Originally Posted by brooklynmatt (Post 21805580)

There are no rules, you can censor or not censor as much as you like. Personally, I think as bloggers we should censor and think George should censor more, I said as much to him.

One thing I don't understand is why you are avoiding the matter at hand though, that you know there is a difference between censoring in order to protect your own financial gain and censoring to protect readers from spam, or keep your personal information personal.

I actually don't mind if people censor to hide the truth from their readers that they are intentionally deleting comments that would alert them to the inferior offers being sold to them, it is a business and it is yours to run as you see fit.

But I would have more respect for the people who do this if they had the gumption to stand up and say it rather than try to play games like this one, trying to set a trap for TBB and hide their intentions.

Frankly, I ignored the TBB posts about FTG and your site, along with others he doesn't like as irrelevant to me, but seeing the way in which you and Ingy are trying to discredit him and divert attention from this has made me think less of both of you.

I'd recommend moving on and ignoring it, there is no real harm being done to DP or FTG from TBB, but every time that one of you actually bites at it and does something to 'get even' it shows you in a worse light than his blog ever could.

Just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by brooklynmatt (Post 21801834)

We should change the title of this thread to:

Which miles and points blogs censor comments for the reason of keeping the reader of the comments in the dark about monetization practices that do not have the readers best interest at heart.

It's a little lengthy and loses some of the Zip I agree, but otherwise what we have is more than two categories - everyone censors spam, some people censor personal information, some people censor profanity, some people censor comments that challenge the ethics of the post.

Are all these things equal?

Originally Posted by ingy (Post 21805848)

Why not ask George what his motivating for censoring was? I can almost with 100% confidence George was not just censoring to protect personal information. I'm suggesting in fact George censored for fear of financial loss. Seems a bit of a double standard again to go after people for trying to achieve financial gain, but ok to censor to prevent financial loss? Again if George wasn't so over the top with his constant criticism, most would give him a pass. But when the truth finally comes to light, you'll see why I can, have and will continue to call him hypocritical to the max. Read between the lines people.

Originally Posted by kokonutz (Post 21806721)

Agree that that is one of the Cardinal Sins of blogging, going hand-in-hand with a blogger who posts deals where better deals exist and they know it, but they get paid for the less-good deal so promote the less-good deal instead.

FWIW, I like TBB and the cheeky way it takes on the points and miles blog-o-sphere.

And it doesn't surprise me in the least that folks are going after him personally for it. He should take it as a compliment. It means he's being effective!

Originally Posted by ingy (Post 21805848)

Why not ask George what his motivating for censoring was? I can almost with 100% confidence George was not just censoring to protect personal information.

Originally Posted by brooklynmatt (Post 21803325)

I think you're missing the point.

Some bloggers are deleting comments that alert their readers to the fact that there are better deals for them on credit cards.

Some bloggers are deleting spam or personal attacks (deliberately posting personal info etc)

The two groups are very different, though the former is trying to pull the latter into the same simple two category 'censors' or 'does not censor' in order to achieve one of two things:

Dilution of the negativity of being labeled a censor

Or

Dilution of the integrity of another blog by branding them with the same negative brush.

It's really very simple.

Ps show me a blog in this space with more than 4 readers (including their own family) that isn't monetized.

Originally Posted by mnscout (Post 21807850)

I certainly have slightly more than 4 readers. Sadly, none of them are my family, they just don't care... :(

Originally Posted by freeloader (Post 21807409)

I find this thread extremely amusing:

1) for what ever reason, ingy is OBSESSED with trying to publish George's full name. Its odd actually. Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be an issue with DP's full name not public. a bit hypocritical.

2) both ingy and DP seem REALLY angry and bitter about TBB. Yet, they love calling everyone else angry?

3) the two blogs who proudly sensored the most, often to prevent their readers from getting the best deal, are suddenly the censor police?

IDK, its odd. but hey, angries will be angries i suppose

Originally Posted by brooklynmatt (Post 21808060)

Your site is monetized, so it doesn't count :)

Originally Posted by mnscout (Post 21808412)

IT IS??? I was unaware. What kind soul would've gone to all that trouble for a perfect stranger:D

Originally Posted by 84fiero (Post 21808210)

Somehow I'm be reminded of Single White Female.

I don't understand people who go into business as a blogger, which by its nature involves putting thoughts out there for people to publicly comment on. Then get miffed when there are negative comments, or when people discuss better deals/offers than what they have available.

A business that sometimes has to say, look, I just can't beat the other guy's deal on this one, will cause me to go back to them in the future and give them a chance again. And in fact I've done that on occasion with brick & mortar establishments. I appreciate being respected as a customer. But a business that pretends they have the best deal when we can all see it's not the case, I likely won't return to.

If a blogger wants to prove critics wrong, my free advice is to show it by actions and how you run your business. Not by following around critics and hassling them personally - name calling and such. That, I can't respect. Just my two cents.

Originally Posted by brooklynmatt (Post 21808494)

You have 3 large links to your books on the left side, which you sell, so you make money. Therefore your site is monetized (not saying that is a bad thing at all). And there are some kind souls out there who help out perfect strangers with their blogs... glad you got the image on the right sorted!