DAILY QUOTE: "Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers" ~ Herbert Hoover
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I also missed the post, however it is saddening to see that the "cash for comments" mentality is hitting the chat boards. In magazines it is now expected, although not welcome, that we are assailed with overt promotion of particular products, Chat Rooms set up for the general public are a different matter. You cannot run a site like Ausfish or Sweetwater for nothing, as in all life, you get nothing for nothing. These sites rely on a low level of sponsorship from advertisers, as can be seen by the banners on top of the screen. These companies see the value of the Interweb and choose to pay their way to get their product before the consumers. Without them, we wouldn't have web sites like this. Then you get the slimey ones, the ones who, through people who are proud to be associated with them, continually push their products and expect that site administrators are too stupid to notice that they are feeding off the teat provided by others, for nothing. How sad it will be when Web Sites go the way of the written media and you have to wade through the bullshit of product placement and wonder if you can really believe advice given, when more and more posters have alterior motives for posting. Both Ausfish and Sweetwater try to be diligent and protect the average poster and reader from being exposed to this new form of free advertising. Some posters don't listen, and that's what our ban button is for.