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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gooey on September 26, 2013, 10:28:33 AM
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I work in the hospitality industry and today, a storied emerged about how hotels are posting fake reviews on social media and hotel ranking sites like travelosity. Some hotels are even hiring companies to do just that. Yelp recently sued a law firm for posting false reviews on Yelp.
Anyhow, I just looked and FisherBobs posts. There are 21 pages with 15 comments per page. I scanned pages 1-5 and 16-21 ie his newest and oldest posts...every single post was related to farmed salmon, disease transmission/lice, Alex Morton, GMOs, etc, etc.
Not a single fishing report, not a single comment on anything other than issue related to aquaculture....HMMMMMMMMMMMM. Not even a comment on flossing!?! ;D
Considering the power of social media and info on the web, I wonder what FisherBob's true motivation are? Has he made any proclomations as to who he works for?
Sorry slow day at work! ;)
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Well as soon as you see Dave say nice post fishfarmerbob you pretty well know he's a lobbyist. I almost thought he was that AnnieP imposter. ;D
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Ha,ha he probably is. There are a few around here.
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I don't know the guy, so I probably should not comment. However, it just highlights how EVERY angler should understand all sides to every discussion. You can have your own personal view points, but it always pays to listen to others. You can always learn something new. Very few issues are totally black or white. Most people who participate in every topic have their own axe to grind or personal interests at stake. The topic could be fish farms, flossing, guiding, private property issues, personal careers or ethics.
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Well as soon as you see Dave say nice post fishfarmerbob you pretty well know he's a lobbyist. I almost thought he was that AnnieP imposter. ;D
I heard he was Almo's long lost brother ;)
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I heard he was Almo's long lost brother ;)
That's a possibility too. Would explain all the hush money.
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I work in the hospitality industry and today, a storied emerged about how hotels are posting fake reviews on social media and hotel ranking sites like travelosity. Some hotels are even hiring companies to do just that.
It's called seeding. Almost every forum has them.
For products, they often recruit a respected poster on a forum and pay him to give positive reviews to their product and counter negative reviews. These are the most difficult to spot because they are often the people who offer helpful advice.
I don't have a problem with someone from a company offering their opinions, I just prefer they are up front about their motivations.
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He seems unusualy quite about this post. :-\
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He seems unusualy quite about this post. :-\
He doesn't know about it Bc he is not interested in fishing. Probably only ever checks fishing related issues & news.
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He doesn't know about it Bc he is not interested in fishing. Probably only ever checks fishing related issues & news.
You guys make me laugh... Fisherbob doesn't post about catching fish so he isn't an angler?? I fish but you will never read about it in this format. I recall when a few here said much the same about another poster, Shuswapsteve, and haven't we all learned a lot from him? I know I have.
Fisherbob does a great job of showing the salmon farming side of this issue, confronting the posts of Chris, af, Nova and TB, offering another side to the story and I appreciate it.
Is he a lobbiest? Don't know but if not perhaps he should be.
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I think it's a double bluff. If we was a professional lobbyist he wouldn't be doing his job properly if it was so obvious. Doesn't take much time or effort to post in a few other threads if he really is trying to mask his identity.
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How about it Fisherbob?
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How about it Fisherbob?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA
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Nothing like a good, old fashioned testimony from Brother Farmfisherbawb about his conversion from lavishing his millions on the debil, Ms. Morton to the purity of the Feedlots and the rapture of farmed Atlantics. Tell it Brother Bawb! Testify!
Here's Bawb at a farm fish convention....
(Disclaimer - This post is in humour, and only humour. Any resemblance to Farmfisherbawb are purely coincidental and meant for a mature audience. May cause laughter, mirth, temporary blindness, contusions,hyper extended 3rd distal tendons, allergies to cheese, baldness and an ability to see through baloney and self serving malarkey posts)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=let+the+bodies+hit+the+floor+benny+hinn&sm=1
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Nothing like a good, old fashioned testimony from Brother Farmfisherbawb about his conversion from lavishing his millions on the debil, Ms. Morton to the purity of the Feedlots and the rapture of farmed Atlantics. Tell it Brother Bawb! Testify!
Here's Bawb at a farm fish convention....
(Disclaimer - This post is in humour, and only humour. Any resemblance to Farmfisherbawb are purely coincidental and meant for a mature audience. May cause laughter, mirth, temporary blindness, contusions,hyper extended 3rd distal tendons, allergies to cheese, baldness and an ability to see through baloney and self serving malarkey posts)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=let+the+bodies+hit+the+floor+benny+hinn&sm=1
Honestly, Nova, Gooey posed the exact same question that I have wondered about you :) In over 300 posts, 290 have been on the "Fishing related Issues and News" board, and a good many of those on the same thread.
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That was a good video. Swear I saw bawb in the line up. :D
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Presume what you wish, but the question should be, Should Fisherbob be muzzled? If I am voted out, I will stop posting. :)
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Well, there you have it. It's official. IMHO
Good to have your chips on the table, eh mate?
I like Mazda's and tell everyone to buy one if the topic comes up, but I don't work for them or get paid to lobby for them.
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Well, there you have it. It's official. IMHO
Good to have your chips on the table, eh mate?
I like Mazda's and tell everyone to buy one if the topic comes up, but I don't work for them or get paid to lobby for them.
Yes or No? :)
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Well, its demonstrated that you 'lobby' FOR farming. Whether you are stakeholder such as;
an employee
a shareholder
an investor
the boyfriend/girlfriend of an interested party
a sushi chef
a distributor
Norwegion
a net pen Mr.Fixit
a fish food supplier
just a troll
someone who likes to swim in the pens with the fish when no one is watching
Or associated in some other capacity, it doesn't really matter.
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Well, its demonstrated that you 'lobby' FOR farming. Whether you are stakeholder such as;
an employee
a shareholder
an investor
the boyfriend/girlfriend of an interested party
a sushi chef
a distributor
Norwegion
a net pen Mr.Fixit
a fish food supplier
just a troll
someone who likes to swim in the pens with the fish when no one is watching
Or associated in some other capacity, it doesn't really matter.
Presumptions aside, should I be muzzled. Yes or No? :)
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Lol, a bit self important? I couldn't care less.
However, feel free to admit that you like to roll in fish food, jump into a pen and have farmed salmon nibble on you while you giggle like a Japanses schoold girl eating jello for the first time, and we'll call it square.
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Lol, a bit self important? I couldn't care less.
However, feel free to admit that you like to roll in fish food, jump into a pen and have farmed salmon nibble on you while you giggle like a Japanses schoold girl eating jello for the first time, and we'll call it square.
One to the Doesn't care vote. :)
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One doesn't care
Fixed it for ya.
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One doesn't care
Fixed it for ya.
Please excuse me from my presumption. A simple yes or no answer from you would have been enough. :)
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Like I said, why not listen to the other side's argument and then make up your own mind. Nothing is ever all black or all white. I've seen the damage done by poorly placed fish farms in sensitive areas, but that is the fault of the government for allowing it... not someone taking advantage of an opportunity to exploit the system.
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Like I said, why not listen to the other side's argument and then make up your own mind. Nothing is ever all black or all white. I've seen the damage done by poorly placed fish farms in sensitive areas, but that is the fault of the government for allowing it... not someone taking advantage of an opportunity to exploit the system.
Glad to see you have an open mind Ian. What damage have you seen done to sensitive areas that is directly related to salmon farms?
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Glad to see you have an open mind Ian. What damage have you seen done to sensitive areas that is directly related to salmon farms?
Near a fish farm outside the mouth of the Mahatta River, a well known summer steelhead river, it is now a dead zone when previously it was teaming with life. And, after fishing the river several times I did not see anywhere close to the numbers of steelhead I have seen in the past.
Talking with a fisheries officer who did studies before and after a fish farm went into operation near Nootka Island, he told me there were drastic changes. Before the fish farm, a simple beach seine would show all 6 species of salmonids, as well as bottom fish of many species. There were even little seahorses and countless sea perch and sculpins. The area was very rich in sea life of all sorts. A year after the fish farm went into operation the area was almost a complete dead zone and only a few fish species were captured in several beach seines in the exact same location.
My only conclusion, from a layman's long term study, is if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, then chances are that it is a duck.
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Thanks for pissing in Dave's cornflakes baby. :D
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I should add that Bawb or Dave et al would be harshly scolded for their lasse fair pro dirty fish attitude on most all other sport fishing web sites. It's only because Rod allows some discussion from pro or con that they have a forum here. thanks Rod and I mean that. You can check that out if you want.
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I should add that Bawb or Dave et al would be harshly scolded for their lasse fair pro dirty fish attitude on most all other sport fishing web sites. It's only because Rod allows some discussion from pro or con that they have a forum here. thanks Rod and I mean that. You can check that out if you want.
Most other sites wouldn't allow the personal attacks either. Do you think that they are not "harshly scolded" on this site? You attack them constantly and denigrate them personally and consistantly. You don't add any facts, just put them down with attacks on their character. Is this because, deep down, you know that they are right and it scares you a bit?Or, is it because once the argument is lost you have no choice but to go after the individual?
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Is this because, deep down, you know that they are right and it scares you a bit?Or, is it because once the argument is lost you have no choice but to go after the individual?
Both.
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Both.
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I'll add my 2 cents:
Is this because, deep down, you know that they are right and it scares you a bit?
I think most people think they are wrong and that scares people a lot.
Or, is it because once the argument is lost you have no choice but to go after the individual?
It's not that the arguement is lost but the discussion is done.