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J-Rod10 said:
That was a bit of a joke, about the likes, but you should know, instagram and follower counts are now a valid form of tracking someone's impact and viability. Its not just about likes. Its actually a form of currency. As I mentioned before, I know ppl. models celebs and other ppl of note, who are PAID to put things (products and otherwise) on their instagram. I tagged Shinko Tires in all my photos and those photos got a LOT of likes. Guess what? Shinko Tires followed me on insta and is giving me a marginal discount on tires. They aren't giving them to me for free, but at a discount. All because I posted my bike with them on Instagram and it got likes, and those likes show that I made ppl aware of the brand - in a sense...
Its a generation gap. Older ppl cant even begin to comprehend or understand this. Its something out of sync with their own upbringing and time.
Instagram likes can result in much more than ego gratification. Ka-Ching.
See this article: http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/12/19/kendall-jenner-instagram-money-paid-social-media-gigi-hadid/
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Christ. Like slapping toddlers hands. Get over yourself. What a sad thing, to purposely direct the interactions of grown men. Not everyone is the same. This isn't a classroom is it? Its a forum for public discussion right? But only until you don't like what you read, then it gets deleted. For what? More shit gets deleted off this site than anywhere I've ever seen.
motomaniac said:
I definitely have no intent to inflame this debate, but:
This forum is meant to be a place of fellowship over bikes; a place where ppl come to get advice, share words of bike-wisdom and talk about bikes. Why on Earth should bullying, name calling and off-topic, off-color posts be allowed or tolerated? I, for one, am happy to see things progressing in the spirit with which the boards were created. Although Ive faced more than my share of derision, I have gained a lot of wisdom (and real life friends) from this forum.
I think the mods have every right to "keep it clean." Its healthy for the forum. I don't think any newcomer, advertiser, etc, would be pleased to see insults flying left and right, and this is why Mods, or "moderation," is necessary.
sav0r
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motomaniac said:
Actually this forum is owned and operated by a private entity, as a result you are beholden to their rules. If you want to go somewhere and say whatever you want (in the U.S.), with a number of notable exceptions (link below), you will need to find a public park. And in fact, the origins of "forum" closely relate to discussions taking place in parks. I did my masters thesis on the use of private spaces and public spaces especially in relation to free speech and suffice it so say, the American public doesn't know the difference between the two, neither legally or informally. It's an odd phenomena, especially considering how obsessed the American public claims to be in regards to their freedoms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions
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