Comments | dodgybren: Event Spam of doom(Tm)

dodgybren

Event Spam of doom(Tm)

Jun 26, 2012 00:58

So im trying desperately right now to not go off on one on my facebook about the amount of spam im getting from people posting in 4-5 feeds about events they are running, I have no problem with people advertising their events but currently im at the point I want to god damn unfriend the people involved its getting that silly. Also I know im not the ( Read more... )

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dodgybren June 26 2012, 12:08:56 UTC

Unfortunately Im aware the event in question needs bookings but its not just this event, its every event they do now this happens for.

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dodgybren June 26 2012, 16:24:15 UTC

A ball? And I wasnt informed? Ill wear my best vapours

susan_law June 26 2012, 10:32:48 UTC

My Brain screens it TBH. I don't even see the event ads.

sheyna June 26 2012, 12:26:46 UTC

I actively complained when I was getting 4 adverts, all the same, from 4 different places, once sometimes twice a week.

Pertinent times is fine. ALL the time is just irritating.

igotaplan June 26 2012, 21:16:45 UTC

I too get fed up with it at times. Don't mind it being in one place - even with regular reminders, but when it's on every larp related group going it gets a bit much. It wouldn't stop me going to an event I wanted to go to (and had likely already booked by the time advertising got silly), but it certainly wouldn't encourage me to go to one I wasn't already planning on.
I do understand the push to get bookings - I hate to see events having to cancel due to lack of numbers. And I can skim over and ignore them fairly easily so it doesn't anger me as such, but I do agree with "Less is more". I could happily see less of it.

misterdaniel June 28 2012, 06:11:41 UTC

Imagine what its like for those of us who havent played an LT event in over three years....

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misterdaniel June 28 2012, 12:59:56 UTC

Probably.

Though, to be fair, I find spam to be eminnently forgettable, so I likely get less annoyed about it than your average Bren.

dodgybren June 28 2012, 13:09:21 UTC

see for me I complained about it to the people involved already. I explained why it was annoyed on FB, others joined in and said their piece as well. It seems that it was ignored. If you want to drum up interest for an event do so im fine with that. Theres a line where it hits into irritation and its been crossed so many times and ignored when people say so.