IMHO, threads like these should be highlighted in TalkMail. I learn SO MUCH from all the posts here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

I had to laugh at "Seagull Management." http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

NJDavid did have many humourous posts on the CO Board, though the level of attack on that board by some posters did get out of hand at times, to say the least, with a former noted CO apologist always willing to fight fire with fire in return.

Realistically, though, as to alleged "Seagull Management," would it be expected that anyone could keep constant tabs on every thread 24 hours a day as posts happen, as opposed to "swooping down" and taking corrective action when threads are noted by moderators?

I have been "victim" of this as well. So what? Don't refs sometimes make bad calls?

It will be interesting to see if a purely "independent" board can remain financially viable, given the owner's statements that this board actually loses money.

Could there be something fishy about one condemning FlyerTalk to having “seagull management”? All because seagulls and airplanes on which frequent flyers travel both fly does not mean anyone has to flip the proverbial bird at anyone and ruffle any feathers here.

I personally do not sea why this umbrella of controversy exists in the first place or if any of the negative arguments in this thread hold a grain of sand, but if one actually has that nocean, then I suppose one could always renounce their FlyerTalk membership and wave goodbye — in other words, shape up or ship out. I do not think anyone intends to cloud anyone’s judgement. I may be just winging it here, but it seems to me as though the sky is the limit on the frequent traveler information that can be gleaned from FlyerTalk. It makes little sense to make negative blanket statements about an Internet web site as helpful and informative as FlyerTalk. We should tone down the dune and gloom about FlyerTalk and use it for its intended purpose, however it suits us. After all, FlyerTalk is free for all of us to use, but I am shore that it coasts a lot of money to keep it in operation.

Somebody might air a complaint about the content of this post and ask me “Water you talking about?” but, as you can probably tell, I am having a ball writing this post.

To summarize this post, as the old saying goes:
Life’s a beach.

Life’s a beach ... and then you dry. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Thank you for your contribution, ozstamps.

Now, before someone here gets crabby and is under enormous pier pressure to tell me to clam up, shell we move on with the discussion?

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Well www.flyertalk.org is really delivering on its promise to be up there and at em I notice.

All that bluster - and zero action for weeks and weeks. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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~ Glen ~ sipping bubbly from a UA 747-400 exit row 15 near you SOON!

WOW,

I typed in www.flyertalk.NET by mistake and was redirected to a web site that looked like it was designed by a Five Year Old.

Just goes to show you that you must be caareful what you type.

not sure, what public posting the links to 'such' other boards should serve FlyerTalkers ...

Since when should posting on Flyertalk have to "serve" Flyertalkers. We are all part of a community here and when someone "invades" the community I say it's only fair that we share that.

Well, speaking of "invasion," at least what happens when you type www.flyertalk.net is not as bad as what used to happen a few years ago when you mistakenly typed www.usps.com instead of www.usps.gov . (The letter P stood for a colloquialism for a certain domesticated animal, or vulgar usage for a bodily part.)

I believe a famous female singer (and would-be actress) actually won a lawsuit within the past couple of years evicting a group of religious sisters from using the .org website in the name of their patroness, who was born over 2,000 years ago and did not just decide to use the name in the 1980s. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/confused.gif

I'm thinking of registering a domain myself for a new small business, a law office -- I'm admitted in California (inactive), Guam, and the CNMI. To be "safe," am I expected to register all the .com, .net, .org, and .biz variants of my proposed name?! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/eek.gif

I guess self-help is cheaper than a lawsuit. We're not all "material girls" with money to burn on domain eviction.

Yes yes and Yes. Register all variants you can afford. Even dashes. This will protect your company name and copyright.

- HF

The site has again been updated. There is mention of 'emailes received'. I have a bunch of questions of my own for the people behind this website. Does anybody know what email address they are operating?

Actually not a new update, this was done sometime last month IIRC. Presumably folks are emailed (if indeed they are) whatever address they had/have for NJDavid. But it is curious that no such email address or other contact info appears on the site.

Looking at the first replay on page 1 of this thread,
and if this guess is a winner, and if the e-mail user NJ David provided in his profile is accurate, you can use [email protected].

However, I do not know, if you will receive a replay or you have to wait until the next update of the site in question and if your questions will be answered or not. As a side note, Randy was nice enough to took his time and answer question one for those once more, who are interested in this topic:
Freddies are awarded to recognize the most outstanding frequent travel programs, as determined by the travelling public. I hope from now on everybody understand, how important it is that the "one person, one vote" rule will be enforced and that te organizers have a look that trolls do not have the power to influence the results. Randy also offered a healthy advise for all those who intend to rate their favourite FFP with 1:
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/confused.gif

The question was what email address was used. I said presumably the email address in NJDavid's profile. Why presumably? Because someone might have a different address for NJDavid, because I have no independent knowledge that the referenced emails even exist (not saying they don't, I just don't know directly), and because I'm only making a conjecture.

I wasn't being coy about whether I was aware the site was tied to NJDavid.