Freedom Of Speech Rights - Traffic Era Does NOT Support Them!

You have to love the creation of Logiscape Technologies. As I log in and settle down to open my much hated, paid for Traffic Era account, it was brought to my attention that Traffic Era is now monitoring all team chat and e-mails that are being sent between members. This idea in itself, is not so bad, as you can stop all kinds of harrassment that ARE against the law.

However, members ARE now scared to death to talk about anything that might just get them suspended. Rumors run rampant that people are being suspended just for using the word "share". What the HELL happened to free speech? Did I move to Russia when I joined Traffic Era? Listen, we are all big boys and big girls here. If someone wants to tell me about a great program that they joined, I WANT to hear about it. If Traffic Era doesn't like it, well, traffic era can kiss my growing larger every day butt.

They are not the only game in town. And it's time they realized it. There are 1000's of new traffic exchanges popping up daily, with webmasters who actually do answer support questions the first time, take care of viruses, framebreakers and freezing sites. They definitely aren't the cheapest game in town, and for the money they charge, they definitely aren't the best performing game in town.

It is TIME that everyone who operates an internet business realizes that Customer Service is your number one priority. If you want to know what to make better, ask your MEMBERS. They are the experts on your business. You will always be the apprentice. And if you don't want to take that advice to heart, well I only have one more thing to say.

There is only one shoulda and one gotta in life. Everything has a consequence, and you shoulda remembered that you gotta be able to deal with the consequences.

Quoted From Wikipedia:

"Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship. The right to freedom of speech is guaranteed under international law through numerous human-rights instruments, notably under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, although implementation remains lacking in many countries. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes preferred, since the right is not confined to verbal speech but is understood to protect any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas, regardless of the medium used.
In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country, although the degree of freedom varies greatly. Industrialized countries also have varying approaches to balance freedom with order. For instance, the United States First Amendment theoretically grants absolute freedom, placing the burden upon the state to demonstrate when (if) a limitation of this freedom is necessary."

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Beware The Scandalous Scammers! New For 3/25/08

As usual, there is always someone out there trying to scam you, send you a virus or just generally become one of the biggest pains in your rear end since you were born. This one is hot off the presses and came to my email. Try to ensure that you are following certain rules when opening your email, such as never downloading something from someone you don't know, or going to a website address that you have never seen before or been to. This will help to protect you and your computer.

Our newest Scandalous Scammers Award goes to mailer-daemon@groups.msn.com. It appears that they cannot unsubscribe me from some list that I would never have joined and didn't request to be unsubscribed from. I would love to know what this 2k attachment is, but curiousity does not win over my ability to keep working on my computer, and so it will be deleted permanently after writing this.

We're sorry, we were unable to remove your e-mail address from the distribution list coolgalsandboys@groups.msn.com.

To learn more about MSN Groups or for further assistance, please see our Help area.
http://help.msn.com/en_us/helpwindow.asp?INI=wcv8.ini&H_APP=MSN+Web+Groups

Thanks,

MSN Groups

If you see a message such as this, and you know you weren't a member of this or any group and didn't subscribe or unsubscribe. DELETE it and forget it. Do NOT open the attachments, as it is a good chance that if you do, you'll be left rebuilding your computer for the next week!

One message for the scammer...

Nice try, but we aren't buying! Get a life...it's not nice for little children to mess with The Ranting Queen!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Positive Rant - MyBannerMaker.com

It is a rare event that The Ranting Queen has something positive to say in this world of ours. Too many have forgotten the fact that not everyone was built with a computer chip in their head filled with how-tos. My Banner Maker has taken the guess work out of building an eyecatching, unique banner with instructions that a 5 year old could follow.

Although it seems to be a fairly new program with limited options at the moment, it also appears that the team who developed this site has set their goals a bit higher than most. Nothing to download, easy to use templates, a few clicks of a button and tada! You have a banner that will catch the eye of the very people you are trying to get to work with you, sign up under you or buy your program or products.

This one is cost effective as well. Try before you buy with the ability to make a completely FREE banner, and if you like the program, well it's just $25 a year to make an unlimited number of banners in any size you would like to have them in. Coupled with interesting fonts and effects, this program will definitely become a favorite of internet newbies and experienced players alike.

And the best part about this whole "rant" turned into "compliments"? No affiliate program, no reason for me to recommend it to you, other than the fact that it answered my short term needs with an easy to use, nothing to download program. Go figure...I must be losing my edge!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen

Software Programs - Make You Feel Like A Blazing Idiot?

Guys, please tell me why NO ONE can create a nice, easy software program to utilize. Is it so hard to keep in mind that not everyone was born with a computer chip inside of their brain? There are many people out there that would love a script, a program, a banner creator and more that is easy to use, can be followed step by step and come out with great looking professional results.

It can't be that hard to make. And do you even think about the benefits to you? How many support requests do you receive in a day, that could be solved easily by a step-by-step program that leaves no stone unturned? I realize that this might take an hour or so out of your busy day to do, but once again, should I remind you of the multiple hours you have spent explaining things to your customers after you sell them that program?

Do us a favor, get customer friendly! Test your programs, or pay/offer free memberships/free software for people to test them that aren't computer geeks and will find the things that need to be explained for those of us who are ...dare I say it... somewhat challenged in the area of this stuff.

Otherwise, we might just have to start begging God or the powers that be to install computer chips into our kids heads before they are born!

Best Wishes,
Melanie
A.K.A.
The Ranting Queen