One such example is 'Jessica'. I only know of her because I inherited somebody that had worked with her, so I'm familiar with her entry-level methods and poor results. Normally I'd just ignore false and/or misleading information in the group, but in this case I was directly exposed to her incompetence so I thought I'd take her to task on her porky pies. My reply got me banned (again).
Her comment of ".. just continue doing what everybody else is doing and see how it goes" rubbed me the wrong way because *nothing* we do is what anybody else is doing, and her methods are literally a cut-and-paste of every other BS Facebook program in the country.
I find it staggering that some weekend-educated marketing stooge will willingly engage others when they know they don't have the knowledge, skills, or expertise, and they'll knowingly introduce worst-practice methods into an operation. If the same style of deliberate misconduct and malpractice took place in the finance industry you'd end up in prison, but 'marketing experts' seemingly have a free pass.
The conversation was innocent enough, but Jessica was wrong in *so many ways*. I would have though moderators would welcome and encourage competing arguments when replying to beginners, but they instead willingly allowed brokers to be led into the arms of absolute mediocrity in complete contrast to the overarching best-interest ethos that is meant to be the foundation upon which the industy operates.
I understand my posts in these groups may sound a little self-serving, or maybe even a tad egocentric, but I'm also leaning on a lifetime of experience. To put it bluntly, I'm always right (except when I'm not, which is never), and to silence my expertise was a little offensive. For moderators to actively allow promotion from a charlatan is despicable.
The pictured post never made it.
Rant over.
