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Josh K.Bobby,
I Honestly dont know what to make of this thread. I have been debating for a week or so about signing up for your site. However, like someone stated above, I am questioning whether to do so now as I dont believe you exhibited much professionalism by starting this thread. I also see where you later indicated that you intended this thread to be a joke. The original post certainly did not read as a joke.
For what it is worth, put me in the column of those who do not believe that Jay's post in the original thread was a personal attack or in any way off base (though he was certainly attacked in return). I too would prefer not to see a for-profit business using the main board for advertisement - even when it is as subtle as your thread - that is what b/s/t is for. If you dont believe that is what you were doing, you are free to have your opinion. But lets look at the facts, you now have two threads going, both of which are running about 70+ posts, in which your website is mentioned numerous times and in which numerous people have stated how much they like your service. Pretty good result for not having any intent to advertise.
Had the first thread been started by a third party for the purpose of stating how good your website/service is, I would have had no issues. Self promotion, however, has to be looked at a bit more critically. For example, I know that you "advertised" your site within some ebay auctions and as a result, your auctions were cancelled. Given your use of ebay as an advertising tool, I dont believe it is out of the realm of possibility that someone could conclude that one of your goals in posting about the updates to your site was to get some free advertising on the main board.
Jim L. - Not sure what the point of your post was other than to try to attack someone for no reason. For what its worth, Im pretty sure Jay was a nuclear engineer (or something like that) before giving up the rat race. Im sure the education required for that profession would run circles around the education needed for most of our jobs. In the name of full disclosure, I am neither related to nor a personal friend of Jay's. Just an acquaintance as I am with most people on this board.