Originally Posted by
SFflyer123
The thing that I find egregiously wrong with this situation is that KVS will constantly go to threads and state, "It's available on KVS," or "KVS shows it's available." Then, he will post multiple links to the KVS website. This is essentially advertising by KVS on other threads all over FT. If he only stayed on this thread, that's fine; but he goes all over FT and essentially "advertises" KVS with these posts (look for yourself; they're almost all about KVS and there are always links to KVS).
So sbm12 is pushing the "purity" of FT by calling out the free advertising of KVS, which is the spirit of FT (to be commercial-free). Those who accuse sbm12 of not being in the spirit of FT are missing the big picture of what this moderator is trying to do: calling a spade a spade.
His "posts" are essentially advertising--keep that in mind! The other companies on FT are paying FT to advertise--Lufthansa, United, Jet Blue, etc. They pay money to FT to get business. KVS does not. He is advertising in the guise of a post.
Originally Posted by
jarusoba
Well, if you call that advertising, advertising a personal blog which contains paid banners such as Ads by Google etc should be considered advertising too.
I disagree. A free site with advertising is NOT the same thing as a for-profit website that you have to give your credit card number for.