Hi folks, I’m here to explain why SteveHopwood is now a Commercial Member.
Forex Factory has three rules that have been in place since 2005: http://www.forexfactory.com/userguide.php#rule3
Rule #3 states:
SteveHopwood is obviously breaking this rule by promoting his $100 per EA coding services.
When I was alerted that Steve was posting this commercial message in the first post of his threads, I sent him a nice email asking him to remove the messages. Instead of replying to me, and working things out in the background (as 90% of forum issues are handled), Steve chose to take it to the forum in an attempt to leverage his supporters and force FF to make an exception for him.
We at Forex Factory like Steve as much as all of you do. He has made enormous contributions to the forum and helped countless traders. However, we will not compromise our rules for him.
We value Rule #3. It’s absolutely critical to maintaining a healthy trading environment on the FF forums. If we were to allow commercial operators to mingle on the forums, we feel it would ruin the trading environment. While we value Steve’s membership, we cannot make an exception for him as it would cause other commercial operators (many of whom have also made great contributions to the forum) to stand up and say “Hey, you are letting Steve sell on the forums, why not me?”. And as we gradually make more and more exceptions to the rule, the FF forums slowly turn into a spam dump. This is why we defend this rule with such vigor.
We didn’t threaten Steve or take action against him. I wrote him a personal email, asking him nicely to remove the commercial message from his posts. It wasn’t until after he posted this message, and emailed me stating that he would not comply with the rule, that we made him commercial. My last email to Steve stated that he is welcome to remove the commercial messages and return to normal member status, but judging by his lack of response to me, we are assuming he is sticking to his guns.
While we value Steve’s membership, we value Rule #3 a lot more. We have to defend this rule at all costs. We hate to see so many members angry with FF over this action, and we really hate to lose the great contributions by Steve, but the alternative is far worse.
I’m sorry all of you guys got wrapped up in this, and we on the FF team are saddened to have to take this action.
Forex Factory has three rules that have been in place since 2005: http://www.forexfactory.com/userguide.php#rule3
Rule #3 states:
QuoteDislikedIf you make money by servicing* Forex traders in any way, shape, or form, or have any commercial agenda whatsoever, you are NOT permitted to post in the forums regardless of whether your posts are promotional or not.
SteveHopwood is obviously breaking this rule by promoting his $100 per EA coding services.
DislikedIf you want me to code your EA without sharing, then my fee is $100 payable into my paypal account.Ignored
We at Forex Factory like Steve as much as all of you do. He has made enormous contributions to the forum and helped countless traders. However, we will not compromise our rules for him.
We value Rule #3. It’s absolutely critical to maintaining a healthy trading environment on the FF forums. If we were to allow commercial operators to mingle on the forums, we feel it would ruin the trading environment. While we value Steve’s membership, we cannot make an exception for him as it would cause other commercial operators (many of whom have also made great contributions to the forum) to stand up and say “Hey, you are letting Steve sell on the forums, why not me?”. And as we gradually make more and more exceptions to the rule, the FF forums slowly turn into a spam dump. This is why we defend this rule with such vigor.
We didn’t threaten Steve or take action against him. I wrote him a personal email, asking him nicely to remove the commercial message from his posts. It wasn’t until after he posted this message, and emailed me stating that he would not comply with the rule, that we made him commercial. My last email to Steve stated that he is welcome to remove the commercial messages and return to normal member status, but judging by his lack of response to me, we are assuming he is sticking to his guns.
While we value Steve’s membership, we value Rule #3 a lot more. We have to defend this rule at all costs. We hate to see so many members angry with FF over this action, and we really hate to lose the great contributions by Steve, but the alternative is far worse.
I’m sorry all of you guys got wrapped up in this, and we on the FF team are saddened to have to take this action.
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