To start out... By the time I finished writing this post, these threads were locked, so sorry mods for opening a new one, but I can't contain myself.
A note to everyone: I am [Login to see the link]. There is so much pushback, but that isn't making me nervous about admitting. On the contrary, I am going to stop hiding.
I joined these forums last year, knowing very little. I started out asking a few stupid questions, but I have grown a lot since then. It's certainly been a great ride. I try to help people out, and at the same time, learn things myself.
Skipping through much of the story: In the summer Apps4Flip made some updates to the forum, including adding the ratings. I thought it was so cool, and aimed to get a nice spot. I did that by offering advice, helping out, making guides, giving answers, explanations, modifying apps, making tools, developing, etc. And I earned my spot in 1st. I was struggling to keep it for a little, until I got a strong enough hold on my points to not worry about it. I didn't upvote my own posts though. I worked hard on it and earned it fair.
Once in a while if I saw that people were liking their posts to get ahead, I would quietly downvote them back. But this past week, some accounts got way too far ahead, like 300 more. So I created a better way of doing it automatically. And another member started doing it. And it was getting so out of hand. Which is when I made the account, and asked chat gpt to write me a nice post about it 🙂 .
Am I going too crazy about likes? Am I being immature? Am I being mean? Maybe. But these likes are what motivate me and many others to help out here. And when people ruin the system, it ruins our feelings. Maybe I am just reacting as an immature teenager... But I am not hiding from anyone. I am being straight up with people.
Somebody warned me before posting this: Don't do it. You have a good name, don't ruin it. But I am ready to ruin it if that's necessary, because I am not fake, and I don't hide from people. If everyone downvotes my posts as protests, fine. No problem. I have the tools to give myself as many votes as I need.... And I WONT USE IT. My philosophy is: If I offer quality help, advice, and services for free, it will be very hard for people to boycott me.
Many of you don't know (but some of you do) about some of the battles I've fought to protect Apps4Flip from Higher up powers who abuse their trust and try to shut us down. I will continue to serve this amazing community, whether I am boycotted or not (well, I think I will at least). I have spoken to some people and had conversation with some of the people I downvoted, and while I hope this doesn't take away our friendship, I am being transparent now, realizing the effects it can have.
Now, for all the people who were downvoted too far, please email me [Login to see the link], and tell me what number is fair to give you, and I will put your posts back up.
Thank you guys for reading the whole thing 🙂.
