I thought you were golden again.
I must be on double-secret probation!
I did change my avatar to Sampsonās photo of a red onionā¦ maybe thatās the real reason.
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Hmmm. Could be considered provocative.
Wait till they see my plunging neckline and scary-high hemā¦
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Iām averting my eyes now. Those stiletto heels must be really uncomfortable.
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Iāve noticed when I search for recipes on Google, above the search results there are suggestions, the majority were from the Chowhound website. I wonder what they are doing, or it just my browser remembering things from the past?
That is my betā¦but donāt take my word for it, I aināt that bright to begin with.
The VIP in charge at CH is in charge of optimizing search results to maximize unique visitors to the site counted as clicks and referrals. Thatās pretty much all they care about now. And they have moved WAY up in terms of ranking of web sites for traffic, which maximizes ad revenue.
About those ads; they have so little respect or concern for the forum participants (the half dozen left give or take) that moderators donāt see ads before they are posted and have no control over the ad content until offensive ones get reported.
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hmmm 
Yea! You tell āem CO. Remember the good olā days when we used to tear 'em a new one? I lost track of the warnings, time-outs and excommunications. And then my attempts to sneak back on with aliases. 
Well, I still post here and on chowhound.
I mean they havenāt insulted me yet and as long as there is action there in the forums I frequent Iāll contribute. I usually just ask questions or contribute the same contents here and there. I like talking about food and Iām not married to any board in particular. Its not like anybody pays me to post. Do I agree with the new āclickbaitā chowhound direction? Of course not! Does it rubs me the wrong way to see some of my post generate twitter clickbaits for chowhound? Of course! However, as long as I get more benefit for participating in discussions than the energy it takes to talk about it I guess Iāll continue.
Its not like egullet where I remember being asked for proof that I was in the industry when I tried to subscribe. Guess what? Iām not an industry insider and never pretended to be. Iām just a food enthusiast who likes to talk about food. You want a place where all the posters are industry insiders? Well, you got it. The Quebec section of egullet has been dead for years. I donāt even need to go there to read anymore because there is no interesting content.
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What fun we had!!! Our dearly departed Sam, Dawson and Veggo. You and Mark. Alan, Cindy, Gio (she was the nice one!). Were there more? And Sam and Veggo would get into the rum late at night and awake to a āNote from a Moderator.ā LOL Yeah, I tried a couple of aliases that didnāt work. Iām truly no longer interested.
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I joined egullet after the heave-ho from CH but contributed little. But I didnāt have to say I was in the food industry. Perhaps theyāve changed.
It was a long time agoā¦ I think between 2005 and 2010 (ish?) that I tried joining egullet. I donāt know if they changed since them.
Yes, e-Gullet dropped the i9dustry requireme9t.
Well, I stopped by CH yesterday and someone had been allowed to post an ad for himself - as a real estate broker!
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There was/is also a topic with someone attempting to get input for a new app thatās kindof like Yelp. When I saw it the topic had been going on for something like 7 hours and had started to drift toward some CH bashing. Curious.
Iām bumping this thread up, thanks in part to the thread āChow Shenanigansā that caused me to sign into Chow for a first time in a looooong time. As I was checking out any new updates etc. I came across a thread that was started on my local NJ board by @sockster. As you can see the thread was started Aug. 21, 2017, exactly 1 month ago today! As you can also see it has -0- responses or commentsā¦yes ZERO.
Ironically the same poster also created a thread here about the same restaurant:
and what do we have? 11 replies and 255 views!! Looks to me like the Infiltration of Chowhound has been a success my friends!! To the Hoās !!!
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Well in this case success is relative since the chowhound boards are dead.
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So what is that, an Irish moresome with whipped cream?
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