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Mars Hill a sponsor of Myballard.com?

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Started 5 months ago by Sunset Hill David
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Sunset Hill David

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Check the masthead up top. What a travesty.

Posted 5 months ago #
onederfullone

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Marketing meets a sell.

101.

Predict yet another thread stating the obvious.

It is a cult, which, by definition means lots of folks are in lockstep.

I believe I saw someone mention how a pretty co-worker was a follower. Some folks can't see ugly, even when it slaps them. Even if they are pretty.

I know a lot of pretty liberals, go figure...

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BuffaloHawk

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Woot !!! Mini-Nugent is back.. Nice to see you.

Posted 5 months ago #
onederfullone

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...okay, ty.

I blew in, expect to blow out soon.

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Compass Rose

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I mentioned a former coworker who goes there. I don't recall mentioning that she was pretty (though she is), just that she was a very sweet, kind person who was lovely to work with and never said a bad word about anyone. I was shocked to learn that she goes to Mars Hill.

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h2o_girl

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I think more an advertiser than sponsor - I've seen other ads in that spot. This one seems to have been there for quite a while though.

Posted 5 months ago #
Compass Rose

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Advertiser, sponsor - what's the difference?

Quite honestly, if this was my website I would refuse advertising from them.

Posted 5 months ago #
ynh98107

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I am waiting for the Ballard version of the Jonestown Massacre.

Posted 5 months ago #
teigyr

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My guess is the owners will take advertising dollars no matter who it's from and if there were to be any type of discrimination, Mars Hill has a strong legal team.

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"Advertiser, sponsor - what's the difference?

Quite honestly, if this was my website I would refuse advertising from them. "

yet, you comment on the very thread about this church, thus generating them more money in the process.

would you really not run their ads compass rose?

I found it odd the other day that ESPN was advertising on Myballard. not that I hold anything against them (other than their poor coverage of hockey of course).
I just wonder what the threshold would truly be for most to refuse money from a potential (and influential) advertiser in the community.

Posted 5 months ago #
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GI...

Religion is a tricky subject though. Taking advertising almost means that you agree with it. It would be like advertising an abortion provider or free birth control. You are bound to put some people off.

Hockey, on the other hand, doesn't draw so much ire, no matter how off-putting it is to some people.

Posted 5 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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teigyr.. Does that mean we will see adds for Ted Nugent concerts & NRA memberships

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pennygirl

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buffalohawk - I have a contact regarding vinyl. Can you email me?

Sorry for the thread jack

Posted 5 months ago #
teigyr

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There have been other churches that advertise here. I'm not extolling the virtues of Mars Hill, I don't like them one little bit but I don't think you can include some but not others. Heck, for all we know the Swedes are members of Mars Hill. I'd imagine a few people here are though I doubt if they'd admit it.

BH, not quite their demographic but if they were to want to pay for it, I'm sure we'd see ads.

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Thank you went all over town trying to locate Talking Heads "Stop making sense" and had to go to amazon.
I am seafletch9@ The Bills Gates emprire

If we had a member of Mars Hills willing to start a thread it could be EPIC

Posted 5 months ago #
pennygirl

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hotmail?

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BuffaloHawk

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msn.com

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pennygirl

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Got it

Posted 5 months ago #
teigyr

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Wasn't there a Mars Hill guy on here at one point who was defending them? Also (and I could be wrong) wasn't it Mars Hill that was offering free yard work and stuff by their parishioners? It wouldn't surprise me at all if this forum had a few of their people watching the topics.

Posted 5 months ago #
pennygirl

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Yes and yes. Someone (that we discovered was a Pastor) was on here defending them. He lasted about 2 hours. I think that Mars Hill are probably all over this forum. Not literally, but watching it.

Thinking about it, we haven't had a good Driscoll bash recently :-)

Posted 5 months ago #
teigyr

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True except for it just brings more publicity. The little weasel seems to thrive on negative publicity and his membership (and real estate) seems to be growing.

Posted 5 months ago #
Ballardemician

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Mars Hill: if Jesus was alive today he'd be a hard-rockin' MMA champ whose always available for (some kinds of) sex (house)wife wouldn't think of letting herself go (or else he could go gay).

So f-ing boring being an atheist - why didn't I sign up for the comic book ontology? ...

Posted 5 months ago #
Compass Rose

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GI, how exactly do you think that me commenting on this thread would directly generate money for them? I'd be on the forum regardless; it's not like my commenting here increases readership, and I'm certainly not clicking on their ad.

Yes, I would really not run their ads. I wouldn't run a KKK ad either. I'm no ethical purist, but there's a line for me.

Teigyr, why couldn't the owners accept some ads and not others?

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teigyr

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CR, maybe they can choose whose ads they run but imagine if they refused to run an ad for a Muslim company or a gay owned company, etc. Again I'm very clear on the fact I don't like Mars Hill but to discriminate against them is the same thing as discriminating against other groups and I feel it's wrong. I don't know what the law says on it but my guess is if a company refused to work with a certain group due to their religious affiliation/beliefs, that could open a whole shiatstorm of potential lawsuits.

(added to say it increases revenue for them because the more "views" the site has, the more they can charge in advertising. Every one of us here is responsible for it.)

Posted 5 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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Mars Hills Church vs Scientology thread .. FTW

It would be better than cable

Posted 5 months ago #
Corvus

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It was the new "Ballard Church" that was doing the help your neighbor yard work thing. They were supposedly on the Suede's walking route and so got a whole bunch of free publicity. There was also some talk that Ballard Church was really just a mini Mars Hill.

The fellow who was a Mars Hill pastor was defending some 'meet your neighbor' campaign they were having, I think.

Here it is...
http://www.myballard.com/forum/topic.php?id=4255&page=2

Posted 5 months ago #
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I think MyBallard can refuse any advertisers then want based on the first ammendment:

"(blogs) & newspapers do have a First Amendment right to refuse letters to the editor and ads. Since they are privately owned entities whose editors have editorial control, they are free to promote whatever political, social or economic view they wish."

compass, I was trying to get the point across that teigyr made. each of our clicks on this site generates income (for the site anyway). maybe the church doesn't see dollars from this, but bumping the thread gives them more publicity.

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Compass Rose

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GI, yes, bumping the thread gives them more publicity, but what advertisers are more concerned about are a website's overall page views and unique visitors. The posters on the forum are coming to the forum anyway. Plus, I don't even know if forum traffic is measured as part of a site's metrics, since it's typically the same 20 or so people posting in a forum - not big numbers anyway.

Posted 5 months ago #
PlantLover

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According to the fine print metrics below, there are 34,211 members of the forum. Over the last 57 months, there have been posts by 3914 members.

So yeah, I think we are helping them to make money by the ads.

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Compass Rose

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Interesting, PL. I hadn't noticed the numbers. I'm surprised by the 3914. That's a lot higher than I would have thought. I wonder how many of those are regular readers versus temporary posters/trolls. Interesting.

Posted 5 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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CR- There are almost as many adds exclusive to the forum page as there are on the homepage.I wonder who I need to contact for my commission check?

Posted 5 months ago #
JM

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Sounds like a cult to me. I have to wonder about spirituality that requires money to support some guru's lifestyle.

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PlantLover

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It also notes that there are 136 users online right now, but only 10 of them are registered members. Hey lurkers! Join up and be counted! I think the Swedes have two kids now - they need to save for the college fund.

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I often read the forum and don't think about logging in. I forget when I am logged in as I close my browsers alot. So, I don't think the number of members online is quite accurate. Perhaps it should read "12 of them are members who have decided to login."

Posted 5 months ago #
Ernie

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I found it odd the other day that ESPN was advertising on Myballard

The bottom ad on the right is an "AdChoices" ad meaning it is going to target advertising to the topic or (I think maybe) the user's interests. Maybe the ESPN ad followed GI here from his fantasy league?

I only noticed this because it was an ad for Angry Birds on the Angry Birds thread.

Posted 5 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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Ernie

I am surprised we don't get a ton of ads for cat & dog tracking devices.

Posted 5 months ago #
SmartsyArtsy

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If you review the stats below, have you also noticed that 90% of all new "members" are from Shen Zhen with gobble gook member names?

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Compass Rose

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BH, ugh. Why'd you have to point that out? You are harshing my mellow.

Posted 5 months ago #
BuffaloHawk

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I am going to bump some of gracie's threads so I can see what is on sale at Staples;) hehe

Posted 5 months ago #
Corvus

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Hey - "Who do you think you are?"

Posted 5 months ago #
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajk0kEi41Vc

you think i'm selfish, exist only to wish on stars
lay in wait and cut the bars down, then go ice the guards
touch the hood and go kiss granny, catch a box of food
play the blade and feel that sunlight till you're in the mood
but who do you think you are?

Posted 5 months ago #
Ernie

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Here they go again.....

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/14/mars-hill-church-now-conveniently-closer-to-all-the-aids

What a bunch of stupid pricks.

Posted 5 months ago #
JM

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It's a cult like the Rev Jim Jones or the Moonies.

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