A suggestion to raise funds for the Fretboard

Dominic

snakemanStoo said:

5p for every time Sambo posts a random music video and we'll be the richest site on the web!

Why does he do that ?........seems a lovely guy with an interesting slant on life but I just don't ever get the relevance of the videos -it has got me quite worried thinking that he is a life form of higher intelligence and I'm challenged in my thought process because am incapable of deciphering the Cryptic connection...........please tell me it's not true and that he is simply" Random  "

Dominic

Seriously - re Revenue ;
 Why not charge a flat £1 Tarrif for every sales ad posted -that has got to be £70 per day ????????? mod s ??

Sporky

Sambostar said:

holnrew said:

£100 for "virtue signaling", mags can afford it  

WTF does that even mean?

Basically, any time anyone posts about having done something that's good for society or humanity, a subset of rightwhingers (see what I did there?) accuse the person of "virtue signalling" - ie an accusation that they did it to make themselves look good, not because they're trying to raise awareness of what they think is a good cause.

I think it's the intersection of a straw-man argument and projection.

Bridgehouse

Well clearly we need a fine of at least a fiver for every single episode of obvious fret whoring..

You know - posts clearly aimed at getting max number of frets with little effort. 


You can try try it on this post if you like - it will let us see how many frets a post needs to get before it's considered whoring

english_bob

Sporky said:

"virtue signalling" - ie an accusation that they did it to make themselves look good, not because they're trying to raise awareness of what they think is a good cause.

I thought virtue signalling was the intersection of slacktivism and social media culture.

Sporky

english_bob said:

Sporky said:

"virtue signalling" - ie an accusation that they did it to make themselves look good, not because they're trying to raise awareness of what they think is a good cause.

I thought virtue signalling was the intersection of slacktivism and social media culture.

I dunno. I suspect there have always been people who talk about charity to make themselves look good, and there have always been people who talk about doing charity to try to get others to get involved. Accusations of "virtue signalling" are a bit of a blunt weapon.

Fretwired

Sporky said:

english_bob said:

Sporky said:

"virtue signalling" - ie an accusation that they did it to make themselves look good, not because they're trying to raise awareness of what they think is a good cause.

I thought virtue signalling was the intersection of slacktivism and social media culture.

I dunno. I suspect there have always been people who talk about charity to make themselves look good, and there have always been people who talk about doing charity to try to get others to get involved. Accusations of "virtue signalling" are a bit of a blunt weapon.

An example of virtue signally from Yvette Cooper. Last year she criticised the government for their handling of the refugee crisis - no problem with this its her job to hold government to account. However you posted this picture:



She then offered to house a refugee (she owns three homes) and made a big song and dance about it. She was then called out on the subject during an LBC interview.

https://soundcloud.com/spectator1828/where-is-yvette-coopers-refugee

MrBump

Definitely a fine for anyone using SJW as a derogatory term.  Fighting for just causes is a noble aim.

mellowsun

Bridgehouse said:

Well clearly we need a fine of at least a fiver for every single episode of obvious fret whoring..

You know - posts clearly aimed at getting max number of frets with little effort. 

Surely you don't mean the 'how many wows can I get for this 'burst/Junior/PRS photo' ...

Bridgehouse

mellowsun said:

Bridgehouse said:

Well clearly we need a fine of at least a fiver for every single episode of obvious fret whoring..

You know - posts clearly aimed at getting max number of frets with little effort. 

Surely you don't mean the 'how many wows can I get for this 'burst/Junior/PRS photo' ...

Depends on if they bought it just to get wows - now that would be hard core fret whoring