people would make 5-10 posts daily so it was unusual that they fell off the face of the earth. I sent some emails out to make sure everything was okay. No response. People at OSB were wondering what happened when someone shot me an email and said, I noticed Rob Funk is posting at THERX. So I emailed Rob and didnt hear back. I found an old email with Rob's number so I called him. To his credit, he said he was sorry but he was not allowed to post at Offshorebettor anymore as he was now being paid by THERX to post his opinions at that site. He said that they even offered to make him a monitor, because he was online so much. At least he came clean, though I was sorry to see him go. Since then several other posters have left for that site, presumably for the fool's gold at the end of the rainbow offered by THERX.
People leave forums for different reasons and I respect that. While I have always tried to be fair and there always is alot of good info at the site, I do ban bashers/troublemakers at OSB.
I am all for capitalism, but one has to wonder how objective posts can be when a person is paid for them. Its certainly raises an eyebrow if not an alarm for the future of these forums.
1-Is Reno telling the truth or is he lying?
2-Do you pay posters to post?
3-Did Rob Funk get hired here when The General was the head mod or did it happen after he left?
4-Why would Buzz Daly right this?
Thank you for your attention to this serious matter.
Forum Wars <HR style="COLOR: #2b295e" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->
I am the reno of Offshorebettor.com and can confirm your suspicions. Its THERX who has been paying former Offshorebettor members to post at their site. Evidently, they felt they needed some active posters to stir the pot and came to my place to grab a few.
I was curious when I noticed a couple of regular posters, who had been at OSB for close to 4 years, all of a sudden gone. Some of these people would make 5-10 posts daily so it was unusual that they fell off the face of the earth. I sent some emails out to make sure everything was okay. No response. People at OSB were wondering what happened when someone shot me an email and said, I noticed Rob Funk is posting at THERX. So I emailed Rob and didnt hear back. I found an old email with Rob's number so I called him. To his credit, he said he was sorry but he was not allowed to post at Offshorebettor anymore as he was now being paid by THERX to post his opinions at that site. He said that they even offered to make him a monitor, because he was online so much. At least he came clean, though I was sorry to see him go. Since then several other posters have left for that site, presumably for the fool's gold at the end of the rainbow offered by THERX.
People leave forums for different reasons and I respect that. While I have always tried to be fair and there always is alot of good info at the site, I do ban bashers/troublemakers at OSB.
I am all for capitalism, but one has to wonder how objective posts can be when a person is paid for them. Its certainly raises an eyebrow if not an alarm for the future of these forums.