Not sure how I feel about this. That is seeing ads for vendors (other than MotionRC) here at Hobby Squawk.
The promise of the internet was that issues could be addressed free from the meddling of advertisers. It was coined the information highway. It was/is this meddling from advertiser that has killed most of the credibility of the dead tree press.
While I'm happy that Hobby Squawk has a great "sponsors" like 'Callie Graphics' there are many vendors of our hobby products that I'd categorize as being lower than a scab1.
I'd like to ask the management of Hobby Squawk; how are you going to protect the integrity of Hobby Squawk from the influences of sponsors (advertisers)? As an unpaid contributing editor (user generated content) to Hobby Squawk, I'm very concerned about who or what firms benefits from my writings!
This is a critical and fundamental question that must be addressed, and addressed properly, for Hobby Squawk to raise itself above the stinking swamp that often are RC (radio control) group form sites.
1http://www.kirkbytimes.co.uk/news_items/the_scab.html
The promise of the internet was that issues could be addressed free from the meddling of advertisers. It was coined the information highway. It was/is this meddling from advertiser that has killed most of the credibility of the dead tree press.
While I'm happy that Hobby Squawk has a great "sponsors" like 'Callie Graphics' there are many vendors of our hobby products that I'd categorize as being lower than a scab1.
I'd like to ask the management of Hobby Squawk; how are you going to protect the integrity of Hobby Squawk from the influences of sponsors (advertisers)? As an unpaid contributing editor (user generated content) to Hobby Squawk, I'm very concerned about who or what firms benefits from my writings!
This is a critical and fundamental question that must be addressed, and addressed properly, for Hobby Squawk to raise itself above the stinking swamp that often are RC (radio control) group form sites.
1http://www.kirkbytimes.co.uk/news_items/the_scab.html
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