whats the point

So......whats the point of having the "occupation" section in our profile? I put that my occupation is a Cerakote Applicator because that is what it is. That is my full time job, running my production Cerakote shop. I get a email from a moderator that tells me that I have to remove it because I am advertising......excuse me!! I am not posting my website, pics of my work or asking for customers. I rarely post at all anymore, due in part to the censorship from some of the moderators. I am threatened that I am going to be banned if I don't remove my occupation.....really, really!!! Is this how BF is run now.....bullying people to remove their occupations because they think I am advertising somehow.....

So does this mean that police, firefighters, EMS, office workers, sales staff, and all the other people on this forum that have their occupation listed are advertising for their employer on BF without paying membership fees?????

 

I have been doing no such thing......not in the least. Where do you get that I have been taking orders from this forum????? This is insane......total BS!!

 

from 2012....and they contacted me. I did not actively go out and look for business. I used to have a knife makers subscription......look my occupation is what it is. That is what I do....I have been a member on here since 2007 and never had I had a moderator that was actively gunning to ban me. Especially over my occupation! Are you a applicator or do you have a friend that is? Seems to me like you have something out for me.....

 

and I am not doing that......my occupation listed has nothing to do with anything here. It is your interpretation that is misguided. Please, please, please refer to someone higher than you on this. How can BF hold me accountable for my freaking occupation?

"The only members who may promote or display their personally built knives, services and/or products in the discussion threads or via their signature or home page listing in their user profile are "Manufacturers", "Dealers" and "Knifemaker/Craftsman/Service Providers".

I did none of the above.....it says nothing about listing "occupation"

 

when I am wrong I will say I am wrong....I don't feel as though I am however. I feel as though you are being unfair.

 

so what the difference for a guy that owns a water jet shop/machinists or a guy that owns a company that makes g10? What about a guy that owns a company that makes anything that can be used to make a knife? Do they have to have a knife maker subscription?

 

fine....my official appeal to Spark begins now. I know this will do no good as it seems like everyone here is on the same page which is total BS. You know, if I was breaking a rule I would say you are right and fix it and move on but I am not. I have my occupation listed just like hundreds and hundreds of other non paying members. Only difference is the moderators don't like it.......

 

This is my point....they are not. They are just like me.....living their lives, getting on BF to look around and not promoting their business....just enjoying the site.

 

You know the point I am trying to make. I have changed it just to make you happy....this is still BS and totally unfair.