Dont worry, You are a better man having been kicked from there.
Posted on: 25/Sep/2008 at 08:09
Ad Hustler said...
Ruck, sooo true. I was hustling a service on there in my signature, but to get booted is pretty silly. Warrior Forum is GREAT for one thing though : USELESS THREADS! Just figuring out something to respond in those threads made my head hurt.
What kind of asswipes these people are at warrior forums? They just ban you without a warning in couple of post? Even if you done nothing wrong and just went there nicely. They must the king asswipes of all forums
The Warrior Forum hates free speech. Here’s my experience being banned by those facist cowards: http://www.Squidoo.com/warrior-forum-hates-free-speech . Of course, I can return to the Warrior Forum at will and I can open as many accounts there as I want. However I, like so many others, have abandoned the WF for good. Their policy of censorship makes it a very unwelcoming forum for all network marketers. I have banned the Warrior Forum from my marketing endeavors. More and more marketers are doing the same every day.
Posted on: 19/Apr/2009 at 12:04
elmo said...
I just got banned, 1 hour after opening the account, must be some sort of record?.
I wasn’t using a signature or posting spam just commenting on the forum?.
What a joke
Posted on: 7/Jun/2009 at 12:06
Carmelita said...
Wow, sure would be nice if I knew what I did to get banned. I barely post on there cause most of the time they won’t allow it because I don’t have enough posts. Go figure.
Posted on: 11/Jun/2009 at 07:06
joe said...
i got banned for writing a negative review of a product? what gives
Posted on: 23/Jun/2009 at 06:06
markm said...
Hello
OK — I was thinking about joining the WF, besides the getting banned problem, do you all think the website/forum is worth paying to join? Why or Why Not?
I was banned to. Guessing cause someone asked for some recommendation of a site and I sent them the link. I only had 26 posts…. lol
Posted on: 9/Jul/2009 at 11:07
Chuck Rosseel said...
Squidoo is banning free speech now. Their recent censorship policy has locked thousands of lenses. In fact my Squidoo Lens about Warrior Forum’s ridiculous banning policy was just locked! It had been in the Squidoo Top 100, received lots of traffic, p1 of Google and contained very useful content. However Seth Godin and his fellow free speech haters at Squidoo saw fit to censor me. Unlike the Warrior Forum and Squidoo, thankfully there are many websites who still welcome and in fact cherish freedom of speech.
Posted on: 10/Jul/2009 at 01:07
Katie said...
I was banned for “bumping old posts.” I have no idea what that means. These asswipes do not have the courtesy to even send me an email telling me I have been banned. I found out by clicking on a forum link that someone sent to me via email. When I clicked it, I got the freakin notice on a WF page that popped up. Said I was banned until Jul 20. I have no idea how long it has been since I have not visited the site for the past 2 weeks.
Like someone else said, all I do there is read and post. I have no sig file and no one could eer say I was trying to market anything. Most of my posts are quickies.
Boggles my mind. I find it an insult and highly stupid, so I am likewise through with them and will pass the word along.
Perhaps I missed it, but if people can get banned so easily, there should be rules plainly listed on the site that inform us what these foolish “banning” rules are.
Posted on: 15/Jul/2009 at 10:07
Anin said...
I have contributed hundreds of positive, constructive posts based on years of experience, and received many thanks, and today got banned for disagreeing with someone, I assume a mod, who follows me around trying to provoke me.
Posted on: 23/Jul/2009 at 07:07
Steve said...
I was a member only about a month when I logged on and said I was banned for life for spamming the forum. That was an absolute lie. I had only 13 posts so how could I spam when I couldn’t have any links or sig files in my posts? I also couldn’t spam the members with PM’s because with my few posts I could only PM the staff.
I sent them a support ticket to tell them to look at all my posts and tell me how could I be accused of spam? Not too shocking, they have not got back to me.
Posted on: 25/Jul/2009 at 01:07
Hazel.L said...
I get banned too! And I don’t know why! I just signed up as a member few days ago. I have only posted one thread and there wasn’t any link or signature at all in that thread! I was just sharing my experience of how I joined a coaching program and trying to give some values to the rest. I didn’t even promote that site! Ahh~ I was so angry and upset. How can I spammed the forum with only one thread?? Ya and I did send a ticket to ask them too. Not get back to me yet also. Are they really can’t be bother at all because of there are already TOO MANY members in there?
Any other similar forum you guys recommend by the way?
I just got banned for life.
What a fcukin joke!! ive posted many good posts on there, helped loads of people, and got thanked many times, and tonight i got banned for “Spamming”..
I’m a paid up member of the WarRoom also, so unless i get a reply from the helpdesk as to why ive been banned, i’ll be chasing Paypal and my Credit Card company for a refund, and i’ll spend my $37 building a site to warn the world about how crap the WF really is…
I did have a sig, and someone told me it was not kosher (font was too big was all), so I said thanks for letting me know, I changed it – everything was cool, next day – I get the “banned for life” due to spamming message?!?!?
not much of a loss, as far as I can tell the site is mainly targeted at getting newbies to buy their wso pdf’s and videos.
funny, I was banned by a site for spamming when the people who run the site make a living selling pdf files explaining how to spam other sites for backlinks.
well i got banned yesterday for my signature. and i was a member for over 24 hrs only ! i felt so bad but reading your comments made me feel better . so guys suggest what are the other forums you visit .
A poster in the copywriting section was looking for a budget priced copywriting deal, I suggested that he might want to look at my WSO which would be coming up shortly.
A few hours later, I constructed my WSO thread (this morning) – I paid my $20 for it, it appeared on the site — 5 minutes literally pass and I get banned, didn’t even have time to reply to my first interested person.
Absolutely pathetic.
The forum is great, the mods are a complete bunch of idiots.
Stuff em, I ain’t going back there again.
The internet is a big enough place to make a success in business as long as you maintain a good positive, forward thinking attitude.
Internet marketing does not revolve solely around the Warrior Forum.
Just shows how a couple of rotten apples can spoil the whole barrel.
Hey, just found this when searching for “banned warrior forum account.” I “thought” I was doing something legit to spread the word on my new book. Had no clue I did it wrong. Yes, I even read the “forum rules” but so many people paint their business info I thought I was safe. I’m not even sure still how I did it wrong. It says my ban will be lifted “never.” Wow, can’t a girl make a mistake? I was hoping I’d get the chance to ask what I did and that I wouldnt’ do it again and that it was an honest mistake but I can’t even do that! geesh
Posted on: 26/Oct/2009 at 11:10
LovelyLovelyGuy said...
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These are not affiliate links, but please check these out
and be inspired. u will Thank me, Now I released the small heaviness of getting rid of WF,
Howies sites : http://www.fireyourselfmarketing.com/launch1/fyr.html
It is a similar story with me. I was an active member of warrior forum, contributing, commenting, enaging then all of a sudden out of nowhere, I’m banned. No warning, nothing.
I don’t have a clue as to what I did wrong. Is there any way of getting in touch with these people or person?
This is insane not to give people a warning or give the benefit of the doubt. If anyone has a clue how to communicate with them, please tell.
Also, if anyone has had success creating a new account, let me know.
Hi! Got the same situation. Just replied to a post who asked for help and got banned in 6 hours forever. There’s something wrong with those people and as I can see there are more to leave from them coz of it. Sure they keep the traffic and they don’t care about us. So they lose nothing banning us.
Anyway there are lots more grreat forums we could live in and just spread the word there. So Life goes on.. =)
Peace!
Hey guys , hope u checked the previous post of howie’s websites, I think that will remove off WF ban from your hearts if you keep reading the sales letters of howie and how much inspiration he gives in those links, do it n see, if possible, subscribe to him so u get 36 niches free pdf and free 15 web 2 properties in 3 pdf’s which google loves, experiment on them, it will be great and u can check u rankings soar up !
P.S: Today I searched and found another power of howie for just $47 and it has a line which says that u can show ur ad 70 million times on utube — it is called howie’s bathroom bonanza, I plan to get it and rock!
Yup, same thing here, for no reason said it was due to “spamming” uh, what? Crazy…only had about 10 posts…all helping others…wow!!! BANNED FOR LIFE…BwaaaHAaaaHAaa…I think they like the power trip, personally…but great things are happening to me since NOT spending hours daily there…like they say “everything happens for a reason!”
Yup Greg, everything happens for a reason and some people come for a season.
If we were out from there it may be because we helped someone and someelse marked us as spam, n because a forum is a closed space, the reason may be a personal one too, may be the owners did not like the marketer of whose program we were an affiliate ( I may be wrong here, but it is my judgement, ) anyways we can make this place a wonderful one , wat do ya say?
I posted a message asking about a certain internet marketer. This person was already the subject of the thread I was posting in. I gave my experience, and asked if others had had the same. I said nothing negative, except that I had decided not to go into business with that person (no reason given).
I gave no links, no signature, and not even my surname. But I was banned for life for spamming. Crikey! No warnings, no contact details given, no nothing.
I am wondering whether the person that was being discussed, or his MANY business associates, is in control of that forum.
The Warrior Forum is falling apart. Many years ago Allen Says made money dishonestly…he hasn’t made a dime online since…except for the scam money he makes as owner of the Warrior Forum.
Posted on: 26/Nov/2009 at 10:11
Bryan Chan said...
Can someone welcome me to the club?
I just got banned …again… and I have tried to go round it by creating other emails and setting up other accounts.. problem is they seem to find me and just ban me like that..
And the reasons are not provided… and if it is what i think it is, then the reason is ultra stupid.
anyway… is there a huge market of people out there who’ve been banned from WF?
If I wanna do a JV to create another forum like WF, for IM’ers…anyone keen on this with me?
Hi Bryan, Great Idea man! Infact the Jv method is a great way to grow. Will keep in touch soon, as of now, check net-university.us and u can take a jv software there n setup a
minijv event straightaway. Advanced Jv software is jv manager 2, the best. Even I have plans to do such a Jv. Will let u know.
There are many other forums, WF is not the end, also if you want to have the services of the WF members, u can contact them from outside and take their services. No one can say anything. He he !
Posted on: 27/Nov/2009 at 04:11
Christine said...
I am in the final stages of setting up an alternative to the WF. I am very keen to get helpers/moderators/jv’ers on board with me.
Please email me privately on christine@geckogully.com if you would like to discuss this further. Let me know what your proposal is, because right now my nose is too close to the proverbial grindstone of setting this thing up, to be able to think of partnership ideas!
I’ll let you all know the URL when it is set up, because I am trying to, um, observe (grin) as much as I can of the WF before my one goes live. You never know what might change on WF after this!
Christine.
Posted on: 27/Nov/2009 at 05:11
Christine said...
Oh yes. One more thing. If you want to get back onto WF, this is what worked for me.
Use another browser.
I was originally banned when I was on Explorer. So I installed Google Chrome and could get back on. I created a new userid, of course.
I have now been banned four times, and thank goodness there are plenty of browsers out there!
I can also get in using my iPhone, if I delete cookies first. I use this for browsing only, because it is tedious to type with.
But every time I have posted I have been banned, for life. So I don’t know what the heck these people are on, but it certainly doesn’t encourage participation.
In my new forum, I won’t be having any “War Room” type of setup, because I think that is just plain rude. Sure, it might be necessary to suspend or ban members sometimes, but I think if someone has paid a membership then gets banned from using it, there should be some sort of legal action taken for not providing the service that was paid for.
Let me tell you all my story too. This is the 13th time i got Banned by WF for no reason. Those idiots just put that note saying i was Spamming. LOL how can i spam with just 10-15 posts. Anyway, i opened a new Thread in the Programming section asking them to check why my Link Building Services site did not fit properly in 1400×900 monitors.
Too bad, WF members cant be able to Buy the 10000 Permanent Backlinks package i wanted to promote it via Signature. Others, just check my site if you like quick and permanent Backlinks.
OK, I’m a member of the club, too, as of 11 Nov, spamming. didn’t & never have. After reading comments here, I suspect I said something that someone didn’t like and spamming just an excuse. I have all the complaints expressed above, of course.
Have you seen Allan Says squeeze page for the War Room? http://warriorpro.com/warriorforum/ Almost 4000 words and the biggest load of hype I’ve ever seen. Dec 1st we might get our revenge by way of the FTC.
He’s offering a money back guarantee, and I don’t remember seeing that offered to the existing members of the forum; can’t get back on to check, of course. While I was still a member, I wasn’t even aware that the squeeze page had been put up, and I doubt that most of the other members were, either. I only found it when googling while trying to find out what the #$@% had happened.
I just found another way to get back onto the WF after having been banned. I don’t quite understand how this works, so I am hoping someone else can check it for me and see if it works for them too…
Go to Google, and do a search on something (anything) that includes the words Warrior Forum. I used Warrior Forum Scam.
Some of the links you are given will be to pages in the WF that have been “archived”. Click on one of these, and then you get a link near the top of the page to the WF home page. Voila! Click on that and you’re in!
Of course, you would then have to re-register a new username with a new email address so you aren’t recognised as the previous, banned, visitor.
Or you can just join my new forum instead (grin). I’m still looking for moderators!
Christine.
Posted on: 28/Nov/2009 at 06:11
Simon said...
Hey Guys, Guess what, i just read that I am banned forever for spamming the forum.
You know what? I did 1 post.ONE fucken post overall, Ive been there since a week.
@Joe. That’s good to know. PayPal is probably pretty busy these days. lol
@Christine. I haven’t been able to get back in with anything I’ve tried; I would like to look around and see if I can pinpoint the post that probably got me banned.
I suspect that I did get into the OLD forum (I wasn’t a member then) by using the ‘archived’ tim you mentioned. I didn’t notice at the time whether or not it was archived. Getting in wasn’t helpful, but it was interesting. I looked around quite a bit, and I saw only one name that I recognized as a current member.
For those trying to get back in, just use Google Chrome’s “Incognito mode”.. when you get back into the forum, you will find all your posts have been deleted…
I hope I’m not going to get myself banned from another forum, this one, because I mentioned some other one. There is a long (4 pages) and oldish thread at http://ablakeforum.com/index.php/topic,813.0.html that has a lot of ‘insider information’ about how WF forum works. Look for posts by Terry Crim, a moderator (off and on, he says) there.
However, there is discussion about there no longer being a moderator system in place; instead, the members are doing it. Enthusiastically, I would say.
From reading that thread, I’m pretty sure about what post got me banned, and it didn’t have anything to do with SPAM! I responded *in support* of someone complaining about deterioration of the War Room since it was opened to the public by subscription. I’d love to know if the entire thread was deleted and/or if the OP was banned, too.
Posted on: 29/Nov/2009 at 03:11
Ad Hustler said...
Whoa…lots of action going on here the last few days. Feel free to talk, no one is getting banned – Tell your friends to subscribe to AdHustler.com
@Ad Hustler. Thanks for that. I didn’t really think I would be banned, but after all you never know and I am new here. That thread I recommended talked about WF moderators banning you just because they didn’t like you or didn’t like what you said.
I WILL be recommending this forum to my blog readers. Not only am I looking for a new forum home, I am ‘researching’ for a post on my blog about my banning and will be removing WF from recommendation, replacing it with this one and one or two others.
SORRY! So why didn’t you fix it? I don’t see any way to get in and edit, and I really don’t like that kind of sloppy writing–whether it has my name on it or someone else’s.
@Joe Are you sure all of your posts are deleted when you’ve been banned? Not on WF, I don’t think, but I know I have seen an avatar with ‘banned’ underneath. I assumed posts weren’t removed because it would disrupt threads, i.e., if a banned person posted (not as OP) and others responded to his post, their posts would probably be meaningless and confusing to readers who didn’t know what had happened.
I’d be delighted if all of my posts were deleted. The truly upsetting thing about all of this to me is the humiliation and embarrassment of being branded a wrongdoer. Human nature being what it is, people will believe I was guilty–and probably of something worse than what I was actually banned for (although I can’t think of anything more damning than spamming at the moment).
I do and have used the same username and avatar everywhere, so this would be following me. I work hard at maintaining my integrity in every aspect of my life, so this has been a real blow to me.
@jo pretty sure my posts were deleted. when i managed to get back in to the forum i did a search and was unable to find my posts.
Dont worry about being banned, the web is a big place, and if youre into internet marketing your customers are likely to be people way less ‘internet savy’ than you and I, so dont worry about being banned from WF, its not going to have any impact on your ability to make cash from the web, infact start blogging about it and you can make money from the situation
@Joe. You are so kind to offer that reassurance. I’ve been trying to write some posts about it but am still too bent out of shape to to be coherent.
I’m not big on forums and never have been particularly active on WF, but I actually don’t remember ever having seen any name or avatar marked banned there. Since there seem to be so many of us, it seems like I would have if the posts were left up. I do hope you’re right, and thanks again for your input.
@Jo. A thick skin comes in handy for online marketing pursuits, hey?
You haven’t arrived until you’ve been unfairly banned somewhere online.
I’ve been banned on the Warrior Forum plus Squidoo (lenses blocked). I’ve been kicked out of YouTube so many times I have the YouTube logo permanently imprinted on my ass.
Without cause, WF will ban anyone. The inmates are running the asylum over there. Squidoo didn’t like my lens (made Top 100) criticizing WF, so they blocked it (along with all my lenses), then allowed a Warrior Forum sycophant to steal my lens url, erase my article and publish some drivel praising WF. Seth Godin is a Purple Cow Coward!
My YouTube videos dominated page 1 of all the keywords I worked on. This caused jealousy among some of my competitors so they dishonestly flagged my videos. Not one video violated YouTube TOS but that doesn’t matter. Anyone can lose his YouTube channel due to false flagging and contrary to what YouTube says, there isn’t a damn thing one can do about it. (I just open new channels).
Did I ever feel humiliated or embarrassed being branded a “wrongdoer”? Hell no! I turned these unfair attacks upside down and used the experiences to go after the real “wrongdoers”. Controversy = traffic. Try it you’ll like it.
Groucho Marx sent this telegram to the Friar’s Club of Beverly Hills, to which he belonged:
“PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER”
Chuck
Posted on: 30/Nov/2009 at 11:11
Sean Sylvester McNulty said...
http://www.torproject.org/ free to download, gives you another IP address, easily switch between your original IP address and the proxy IP address. Sign in as a new user and you are good to go again.
@Warrior Forum Sucks. Guess you wonder where I’ve been, huh, Chuck? Had a look at your forum, thanked you for the kudos, read a couple of things, wound up on Digital Point…I’ve been all over the place, and it all started right here with your comment. LOL
I’ve been waiting for someone to tell me that an IMer’s best asset his his thick skin. My wanderings have not only toughened me up, but I’ve collected lots of lemons on the way with which to make lemonade. Collected lots of laughs too, especially on that Digital Point thread.
It’s Dec 1st already here in New Zealand. Gotta start monitoring Allen Says almost-4000-word squeeze page to see if the FTC zaps him tomorrow…and start writing some posts and posting some links.
Thanks for the encouraging words and for sharing your experiences with me.
Posted on: 30/Nov/2009 at 10:11
steph said...
WF is so stupid I just got banned and they said because of breaking forum rules – sorry but in my opinion that’s lame. I was being very careful. No warning just “poooof” and I’m gone not even an infraction. I thought I was adding value to WF, people were thanking me for every 2 posts I was making.
I got Banned!!!! I feel cheated and I think it’s a bad idea to have ohter WF members have a choice to ban you…So stupid
WF has a lot of explaining to do. . banning members for unclear reasons, no warnings, no explanations, and not an opportunity to explain your side.. not a good forum for me..
@Poster. I’m not seeing much support for expectations of change from the Warrior Forum, but I suspect something is going on – maybe a lot of turmoil caused by opening the War Room to the public.
I bought an e-book from one of the WF big names, someone I admire and respect for his quality products at modest prices – among other things. On two or three occasions in that publication he referred readers to the WF, not inappropriately, but in no other of the several books by him that I own has he done that.
On that same day, I received a subscribed newsletter pitching a product with the link ‘blah, blah tool – sold like crazy at the Warrior Forum.’ Nothing definitive there, but that’s not a common pitch as far as I have seen, and I kind of got the idea that that person might have been banned and can no longer do WSOs there.
Posted on: 18/Dec/2009 at 01:12
JG said...
I was not only banned but had my internet account shut down.
@JG How could WF be instrumental in getting your internet account shut down?
@ALL. There’s a handsome new forum called the New Warrior Forum (Hope this is OK here-I’ll omit the link) that isn’t getting much attention but could easily be a candidate for a WF replacement. There’s a special section where you are invited to tell your banning story.
@Gary.As Christine posted above, her new forum at http://www.newwarriorforum.com/ is up, so we need to promote and publicize it to help it grow into a really useful forum.
In the meantime, I’ve found http://ablakeforum.com to be excellent, and a lot of WF-banned people are migrating there.
Just a quick note to thank you all for your support of http://www.newwarriorforum.com . However, to avoid the possibility of the elusive Allen actually having to emerge from hiding in order to sue me, I have decided to change the name to http://www.freeonlinemarketingforum.com .
Today (30 Dec 2009) I will be doing the transfer to the new name. Pardon my dust while I renovate!
I will let you all know when it is up and running again.
Oh, and does anyone have any idea how FTC regulations can be applied to anyone outside the USA? I have had it suggested to me that naming my new forum so closely to the old (crap) one could be in breach of FTC regulations. But as an Australian I don’t really care about FTC regulations any more than an American should care about ACCC regulations. Should I?
hi All
Though I have found some work from the warrior forum, and find 30 percent of the people very decent, I don’t visit there anymore.
I tried posting a link to totally FREE resources, as in no sign up, no mailing list, no nothing, just download..and I was attacked by several on there, and told I had to pay ($20 per post) to offer anything.
what a crock. total rip-off and delusions of grandeur over there. total.
Happy to help anyone wanting to develop a new forum, just drop me a note. ecoversource.com
Posted on: 4/Jan/2010 at 03:01
William said...
Just got banned today for life. I was a relatively new member, had no links in there whatsoever. No sig link, no bio link, no links in any post.
My guess? Well, I paid $37 for an offering there called the Niche Diagram. The people who ran Niche Diagram almost abandoned the project. I got my refund then gave a scathing negative review of the product in the WF.
All the senior members in that forum are always stroking each others products (usually “how to make money online” products or “how to get backlink” products).
I guess the lesson here is always give a WSO a positive review, after all, it may be some senior members only bread and butter.
Yeah, Like all of you out there. Warrior Forum I guess banned me because I told customers to go to my Warrior Special Offer. Then some guy and girl asked my what my Language was! Their are some rude people and they said I was banned till the January 27 for no reason, no warning, no nothing. After paying 37.00 for the membership and 20.00 for the listed, I was banned after being on there 2 days. If this is the way they treat customers, I will not be back there anymore.
I think the internet is big enough that I don’t feel I have to spend money and lose it without being told why I was banned or not even being warned. I think this is bad business.
Anyway, I have created a forum and I need new members, Anyway feel free to post and I will give you a Free Gift For Joining.
I own the domain name marketerwebsite.com if anyone wants to buy it. I was going to do the anti-warrio forum thing as well, but I have no time at all, just drop me a note with an offer. Its on godaddy.com.
Happy Trails!
Good on you Ray, for starting up another forum! Mine is still up (haven’t been kicked off the internet by Allen the God like some people thought I might be – lol). It is at http://www.freeonlinemartketingforum.com .
You know, it has been interesting having this forum up. I wrote to quite a lot of the “gurus” to invite them to join the forum. But you know what? There were a number of big names who are active on WF who wrote back saying they won’t join the new one because they are loyal to Allen and they are his friends.
Some said I was breaking FTC regulations (whatever they are – I am in Australia, so should I care?). Some said he would get my IP banned from the Internet. Can one person actually DO that? I don’t think so, not unless your name is Obama or Gates or Rudd or someone powerful like that!
It was interesting too, to note that the wording of some of the replies was nearly identical. Just like these were not really emails written by the people they came from, but rather by puppets with someone else pulling the strings (I wonder who?? lol)
Anyway, my forum is still there. I haven’t done much publicity on it yet (I know, I keep saying that, but I am supposed to be on holiday!). But come and see, and let me know what you think.
Christine
PS I know – some of you are wondering. Kevin Rudd is the Prime Minister of Australia. lol
Hey, Christine, Pretty Cool Forum You Got, Check Mine Out. I think you should create some articles and videos for your website. If you need your article written and submitted I provide this service. Otherwise you should just create some videos on YouTube , Google, Daily Motion etc. and get some traffic to your forum.
I did check yours out Ray – well done. Still needs dome tweaking, but you’ll get it right. I have registered, but I can’t find where I go to change my signature. Is there a Profile button (or equivalent)?
A video is a good idea. Thanks! You have got my mind ticking over with ideas. I’ll let you all know here when it is up.
And I am already a pretty good writer, so I might just write an article. Hmmm…
Hey, Thanks For Letting Me Know That! I will leave a comment here later after I check out the Profile Button or the signature file you sent. I haven’t been in my Admin area in a while. Just goes to show you always have to edit your websites.
As far as your video, when I have some time I will review it and let you know,
Yes, the “elusive” Allen Says could slap you with trademark infringements and get the FTC, ICANN, etc after you anywhere on the planet. Remember that it’s a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT they want to ensnare and enslave people in.
hi all ,
Nice posts , sounds like a bunch of very clever ppl.
Am promoting something does not cost an arm n leg and can make you a stable income, anyone interested plz email me,thanks.
I’ve just got banned from Warrior Forum for 6 months!! The reason this has happened is because I purchased a WSO. This marketers course turned out to be a load of thrown together garbage and her visoes were all about how to use subliminal message to hike up sales!…..very dodgy!
So, I asked her questions about her course, one of which was a direct question asking her if she had used a subliminal message on her sales video on the Warrior Forum. She refused to answer. I pulled up quotes of her telling one warrior that she would have no problem refunding then another quote telling another that ’sales are final’
I at no point said ‘you’re a scam artist’ which wouldn’t have been wrong. I posted carefully and backed my comments with evidence.
As an ethical marketer I felt that was fair in order to stop others being scammed.
How ironic that the ethical marketer that is trying to save others from losing their money gets banned and the scam artist is still selling her garbage.
I understand that Allen Says used to earn his money unethically – looks like he hasn’t changed, just preaches that he’s a new man!
I can’t even find an admin email so that I can email to plead my case.
All my posts have been about helping others without gain and yet the retard who banned me obviously didn’t take any notice. They took notice of the $37 I paid to join the War Room though. A fee that the great Allen Says puts in place to keep out scammers lol – not a profit seeking venture I’m sure !!!!
I’m so angry my blood is like magma lol
When the ban is lifted I will use the place purely to post WSO’s (ethical ones) the rest of the time Warrior Forum can take a running jump.
I though about making a Squidoo lens but to be honest they all p*ss in the same pot so would probably get banned there too if I used freedom of speech.
I am however going to blog about it – I own that domain so catch me if you can!
if you paid for War Room – demand a refund from Paypal… youve paid for “Lifetime membership” which is now not being permitted… refund in order – worked for me!
@Nicola. What rant? Your post is just what we need to be effective against the Warrior Forum…calm, rational, well documented.
I’m glad to hear that you intend to blog about it, and I’m confident that your posts will be of equal quality (I took a peek at your site )
Posted on: 7/Mar/2010 at 03:03
LindaB said...
Hey Nicola, Rant all you like, that’s what this great place is for! That forum takes advantage of those desperate to make money online b/c of lost wages or whatever.
I saw it over and over again, empty promises, really poor products, basically regurgitated content.
I would set a complaint via paypal against warrior, hit them where it hurts.
Posted on: 7/Mar/2010 at 04:03
LindaB said...
I’ve decided to take my domain name: marketerwebsite.com and develop a free forum.. free as in monitored so it isn’t full of garbage and ads from outer mongolia!
if anyone has the time and desire to help out, let me know I will do all the setting up work and design, but would need help with topics and so on.
drop me an email!
Seems like there are a lot of mad people lingering around here. Thanks for chillen at AdHustler.com. Make sure you subscribe to RSS and tell everyone you know. No censorship here!
@ Joe Thanks for the tip but how do I request a refund when I can’t even get onto the Warrior Forum as they’ve blocked my IP address?
I could open it as a dispute at Paypal’s resolution centre but it isn’t really a dispute as they haven’t refused to refund me, I just can’t get to them to ask!
Thank you for that kind comment about my blog Jo. Don’t forget to check back and see my blog post about this fiasco. I’ve got to do a bit of the old keyword research first. Although, by the looks of it, the words Warrior Forum and banned should do the trick.
There are so many people that have been treated like this…..it’s scandelous!
Oh, by the way, I’m going to publish the actual post that got me banned on my blog as well. That way it’s more unbias as readers can see both sides.
Nicola, you should just ask PayPal for a refund because, by banning you, the WF has prevented you from accessing that which you paid them for in the first place.
I invite any and all of you to relate your horror stories about the Warrior Forum on my blog. You can leave a comment or even better write an article as my guest blogger. I will publish it on “Warrior Forum Sucks”. Feel free to include links back to your blogs and websites.
Contact me using the “contact” button on the top right section of “Warrior Forum Sucks”.
Also please follow and subscribe to Ad Hustler’s rss feed.
Posted on: 7/Mar/2010 at 06:03
LovelyLovelyGuy said...
Your ATTENTION pls : The only colour that matters is GREEN, beat that in your mind !
Firstly I have no differences of such color or whatever, only ideas matter. Ive posted something very valuable from a famous internet marketer and that marketer was not a “white man” , so after I made the post I was banned, ——– who cares anyway! ha ha we dont care, 2012 is also near, so all these dont matter, we will see who wins, there are many more lovely forums of im and many ideas, so remember, nothing is permanent, dont take the ban of WF too personally, the internet is oceanic, u can have many colours and sail smoothly!
@LovelyLovelyGuy Your ban was totally outrageous! I have a pretty good idea which famous marketer you are refering to – could it be Willie Crawford (Top guy)? If it is then they are totaly hypocrites as he has contributed heavily in that forum and they use his name as a selling point to get you to pay over your $37 for War Room membership.
Being a bit dense here so please excuse me but what is happening in 2012?
I know I’ve taken it personally. My pride has taken a tumble and it’s the injustice that stings. The scammer will be laughing her socks off and I can’t reach through my computer screen to give her a darn good kicking lol…..a woman scorned lol
Emotionally, I feel like telling WF to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine…sideways, when the ban is lifted. But emotional decisions usually end up hurting you so I’ll probably just give a few lame replies and use it for *ethical* WSO’s, you know – the ones that actually work and have value lol
All the best to you,
Nicola
Posted on: 8/Mar/2010 at 04:03
LovelyLovelyGuy said...
Hi nicola, I felt it wouldnt be nice on my part to post the name of that marketer , so I did not post it , n because such names dont crave for name and fame, they have gone beyond that long ago , such names have even dined with the biggest celebrites and did not care much and still look to everyone with the same view, thats to say the least,
u may feel shy, but big marketers will always help u if you approach them, go to such guys and see the difference
hey nothing bad will happen to anyone good in 2012 be rest assured,
I can feel and understand the emotion, let it take some time, emotions can be replaced and they fade away with time, as the saying goes, if u r depressed and gloomy, look at the face of the worst sufferer and count ur blessings, ………….write a journal of gratitude,,,, all the best to u too nicola
You really have picked a apt username….if only everyone could strive to take a leaf out of your book, life would be so good
I did hesitate before mentioning the marketers name but on thinking about it I decided that it would be fine as he really is a top marketer and we are only using his name in praise – he has my respect.
When I was growing up and I grumbled about something, as we all do at times, my mom used to point out (not literally) another child that was less fortunate, maybe in a wheelchair unable to walk, run or have the same things I took for granted.
This ban has made me wary of approaching big names as I feel it has smirched my name and credibility.
Thanks for the reality check. And all the best to you too.
At LovelyLovelyGuy and @Nicola: ‘u may feel shy, but big marketers will always help u if you approach them, go to such guys and see the difference’.
I have read comments on several occasions and in several places that those ‘big guys’ who are on WF are the very ones who do or support the banning when their own WSOs are perceived to be threatened.
I can’t speak for all of them, but when I was banned I wrote to one of them whose ‘many-times-a-customer’ I am and with whom I have corresponded in the past, and he has never answered me. I’ve always thought of him as a really good person and am disappointed to now have to think less of him. I really didn’t expect him to do anything except just give me a little support, but in any case, I thought he would show ANYONE the courtesy of a reply, if only to say I’m sorry but I can’t help you.
Please note that I wasn’t asking for help to get readmitted; I would be ashamed to be a part of such a group, and I’m sorry that I have to think less of all of those big names who continue to chase the $$ there, even if they are dishonoring themselves by remaining members.
Posted on: 8/Mar/2010 at 10:03
LovelyLovelyGuy said...
@Jo, I understand your situation was a hard one, but remember ultimately, all the help that comes, comes from within, you hold the keys, people can only show the way, u may discover something by urself, thats ur way, thats the best way to follow, regarding the big ones, I meant the really big marketers who have crossed the wf or even wso’s such people are really nice to go for guidance. I meant nice people and valuable advice like this : http://www.strategicprofits.com
Posted on: 9/Mar/2010 at 08:03
LovelyLovelyGuy said...
@Nicola Wamest Regards to u too and Thank u so much for the compliments , life is beautiful, enjoy it, life is a game, play it………..enjoy the fun!
Posted on: 9/Mar/2010 at 09:03
LovelyLovelyGuy said...
Hey Guys, I can teach you how to be funny and hit back at the warrior forum, but im not doing it because I dont want to stoop down to that level , u have something wonderful…………… Something else higher……………. I believe that in the infinite creation always there are endless opportunities, so there is a place that beats the warrior forum left and right and easily takes it over, because it has more free speech, rules exist, yet there is more to know, more to learn and many tricks n tactics , the mods are helpful, may teach u new things on request, if something is not good on ur part, you may be given a warning but not banned without notice or proper info like wf . Please see : the most happening place : http://www.moneymakerdiscussion.com and if u like what u see, join it !
Dont worry, You are a better man having been kicked from there.
Ruck, sooo true. I was hustling a service on there in my signature, but to get booted is pretty silly. Warrior Forum is GREAT for one thing though : USELESS THREADS! Just figuring out something to respond in those threads made my head hurt.
Bahaha! I got banned for a week once… for a damn signature, just like you.
I also got warnings for trying to answer php questions from newbies too!
I can’t stand that forum.
I did not know how to browse that forum anyways. Stick to WF. I like it there and insist that you stick to it ONLY.
What kind of asswipes these people are at warrior forums? They just ban you without a warning in couple of post? Even if you done nothing wrong and just went there nicely. They must the king asswipes of all forums
I just got banned too!
They are tool boxes. No worries.
The Warrior Forum hates free speech. Here’s my experience being banned by those facist cowards: http://www.Squidoo.com/warrior-forum-hates-free-speech . Of course, I can return to the Warrior Forum at will and I can open as many accounts there as I want. However I, like so many others, have abandoned the WF for good. Their policy of censorship makes it a very unwelcoming forum for all network marketers. I have banned the Warrior Forum from my marketing endeavors. More and more marketers are doing the same every day.
I just got banned, 1 hour after opening the account, must be some sort of record?.
I wasn’t using a signature or posting spam just commenting on the forum?.
What a joke
Wow, sure would be nice if I knew what I did to get banned. I barely post on there cause most of the time they won’t allow it because I don’t have enough posts. Go figure.
i got banned for writing a negative review of a product? what gives
Hello
OK — I was thinking about joining the WF, besides the getting banned problem, do you all think the website/forum is worth paying to join? Why or Why Not?
MarkM
I was banned to. Guessing cause someone asked for some recommendation of a site and I sent them the link. I only had 26 posts…. lol
Squidoo is banning free speech now. Their recent censorship policy has locked thousands of lenses. In fact my Squidoo Lens about Warrior Forum’s ridiculous banning policy was just locked! It had been in the Squidoo Top 100, received lots of traffic, p1 of Google and contained very useful content. However Seth Godin and his fellow free speech haters at Squidoo saw fit to censor me. Unlike the Warrior Forum and Squidoo, thankfully there are many websites who still welcome and in fact cherish freedom of speech.
I was banned for “bumping old posts.” I have no idea what that means. These asswipes do not have the courtesy to even send me an email telling me I have been banned. I found out by clicking on a forum link that someone sent to me via email. When I clicked it, I got the freakin notice on a WF page that popped up. Said I was banned until Jul 20. I have no idea how long it has been since I have not visited the site for the past 2 weeks.
Like someone else said, all I do there is read and post. I have no sig file and no one could eer say I was trying to market anything. Most of my posts are quickies.
Boggles my mind. I find it an insult and highly stupid, so I am likewise through with them and will pass the word along.
Perhaps I missed it, but if people can get banned so easily, there should be rules plainly listed on the site that inform us what these foolish “banning” rules are.
I have contributed hundreds of positive, constructive posts based on years of experience, and received many thanks, and today got banned for disagreeing with someone, I assume a mod, who follows me around trying to provoke me.
I was a member only about a month when I logged on and said I was banned for life for spamming the forum. That was an absolute lie. I had only 13 posts so how could I spam when I couldn’t have any links or sig files in my posts? I also couldn’t spam the members with PM’s because with my few posts I could only PM the staff.
I sent them a support ticket to tell them to look at all my posts and tell me how could I be accused of spam? Not too shocking, they have not got back to me.
I get banned too! And I don’t know why! I just signed up as a member few days ago. I have only posted one thread and there wasn’t any link or signature at all in that thread! I was just sharing my experience of how I joined a coaching program and trying to give some values to the rest. I didn’t even promote that site! Ahh~ I was so angry and upset. How can I spammed the forum with only one thread?? Ya and I did send a ticket to ask them too. Not get back to me yet also. Are they really can’t be bother at all because of there are already TOO MANY members in there?
Any other similar forum you guys recommend by the way?
I just got banned for life.
What a fcukin joke!! ive posted many good posts on there, helped loads of people, and got thanked many times, and tonight i got banned for “Spamming”..
I’m a paid up member of the WarRoom also, so unless i get a reply from the helpdesk as to why ive been banned, i’ll be chasing Paypal and my Credit Card company for a refund, and i’ll spend my $37 building a site to warn the world about how crap the WF really is…
WTF???!??!
I got banned after 1 day –
I did have a sig, and someone told me it was not kosher (font was too big was all), so I said thanks for letting me know, I changed it – everything was cool, next day – I get the “banned for life” due to spamming message?!?!?
Oh well, I am glad I came across this page…
Made me feel better…
F^$&! em….
I want to play!
yep, banned as well. spamming. same case as most here, I wasn’t spamming, just happed to say something a mod didn’t like.
I wanted to add…
not much of a loss, as far as I can tell the site is mainly targeted at getting newbies to buy their wso pdf’s and videos.
funny, I was banned by a site for spamming when the people who run the site make a living selling pdf files explaining how to spam other sites for backlinks.
well i got banned yesterday for my signature. and i was a member for over 24 hrs only ! i felt so bad but reading your comments made me feel better . so guys suggest what are the other forums you visit .
They just banned me for 30 days – even accused me of racism and threatened to have my ISP close my acct – my ISP probably laughed at them.
I am quite pissed at being called a racist – read about it here: http://track-n-test.com/2009/10/13/i-got-banned-30-days-from-warrior-forum/
No wonder so many people have gotten angry at WF – but I still love that forum – just hate the mods
A poster in the copywriting section was looking for a budget priced copywriting deal, I suggested that he might want to look at my WSO which would be coming up shortly.
A few hours later, I constructed my WSO thread (this morning) – I paid my $20 for it, it appeared on the site — 5 minutes literally pass and I get banned, didn’t even have time to reply to my first interested person.
Absolutely pathetic.
The forum is great, the mods are a complete bunch of idiots.
Stuff em, I ain’t going back there again.
The internet is a big enough place to make a success in business as long as you maintain a good positive, forward thinking attitude.
Internet marketing does not revolve solely around the Warrior Forum.
Just shows how a couple of rotten apples can spoil the whole barrel.
Oh well, life goes on.
Hey, just found this when searching for “banned warrior forum account.” I “thought” I was doing something legit to spread the word on my new book. Had no clue I did it wrong. Yes, I even read the “forum rules” but so many people paint their business info I thought I was safe. I’m not even sure still how I did it wrong. It says my ban will be lifted “never.” Wow, can’t a girl make a mistake? I was hoping I’d get the chance to ask what I did and that I wouldnt’ do it again and that it was an honest mistake but I can’t even do that! geesh
Hey Guys, I do a lot of Good online and give Lots of stuff Generously, I did my best to help people even at WF, I dont know why I have been banned, no worries, life goes on,,,,,,,,,,,,Hey dudes, all of you should move on and get on with something wonderful, life changes, everything is bound to change, Be Positive, Go ahead, get howie’s stuff and get cash pumping in,,,,,,,,, Im planning to go in for them.
These are not affiliate links, but please check these out
and be inspired. u will Thank me, Now I released the small heaviness of getting rid of WF,
Howies sites : http://www.fireyourselfmarketing.com/launch1/fyr.html
http://www.undergroundtrafficsociety.com/
Tk, Sweet — LovelylovelyGuy
It is a similar story with me. I was an active member of warrior forum, contributing, commenting, enaging then all of a sudden out of nowhere, I’m banned. No warning, nothing.
I don’t have a clue as to what I did wrong. Is there any way of getting in touch with these people or person?
This is insane not to give people a warning or give the benefit of the doubt. If anyone has a clue how to communicate with them, please tell.
Also, if anyone has had success creating a new account, let me know.
Sincerely,
Howard
Hi! Got the same situation. Just replied to a post who asked for help and got banned in 6 hours forever. There’s something wrong with those people and as I can see there are more to leave from them coz of it. Sure they keep the traffic and they don’t care about us. So they lose nothing banning us.
Anyway there are lots more grreat forums we could live in and just spread the word there. So Life goes on.. =)
Peace!
Hey guys , hope u checked the previous post of howie’s websites, I think that will remove off WF ban from your hearts if you keep reading the sales letters of howie and how much inspiration he gives in those links, do it n see, if possible, subscribe to him so u get 36 niches free pdf and free 15 web 2 properties in 3 pdf’s which google loves, experiment on them, it will be great and u can check u rankings soar up !
P.S: Today I searched and found another power of howie for just $47 and it has a line which says that u can show ur ad 70 million times on utube — it is called howie’s bathroom bonanza, I plan to get it and rock!
Yup, same thing here, for no reason said it was due to “spamming” uh, what? Crazy…only had about 10 posts…all helping others…wow!!! BANNED FOR LIFE…BwaaaHAaaaHAaa…I think they like the power trip, personally…but great things are happening to me since NOT spending hours daily there…like they say “everything happens for a reason!”
Yup Greg, everything happens for a reason and some people come for a season.
If we were out from there it may be because we helped someone and someelse marked us as spam, n because a forum is a closed space, the reason may be a personal one too, may be the owners did not like the marketer of whose program we were an affiliate ( I may be wrong here, but it is my judgement, ) anyways we can make this place a wonderful one , wat do ya say?
I posted a message asking about a certain internet marketer. This person was already the subject of the thread I was posting in. I gave my experience, and asked if others had had the same. I said nothing negative, except that I had decided not to go into business with that person (no reason given).
I gave no links, no signature, and not even my surname. But I was banned for life for spamming. Crikey! No warnings, no contact details given, no nothing.
I am wondering whether the person that was being discussed, or his MANY business associates, is in control of that forum.
The Warrior Forum is falling apart. Many years ago Allen Says made money dishonestly…he hasn’t made a dime online since…except for the scam money he makes as owner of the Warrior Forum.
Can someone welcome me to the club?
I just got banned …again… and I have tried to go round it by creating other emails and setting up other accounts.. problem is they seem to find me and just ban me like that..
And the reasons are not provided… and if it is what i think it is, then the reason is ultra stupid.
anyway… is there a huge market of people out there who’ve been banned from WF?
If I wanna do a JV to create another forum like WF, for IM’ers…anyone keen on this with me?
If yes…email me at megabonusdeals@gmail.com to discuss
Hi Bryan, Great Idea man! Infact the Jv method is a great way to grow. Will keep in touch soon, as of now, check net-university.us and u can take a jv software there n setup a
minijv event straightaway. Advanced Jv software is jv manager 2, the best. Even I have plans to do such a Jv. Will let u know.
There are many other forums, WF is not the end, also if you want to have the services of the WF members, u can contact them from outside and take their services. No one can say anything. He he !
I am in the final stages of setting up an alternative to the WF. I am very keen to get helpers/moderators/jv’ers on board with me.
Please email me privately on christine@geckogully.com if you would like to discuss this further. Let me know what your proposal is, because right now my nose is too close to the proverbial grindstone of setting this thing up, to be able to think of partnership ideas!
I’ll let you all know the URL when it is set up, because I am trying to, um, observe (grin) as much as I can of the WF before my one goes live. You never know what might change on WF after this!
Christine.
Oh yes. One more thing. If you want to get back onto WF, this is what worked for me.
Use another browser.
I was originally banned when I was on Explorer. So I installed Google Chrome and could get back on. I created a new userid, of course.
I have now been banned four times, and thank goodness there are plenty of browsers out there!
I can also get in using my iPhone, if I delete cookies first. I use this for browsing only, because it is tedious to type with.
But every time I have posted I have been banned, for life. So I don’t know what the heck these people are on, but it certainly doesn’t encourage participation.
In my new forum, I won’t be having any “War Room” type of setup, because I think that is just plain rude. Sure, it might be necessary to suspend or ban members sometimes, but I think if someone has paid a membership then gets banned from using it, there should be some sort of legal action taken for not providing the service that was paid for.
Just my 2 cents worth!
Christine.
Hi fellow WF Haters
Let me tell you all my story too. This is the 13th time i got Banned by WF for no reason. Those idiots just put that note saying i was Spamming. LOL how can i spam with just 10-15 posts. Anyway, i opened a new Thread in the Programming section asking them to check why my Link Building Services site did not fit properly in 1400×900 monitors.
Too bad, WF members cant be able to Buy the 10000 Permanent Backlinks package i wanted to promote it via Signature. Others, just check my site if you like quick and permanent Backlinks.
OK, what do you think?
http://www.newwarriorforum.com/
Christine.
Fair enough – I posted a link to my new forum but it is awaiting moderation.
If you want to know where it is, email me – christine@geckogully.com .
Christine.
Hi Christine,,
I have sent u an email
OK, I’m a member of the club, too, as of 11 Nov, spamming. didn’t & never have. After reading comments here, I suspect I said something that someone didn’t like and spamming just an excuse. I have all the complaints expressed above, of course.
Have you seen Allan Says squeeze page for the War Room? http://warriorpro.com/warriorforum/ Almost 4000 words and the biggest load of hype I’ve ever seen. Dec 1st we might get our revenge by way of the FTC.
He’s offering a money back guarantee, and I don’t remember seeing that offered to the existing members of the forum; can’t get back on to check, of course. While I was still a member, I wasn’t even aware that the squeeze page had been put up, and I doubt that most of the other members were, either. I only found it when googling while trying to find out what the #$@% had happened.
I just found another way to get back onto the WF after having been banned. I don’t quite understand how this works, so I am hoping someone else can check it for me and see if it works for them too…
Go to Google, and do a search on something (anything) that includes the words Warrior Forum. I used Warrior Forum Scam.
Some of the links you are given will be to pages in the WF that have been “archived”. Click on one of these, and then you get a link near the top of the page to the WF home page. Voila! Click on that and you’re in!
Of course, you would then have to re-register a new username with a new email address so you aren’t recognised as the previous, banned, visitor.
Or you can just join my new forum instead (grin). I’m still looking for moderators!
Christine.
Hey Guys, Guess what, i just read that I am banned forever for spamming the forum.
You know what? I did 1 post.ONE fucken post overall, Ive been there since a week.
They can KISS MY ASS
If youre a paid member of the War Room and you get banned, just open a ticket with PayPal and you will get your money back. worked for me anyway…
@Joe. That’s good to know. PayPal is probably pretty busy these days. lol
@Christine. I haven’t been able to get back in with anything I’ve tried; I would like to look around and see if I can pinpoint the post that probably got me banned.
I suspect that I did get into the OLD forum (I wasn’t a member then) by using the ‘archived’ tim you mentioned. I didn’t notice at the time whether or not it was archived. Getting in wasn’t helpful, but it was interesting. I looked around quite a bit, and I saw only one name that I recognized as a current member.
For those trying to get back in, just use Google Chrome’s “Incognito mode”.. when you get back into the forum, you will find all your posts have been deleted…
I hope I’m not going to get myself banned from another forum, this one, because I mentioned some other one. There is a long (4 pages) and oldish thread at http://ablakeforum.com/index.php/topic,813.0.html that has a lot of ‘insider information’ about how WF forum works. Look for posts by Terry Crim, a moderator (off and on, he says) there.
However, there is discussion about there no longer being a moderator system in place; instead, the members are doing it. Enthusiastically, I would say.
From reading that thread, I’m pretty sure about what post got me banned, and it didn’t have anything to do with SPAM! I responded *in support* of someone complaining about deterioration of the War Room since it was opened to the public by subscription. I’d love to know if the entire thread was deleted and/or if the OP was banned, too.
Whoa…lots of action going on here the last few days. Feel free to talk, no one is getting banned
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@Ad Hustler. Thanks for that. I didn’t really think I would be banned, but after all you never know and I am new here. That thread I recommended talked about WF moderators banning you just because they didn’t like you or didn’t like what you said.
I WILL be recommending this forum to my blog readers. Not only am I looking for a new forum home, I am ‘researching’ for a post on my blog about my banning and will be removing WF from recommendation, replacing it with this one and one or two others.
This is a blog, not a forum but enjoy nonetheless
SORRY! So why didn’t you fix it? I don’t see any way to get in and edit, and I really don’t like that kind of sloppy writing–whether it has my name on it or someone else’s.
@Joe Are you sure all of your posts are deleted when you’ve been banned? Not on WF, I don’t think, but I know I have seen an avatar with ‘banned’ underneath. I assumed posts weren’t removed because it would disrupt threads, i.e., if a banned person posted (not as OP) and others responded to his post, their posts would probably be meaningless and confusing to readers who didn’t know what had happened.
I’d be delighted if all of my posts were deleted. The truly upsetting thing about all of this to me is the humiliation and embarrassment of being branded a wrongdoer. Human nature being what it is, people will believe I was guilty–and probably of something worse than what I was actually banned for (although I can’t think of anything more damning than spamming at the moment).
I do and have used the same username and avatar everywhere, so this would be following me. I work hard at maintaining my integrity in every aspect of my life, so this has been a real blow to me.
@jo pretty sure my posts were deleted. when i managed to get back in to the forum i did a search and was unable to find my posts.
Dont worry about being banned, the web is a big place, and if youre into internet marketing your customers are likely to be people way less ‘internet savy’ than you and I, so dont worry about being banned from WF, its not going to have any impact on your ability to make cash from the web, infact start blogging about it and you can make money from the situation
@Joe. You are so kind to offer that reassurance. I’ve been trying to write some posts about it but am still too bent out of shape to to be coherent.
I’m not big on forums and never have been particularly active on WF, but I actually don’t remember ever having seen any name or avatar marked banned there. Since there seem to be so many of us, it seems like I would have if the posts were left up. I do hope you’re right, and thanks again for your input.
@Jo. A thick skin comes in handy for online marketing pursuits, hey?
You haven’t arrived until you’ve been unfairly banned somewhere online.
I’ve been banned on the Warrior Forum plus Squidoo (lenses blocked). I’ve been kicked out of YouTube so many times I have the YouTube logo permanently imprinted on my ass.
Without cause, WF will ban anyone. The inmates are running the asylum over there. Squidoo didn’t like my lens (made Top 100) criticizing WF, so they blocked it (along with all my lenses), then allowed a Warrior Forum sycophant to steal my lens url, erase my article and publish some drivel praising WF. Seth Godin is a Purple Cow Coward!
My YouTube videos dominated page 1 of all the keywords I worked on. This caused jealousy among some of my competitors so they dishonestly flagged my videos. Not one video violated YouTube TOS but that doesn’t matter. Anyone can lose his YouTube channel due to false flagging and contrary to what YouTube says, there isn’t a damn thing one can do about it. (I just open new channels).
Did I ever feel humiliated or embarrassed being branded a “wrongdoer”? Hell no! I turned these unfair attacks upside down and used the experiences to go after the real “wrongdoers”. Controversy = traffic. Try it you’ll like it.
Groucho Marx sent this telegram to the Friar’s Club of Beverly Hills, to which he belonged:
“PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER”
Chuck
http://www.torproject.org/ free to download, gives you another IP address, easily switch between your original IP address and the proxy IP address. Sign in as a new user and you are good to go again.
@Warrior Forum Sucks. Guess you wonder where I’ve been, huh, Chuck? Had a look at your forum, thanked you for the kudos, read a couple of things, wound up on Digital Point…I’ve been all over the place, and it all started right here with your comment. LOL
I’ve been waiting for someone to tell me that an IMer’s best asset his his thick skin. My wanderings have not only toughened me up, but I’ve collected lots of lemons on the way with which to make lemonade. Collected lots of laughs too, especially on that Digital Point thread.
It’s Dec 1st already here in New Zealand. Gotta start monitoring Allen Says almost-4000-word squeeze page to see if the FTC zaps him tomorrow…and start writing some posts and posting some links.
Thanks for the encouraging words and for sharing your experiences with me.
WF is so stupid I just got banned and they said because of breaking forum rules – sorry but in my opinion that’s lame. I was being very careful. No warning just “poooof” and I’m gone not even an infraction. I thought I was adding value to WF, people were thanking me for every 2 posts I was making.
I got Banned!!!! I feel cheated and I think it’s a bad idea to have ohter WF members have a choice to ban you…So stupid
WF has a lot of explaining to do. . banning members for unclear reasons, no warnings, no explanations, and not an opportunity to explain your side.. not a good forum for me..
@Poster. I’m not seeing much support for expectations of change from the Warrior Forum, but I suspect something is going on – maybe a lot of turmoil caused by opening the War Room to the public.
I bought an e-book from one of the WF big names, someone I admire and respect for his quality products at modest prices – among other things. On two or three occasions in that publication he referred readers to the WF, not inappropriately, but in no other of the several books by him that I own has he done that.
On that same day, I received a subscribed newsletter pitching a product with the link ‘blah, blah tool – sold like crazy at the Warrior Forum.’ Nothing definitive there, but that’s not a common pitch as far as I have seen, and I kind of got the idea that that person might have been banned and can no longer do WSOs there.
I was not only banned but had my internet account shut down.
@JG How could WF be instrumental in getting your internet account shut down?
@ALL. There’s a handsome new forum called the New Warrior Forum (Hope this is OK here-I’ll omit the link) that isn’t getting much attention but could easily be a candidate for a WF replacement. There’s a special section where you are invited to tell your banning story.
well looks like im in good company.. i cant recall EVER making a post on WF, but when i logged in tonite.. big message..
You have been banned for the following reason:
Breaking the Forum Rules!
Date the ban will be lifted: Never
wow.. do i have backlinks to Alkaida that i dont know about?
what a joke.. actually its cruel really.. I just found out about warriors for hire.. I was gonna outsource some stuff.. ut hey.. they can go jump..
So whats the alternative forums.. any suggestions??
Gazinbali
@Gary.As Christine posted above, her new forum at http://www.newwarriorforum.com/ is up, so we need to promote and publicize it to help it grow into a really useful forum.
In the meantime, I’ve found http://ablakeforum.com to be excellent, and a lot of WF-banned people are migrating there.
Just a quick note to thank you all for your support of http://www.newwarriorforum.com . However, to avoid the possibility of the elusive Allen actually having to emerge from hiding in order to sue me, I have decided to change the name to http://www.freeonlinemarketingforum.com .
Today (30 Dec 2009) I will be doing the transfer to the new name. Pardon my dust while I renovate!
I will let you all know when it is up and running again.
Oh, and does anyone have any idea how FTC regulations can be applied to anyone outside the USA? I have had it suggested to me that naming my new forum so closely to the old (crap) one could be in breach of FTC regulations. But as an Australian I don’t really care about FTC regulations any more than an American should care about ACCC regulations. Should I?
Christine.
hi All
Though I have found some work from the warrior forum, and find 30 percent of the people very decent, I don’t visit there anymore.
I tried posting a link to totally FREE resources, as in no sign up, no mailing list, no nothing, just download..and I was attacked by several on there, and told I had to pay ($20 per post) to offer anything.
what a crock. total rip-off and delusions of grandeur over there. total.
Happy to help anyone wanting to develop a new forum, just drop me a note. ecoversource.com
Just got banned today for life. I was a relatively new member, had no links in there whatsoever. No sig link, no bio link, no links in any post.
My guess? Well, I paid $37 for an offering there called the Niche Diagram. The people who ran Niche Diagram almost abandoned the project. I got my refund then gave a scathing negative review of the product in the WF.
All the senior members in that forum are always stroking each others products (usually “how to make money online” products or “how to get backlink” products).
I guess the lesson here is always give a WSO a positive review, after all, it may be some senior members only bread and butter.
Big babies!
Yeah, Like all of you out there. Warrior Forum I guess banned me because I told customers to go to my Warrior Special Offer. Then some guy and girl asked my what my Language was! Their are some rude people and they said I was banned till the January 27 for no reason, no warning, no nothing. After paying 37.00 for the membership and 20.00 for the listed, I was banned after being on there 2 days. If this is the way they treat customers, I will not be back there anymore.
I think the internet is big enough that I don’t feel I have to spend money and lose it without being told why I was banned or not even being warned. I think this is bad business.
Anyway, I have created a forum and I need new members, Anyway feel free to post and I will give you a Free Gift For Joining.
http://officialinternetmarketingexpert.com/Forum
It just pisses me off to no end that Forums treat people like Garbage!
I own the domain name marketerwebsite.com if anyone wants to buy it. I was going to do the anti-warrio forum thing as well, but I have no time at all, just drop me a note with an offer. Its on godaddy.com.
Happy Trails!
Good on you Ray, for starting up another forum! Mine is still up (haven’t been kicked off the internet by Allen the God like some people thought I might be – lol). It is at http://www.freeonlinemartketingforum.com .
You know, it has been interesting having this forum up. I wrote to quite a lot of the “gurus” to invite them to join the forum. But you know what? There were a number of big names who are active on WF who wrote back saying they won’t join the new one because they are loyal to Allen and they are his friends.
Some said I was breaking FTC regulations (whatever they are – I am in Australia, so should I care?). Some said he would get my IP banned from the Internet. Can one person actually DO that? I don’t think so, not unless your name is Obama or Gates or Rudd or someone powerful like that!
It was interesting too, to note that the wording of some of the replies was nearly identical. Just like these were not really emails written by the people they came from, but rather by puppets with someone else pulling the strings (I wonder who?? lol)
Anyway, my forum is still there. I haven’t done much publicity on it yet (I know, I keep saying that, but I am supposed to be on holiday!). But come and see, and let me know what you think.
Christine
PS I know – some of you are wondering. Kevin Rudd is the Prime Minister of Australia. lol
Hey, Christine, Pretty Cool Forum You Got, Check Mine Out. I think you should create some articles and videos for your website. If you need your article written and submitted I provide this service. Otherwise you should just create some videos on YouTube , Google, Daily Motion etc. and get some traffic to your forum.
good luck,
Ray
I did check yours out Ray – well done. Still needs dome tweaking, but you’ll get it right. I have registered, but I can’t find where I go to change my signature. Is there a Profile button (or equivalent)?
A video is a good idea. Thanks! You have got my mind ticking over with ideas. I’ll let you all know here when it is up.
And I am already a pretty good writer, so I might just write an article. Hmmm…
Christine.
OK, I made a video. What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYIyZkehiI
It’s just a quickie, but I might tidy it up a bit if I get time…
Christine.
Hey, Thanks For Letting Me Know That! I will leave a comment here later after I check out the Profile Button or the signature file you sent. I haven’t been in my Admin area in a while. Just goes to show you always have to edit your websites.
As far as your video, when I have some time I will review it and let you know,
Take Care,
Ray
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Hi Lisa,
Yes, the “elusive” Allen Says could slap you with trademark infringements and get the FTC, ICANN, etc after you anywhere on the planet. Remember that it’s a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT they want to ensnare and enslave people in.
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Floods & Earthquakes can happen.
Are you part of the problem or the solution? Will you agree to help these people?
Give assistance to kids!
http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/
hi all ,
Nice posts , sounds like a bunch of very clever ppl.
Am promoting something does not cost an arm n leg and can make you a stable income, anyone interested plz email me,thanks.
I’ve just got banned from Warrior Forum for 6 months!! The reason this has happened is because I purchased a WSO. This marketers course turned out to be a load of thrown together garbage and her visoes were all about how to use subliminal message to hike up sales!…..very dodgy!
So, I asked her questions about her course, one of which was a direct question asking her if she had used a subliminal message on her sales video on the Warrior Forum. She refused to answer. I pulled up quotes of her telling one warrior that she would have no problem refunding then another quote telling another that ’sales are final’
I at no point said ‘you’re a scam artist’ which wouldn’t have been wrong. I posted carefully and backed my comments with evidence.
As an ethical marketer I felt that was fair in order to stop others being scammed.
How ironic that the ethical marketer that is trying to save others from losing their money gets banned and the scam artist is still selling her garbage.
I understand that Allen Says used to earn his money unethically – looks like he hasn’t changed, just preaches that he’s a new man!
I can’t even find an admin email so that I can email to plead my case.
All my posts have been about helping others without gain and yet the retard who banned me obviously didn’t take any notice. They took notice of the $37 I paid to join the War Room though. A fee that the great Allen Says puts in place to keep out scammers lol – not a profit seeking venture I’m sure !!!!
I’m so angry my blood is like magma lol
When the ban is lifted I will use the place purely to post WSO’s (ethical ones) the rest of the time Warrior Forum can take a running jump.
I though about making a Squidoo lens but to be honest they all p*ss in the same pot so would probably get banned there too if I used freedom of speech.
I am however going to blog about it – I own that domain so catch me if you can!
You’re not alone,
Nicola
(sorry for the rant)
if you paid for War Room – demand a refund from Paypal… youve paid for “Lifetime membership” which is now not being permitted… refund in order – worked for me!
@Nicola. What rant? Your post is just what we need to be effective against the Warrior Forum…calm, rational, well documented.
I’m glad to hear that you intend to blog about it, and I’m confident that your posts will be of equal quality (I took a peek at your site )
Hey Nicola, Rant all you like, that’s what this great place is for! That forum takes advantage of those desperate to make money online b/c of lost wages or whatever.
I saw it over and over again, empty promises, really poor products, basically regurgitated content.
I would set a complaint via paypal against warrior, hit them where it hurts.
I’ve decided to take my domain name: marketerwebsite.com and develop a free forum.. free as in monitored so it isn’t full of garbage and ads from outer mongolia!
if anyone has the time and desire to help out, let me know I will do all the setting up work and design, but would need help with topics and so on.
drop me an email!
Seems like there are a lot of mad people lingering around here. Thanks for chillen at AdHustler.com. Make sure you subscribe to RSS and tell everyone you know. No censorship here!
@ Joe Thanks for the tip but how do I request a refund when I can’t even get onto the Warrior Forum as they’ve blocked my IP address?
I could open it as a dispute at Paypal’s resolution centre but it isn’t really a dispute as they haven’t refused to refund me, I just can’t get to them to ask!
It’s a catch 22 lol
Thanks Joe
@Jo
Thank you for that kind comment about my blog Jo. Don’t forget to check back and see my blog post about this fiasco. I’ve got to do a bit of the old keyword research first. Although, by the looks of it, the words Warrior Forum and banned should do the trick.
There are so many people that have been treated like this…..it’s scandelous!
Oh, by the way, I’m going to publish the actual post that got me banned on my blog as well. That way it’s more unbias as readers can see both sides.
Warmest wishes,
Nicola
It’s sad but not surprising to read all these woeful tales of being banned by the Warrior Forum.
Thanks to those, Nicola and Jo and others, who have left comments on my blog http://www.WarriorForumSucks.com.
Nicola, you should just ask PayPal for a refund because, by banning you, the WF has prevented you from accessing that which you paid them for in the first place.
I invite any and all of you to relate your horror stories about the Warrior Forum on my blog. You can leave a comment or even better write an article as my guest blogger. I will publish it on “Warrior Forum Sucks”. Feel free to include links back to your blogs and websites.
Contact me using the “contact” button on the top right section of “Warrior Forum Sucks”.
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Your ATTENTION pls : The only colour that matters is GREEN, beat that in your mind !
Firstly I have no differences of such color or whatever, only ideas matter. Ive posted something very valuable from a famous internet marketer and that marketer was not a “white man” , so after I made the post I was banned, ——– who cares anyway! ha ha we dont care, 2012 is also near, so all these dont matter, we will see who wins, there are many more lovely forums of im and many ideas, so remember, nothing is permanent, dont take the ban of WF too personally, the internet is oceanic, u can have many colours and sail smoothly!
@LovelyLovelyGuy Your ban was totally outrageous! I have a pretty good idea which famous marketer you are refering to – could it be Willie Crawford (Top guy)? If it is then they are totaly hypocrites as he has contributed heavily in that forum and they use his name as a selling point to get you to pay over your $37 for War Room membership.
Being a bit dense here so please excuse me but what is happening in 2012?
I know I’ve taken it personally. My pride has taken a tumble and it’s the injustice that stings. The scammer will be laughing her socks off and I can’t reach through my computer screen to give her a darn good kicking lol…..a woman scorned lol
Emotionally, I feel like telling WF to stick it where the sun doesn’t shine…sideways, when the ban is lifted. But emotional decisions usually end up hurting you so I’ll probably just give a few lame replies and use it for *ethical* WSO’s, you know – the ones that actually work and have value lol
All the best to you,
Nicola
Hi nicola, I felt it wouldnt be nice on my part to post the name of that marketer , so I did not post it , n because such names dont crave for name and fame, they have gone beyond that long ago , such names have even dined with the biggest celebrites and did not care much and still look to everyone with the same view, thats to say the least,
u may feel shy, but big marketers will always help u if you approach them, go to such guys and see the difference
hey nothing bad will happen to anyone good in 2012 be rest assured,
I can feel and understand the emotion, let it take some time, emotions can be replaced and they fade away with time, as the saying goes, if u r depressed and gloomy, look at the face of the worst sufferer and count ur blessings, ………….write a journal of gratitude,,,, all the best to u too nicola
@LovelyLovelyGuy
You really have picked a apt username….if only everyone could strive to take a leaf out of your book, life would be so good
I did hesitate before mentioning the marketers name but on thinking about it I decided that it would be fine as he really is a top marketer and we are only using his name in praise – he has my respect.
When I was growing up and I grumbled about something, as we all do at times, my mom used to point out (not literally) another child that was less fortunate, maybe in a wheelchair unable to walk, run or have the same things I took for granted.
This ban has made me wary of approaching big names as I feel it has smirched my name and credibility.
Thanks for the reality check. And all the best to you too.
Warmest,
Nicola
At LovelyLovelyGuy and @Nicola: ‘u may feel shy, but big marketers will always help u if you approach them, go to such guys and see the difference’.
I have read comments on several occasions and in several places that those ‘big guys’ who are on WF are the very ones who do or support the banning when their own WSOs are perceived to be threatened.
I can’t speak for all of them, but when I was banned I wrote to one of them whose ‘many-times-a-customer’ I am and with whom I have corresponded in the past, and he has never answered me. I’ve always thought of him as a really good person and am disappointed to now have to think less of him. I really didn’t expect him to do anything except just give me a little support, but in any case, I thought he would show ANYONE the courtesy of a reply, if only to say I’m sorry but I can’t help you.
Please note that I wasn’t asking for help to get readmitted; I would be ashamed to be a part of such a group, and I’m sorry that I have to think less of all of those big names who continue to chase the $$ there, even if they are dishonoring themselves by remaining members.
@Jo, I understand your situation was a hard one, but remember ultimately, all the help that comes, comes from within, you hold the keys, people can only show the way, u may discover something by urself, thats ur way, thats the best way to follow, regarding the big ones, I meant the really big marketers who have crossed the wf or even wso’s such people are really nice to go for guidance. I meant nice people and valuable advice like this : http://www.strategicprofits.com
@Nicola Wamest Regards to u too and Thank u so much for the compliments , life is beautiful, enjoy it, life is a game, play it………..enjoy the fun!
Hey Guys, I can teach you how to be funny and hit back at the warrior forum, but im not doing it because I dont want to stoop down to that level , u have something wonderful…………… Something else higher……………. I believe that in the infinite creation always there are endless opportunities, so there is a place that beats the warrior forum left and right and easily takes it over, because it has more free speech, rules exist, yet there is more to know, more to learn and many tricks n tactics , the mods are helpful, may teach u new things on request, if something is not good on ur part, you may be given a warning but not banned without notice or proper info like wf . Please see : the most happening place : http://www.moneymakerdiscussion.com and if u like what u see, join it !