All members please read

[Mod Squad]

We are aware that there is an email going around from a company encouraging people to spam on their behalf. Any post that is made regarding this (or spamming on behalf of any company) will be deleted and dealt with accordingly.

Please respect Nappycino! We do not tolerate spamming of any nature on Nappycino, not matter what you get for free.

Cheers
The Nappycino Mod Team

[elizar]

I have posted in the paid promo section for any of our customers who are a member of this forum to PM me directly about this competition so they don't miss out. We do not promote spamming but we do think that word of mouth shout outs ethically beat paid editorials in magazines hands down.
Sincerely,

[Obsi]

IMHO....

With all due respect, campaigns that offer goods to customers in return for telling other people about their product can hardly be considered more ethical than paid ads in magazines. You are in effect paying them to advertise for you.

At least a reader of a magazine can assume that the advertising there is controlled and paid for, and expects it to be an advertisement..... where a campaign like this can end up with people just posting praise to get the product. Which is not always a sincere endorsement. Its open for people who have never even tried the product to come out with "Ohh I love these, they work so well", just so they can get a freebie.

While you may not consider it to be asking people to spam for you, others will disagree and see it as spam. It may increase sales and your company reputation, but I personally feel that campaigns like this have a detrimental effect. I won't be believing any of the posts about how good the product is, because I know the people posting them are doing so just to get a freebie. So to me, it's worthless and biased.

Most of us detest spam, and promotions like this just encourage people to spam.

[maya's mum]

IMHO....

With all due respect, campaigns that offer goods to customers in return for telling other people about their product can hardly be considered more ethical than paid ads in magazines. You are in effect paying them to advertise for you.

At least a reader of a magazine can assume that the advertising there is controlled and paid for, and expects it to be an advertisement..... where a campaign like this can end up with people just posting praise to get the product. Which is not always a sincere endorsement. Its open for people who have never even tried the product to come out with "Ohh I love these, they work so well", just so they can get a freebie.

While you may not consider it to be asking people to spam for you, others will disagree and see it as spam. It may increase sales and your company reputation, but I personally feel that campaigns like this have a detrimental effect. I won't be believing any of the posts about how good the product is, because I know the people posting them are doing so just to get a freebie. So to me, it's worthless and biased.

Most of us detest spam, and promotions like this just encourage people to spam.

[melchpeppi]

Hear Hear!!!!!

Couldnt have said it better myself Obsi

[MadMel]

yup well said Obsi.

[Karena]

Totally agree Obsi, well said Hon

[tikki]

bump

[MadMel]

ohhhh its that stupid post in hyena den isn't it. I was really thinking WTH? when I read it.

[Candice]

perfectly put obsi!