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Well, I’ve signed up posties.us with PayPerPost to test them as an advertising platform and after a couple of posties took our money we were censored once again. So… let’s get this straight.

1. They censor their “community forum”
2. They censor the forum for posties by posties by not allowing they to advertise on the network.

They do not want critics in any form. Hrm, so how do they hope to improve? A single survey will be used to help move this organization forward? Overwhelmingly they miss all chances to embrace the posties of the world. How is a company that “generates buzz” going to appear to new posties or advertisers if they try to silence buzz about them? Curiously pathetic. I expected more.

My guess? They’ll delete the old forums in favor of a brand new one! Look at the pretty colors. Izea, you can’t succeed as a company if you fear feedback. Ignoring calls for help, valid complaints of zero opportunities by all the posties who you helped lose their blog’s page rank and then either locking threads or flat out altering the text of posts sure shows your ability to generate buzz. At every point along the way you slap posties around telling them things will be better soon enough.

Then when the posties leave your forum to create a forum for posties by posties you freak on us. The forum for posties by posties isn’t even used to slam PayPerPost or Izea. That forum simply allows people to talk freely without fear of having the conversation censored. Guess what happened as a result? You joined and thanked us for good suggestions only then telling us that we, the posties, are not welcomed on your advertising network. What sort of Interetarded thinking is that?

Posties gave posties something they wanted desperately from the PayPerPost network - opportunity. Shame on you for taking money out of their pockets. Izea took the Google Page Rank of blogs and then turns around to take money out of their pockets again by not allowing posties.us to advertise. Does anyone else feel like you’re taking part of a filmed episode of Fucked Company?