While not directly and AAS topic.. it is related:
My sig now reads:
No reply to your PM? That means:
a. i'm busy
b. you're on ignore
Now.. an explanation.
I get frequent PMs daily.. and have always prided myself on replying promptly; and thoroughly. I'm sure hundreds of guys, noobs and senior members alike, can vouch for that.
I haven't asked for anything..'cept the base respect for the time i invest in helping others...and of course the understanding that i am not paid to respond here.. and as such demands on my time must be kept within reason.
Of late there've been members abusing this.. sending me voluminous PMs (to which i've responded en totale); rude demands; redundant repetitive replies (basically asking the same question over and over...even after i've supplied them with the answer and over) etc.; using my free detailed responses on their clients (i.e. for pay)...
Heck these guys have gone as far as asking me to freely customize their clients' diets/ cycles/ training..that they can make money off of it.
Actually..they've gone further..this is just the tip of the ice-berg.. but i cannot divulge the extent without posting the PMs..which i will not do (as it would be a breach of their privacy)..
Obviously this is intolerable.
Namely because it places an exhorbitant demand on my limited time here (time which could be better used helping genuine noobs.. or expanding my research base so as to be better able to assist other members)... and dually, because their misuse is ethically wrong.
That being said... You guys know who you are.
If you do not receive a reply to a PM.. it is for the above mentioned reason(s).
/end rant
Respectfully...
Narkissos