Originally Posted by
sbm12
And we should shut down all the other online communities that talk about deals, too, right? After all, those members aren't helping FlyerTalk.
A secret exists with one person. And the stuff being discussed here isn't even a secret so much as something that others might not have figured out yet. Pretending that there is only one person who can discover things and that without FT blogs wouldn't exist or have content is laughable.
You are not one of the bloggers we are complaining about. You are actually one of the FEW who does do quality original content and doesn't ruin creative exploitation of deals.
It's the bloggers who are
killing the geese that lay the golden eggs by exposing ways to exploit deals like Discover America that are upsetting many FTers. For example there is no harm in posting that (for example) on 23 April Wyndham points will be on sale, describe the packages, cost per point..............and then leave it at that. People "in the know" will know how to best use the points, why blab to the world that they can be converted into airline miles? Once again, this is not directed at YOU, it's the other bloggers who ruined this deal. The LINK to the deal is not what needed to fly under the radar, it's the exploitation that did. We know not all bloggers are the same, neither are all journalists but there is a huge difference between National Geographic and the National Enquirer. I actually came up with a term for those sensationalist type bloggers:
Goose Killers.