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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
Thanks. I can afford to be an asshole because i'm not peddling a product or service. I don't need to pretend. I don't need to be fake. I don't need to pretend to like people I don't. I don't need to pretend people are smart that are stupid. I don't have to call a model pretty that's ugly. I don't need to tell the fucking moron selling SEO services that he's a genius when he clearly has no clue what he's talking about. I don't have to say a new site looks great when its an obvious mess. I don't have to wish everyone luck with their awesome new project which will clearly fail inside of 3 months.
My success or failure is not directly tied to how well i'm liked or how much ass i kiss.
I don't need anyone.
I have traffic.
The simple truth is that I can stab an affiliate rep for a dating program in the face with a rusty fork 25 times and he'll still be hitting me up from the ambulance on Skype "hey bro, no big deal. i've had worse... so... is there any way we can scale up on that AU traffic if I bump up payouts some more". Interestingly, the only people that seem to be deeply bothered by the fact that I don't give a shit about what people think, are those idiots who spend there days on here kissing others asses to hustle a shitty product or service.
Besides... who the fuck am i to anyone here? I'm just pixels on a web page. Who cares what I have to say.... It shouldn't matter at all.
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I agree with most of what you say. You shouldn't have to pretend, or give good feedback when it's not deserved and be fake etc... I also find that that happens too much on this board.
But why be harsh (or in your words above, 'an asshole')?
You can just as easily tell people that their site won't sell or that you think their idea won't work without the added harshness.
I'm not saying you should change, I'm just curious.
All in all I'd rather hear the truth with harshness, rather than fake praise.