Chris Hall wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>> There has been a lot of conversation about these two guys in the past
>> few months. Most of it negative and rightfully so. I would like to
>> point out that there is an alternate forum available to those who
>> would like to discuss cruises and offer assistance to others.
>> www.cruisecritic.com is a very lively forum with hundreds of posts
>> daily. Forums are divided up into cruise lines which makes it possible
>> to really narrow down the topic of interest.
>>
>> I would encourage all to check this site out and see what you think. I
>> hate like heck to abandon this newsgroup as I have participated in it
>> for years but its become one advertising post after another. Either
>> its stuff we already know about or its Sisker stealing someone's work
>> and information and posting it from the "trades".
>>
>> One really nice thing to note - cruisecritic.com is a moderated forum
>> and does not allow shleps like Sisker to advertise.
>
> Although true, you may find the "cure" worse than the disease as you are
> likely to wind up getting lots of spam e-mails not only from CC but
> their advertisers. Beware. I find the signal to noise ratio on this
> group low, but most of the stuff is easy to ignore.
>
> Chris
>
Been a member of CruiseCritic.com since 2002 and have never received any
spam from their advertisers or from them.
The only email I get from them is notification that someone has posted
to a thread i have subscribed to, which I signed up for.
Oops almost forgot, they sent me an email for my birthday too, as did
Cruisemates.com
I have seen many derogatory post about every cruise line there is on
CruiseCritic. I have never seen them pulled unless they turn into a
giant argument amongst the posters.
And yes they don't allow shills or even any mention of any travel agents
good or bad. This is a bad thing in my opinion but a necessary evil .
Bill
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