Originally Posted by
Adam1222
The blogging business has used marketing to sell credit cards, making people think they'll all be flying Emirates First and taking extravagant vacations without spending a dime. Then, those people come to flyertalk when they realize bloggers aren't going to help them make those dreams a reality when there's no money in it for them.
The original goal of FlyerTalk wasn't to serve as the landing point for customers taken advantage of by bloggers and credit card marketers either. Things change.
Randy, until you adopt a realistic code of ethics for your bloggers (or heck, even the standards required by the FTC), your comments here are worthless protests of someone whose business model is being critiqued.
With full respect and props for Randy, I have to say here, here to Adam1222.
What may have been intended as a typical 'can't we all just get along and love one another' post from Randy also reads to me as glossing over the serious issues with lack of disclosure and accuracy of BoardingArea blogs, not just DeltaPoints. This forum for better or worse is a good check and balance to what appears to be sanctioned looking the other way at some of BoardingArea's bloggers adhering to a code of ethics.
I know Carol has a tough job, and its her call to remove posts that she feels are not informative. [redacted]