My opinion on Warrior forum. Do not part with your money for the War room!

Thankfully I have never visited them, and now never will ;-).

Sharing to save others, up and useful.

I was banned today for the same reason someone out there do not want someone who is smtter than them worrior forum very immature group of owners

Wow you guys need to follow rules. You can't just give free shit away???? It is meant as a place to go learn and then apply what you have learned. If you just run around posting links and offering free stuff you are missing the point. The have sections for you to sell on. By the way free ebooks that lead to your squeeze pages isn't free. People pay huge money for lists and you need to do the same. The warrior forum has lead me to the people who have taught me how to generate a full time income from home.

Any site with a good rep will not allow MORON type activities. Tones of other places to do this just not there. By the way posting WSO's both free and paid for are easy and quick to do. They do however have some previously mentioned rules but man can you make a killing. If you are having a good time living in the world of bitching and misery instead of actually making money then enjoy. If not see you all on the inside ; )

I also was just "BANNED" from Warrior Forum and will "NEVER" have my ban lifted. What a joke. I was trying to give away copies of my eBook (How To Buy A Website Business) for free in return for some feedback comments on the Amazon bookstore. I guess giving away something for free is against there rules...? Oh well, I'm over it. :)

www.howtobuyawebsitebusiness.com

I *Promise* you will Not be disappointed in Linkedin.

It truly is a diamond! :}

LOL! - I already DID write a hub about it...(laughing at myself!) hahaha

Just a sidebar - if you are in business and want a truly awesome venue that is worthwhile, valuable and free (still) - try out Linkedin.com

This is NOT an ad for it - I am simply saying that it has brought me a LOT of business and is NONSPAM.

You sub to the topic(s) you choose which are very well laid out...so there is no wading through a bunch of doodoo.

You can also create your own groups...there are many things about linkedin that just take it a notch above any other for its purpose, IMO, these days.

I should write a hub about it! I believe I will :}

I am willing to bet I am the longest term *Warrior* to read this Hub!

The Warrior Forum and room did not USED to suck! LOL - 18+ years ago or more it was really an Awesome place.

Allen Says ran the best Internet marketing Forum with the best information there was - THEN.

Now..I could not vote in your poll because my answer is not there. There isn't a choice that fits for me.

What once was pure genius went seriously downhill after the 1st forum change and all the old Valuable posts were lost!!

Then came the loss of the actual value of the membership; plus the fact the forum *used* to be for members ONLY and at that time it was non-spammy & full of good ideas and JV's galore.

Today - I never go there... where at one time (15 years ago!?) I went there everyday; sometimes all day and I learned a LOT.

Allen Says has to be filthy rich beyond his wildest dreams by now...and his web hosting really DOES ROCK! It IS - Bar None - The BEST!

But as for the WARRIOR GROUP...a sad adau...to a once great room...gone to the bad dogs. :{ sniff...you sure brought back a LOT of memories for me and JV's and people...

If you have any questions for me or whatever...please feel free to contact me :}

WOW! - Can't believe I ran across this!!

Thank you ~ Melanie

Well, thank you! Given this new information, I will take greater caution over there.

Mostly, I lurked there. If I saw someone who was offering something or who looked like someone I could JV (joint venture) with, I would approach them through PM.

I have really curtailed my forum posting in the past few years. It's just getting weirder. I've been really turned off at a couple of forums lately because of the militant behavior of a few male posters toward women posters. I guess it's becoming more acceptable these days to be pro-pedophile, pro-rape, etc. Just a few years ago, people wouldn't dare express such opinions because they would be kicked of or, at least, shouted down.

The other thing I've become conscious of is mods altering posts for no particular reason... I find that disturbing because they could change a post you made, make it say anything, and say you posted it. And, you would have no way to defend yourself.

WF has it's share of weirdos, too. And, it is very male dominated, but they do keep control over what can be posted there. I saw in one of the links you posted that a guy got kicked off for posting a sexist joke. (Honestly! I have no problem with that. We don't go to a pro forum, especially, for that kind of thing.) Sometimes I do searches on their forum for information. There really is good info. there if you sift through it. But, there seem to be more and more disturbed people on-line. I guess maybe there are just more people on-line now and maybe that's why.

I'm so glad you got your money back.

Ddraigcoch,

I just checked over there - it looks about like usual. Honestly, I've had some very good luck connecting with other marketers there.

That said, writers and marketers are very often worlds apart from each other in mentality.

My guess is that it actually was your initial post (I didn't look for it, by the way) that caused the banning. They are serious about sticking to topics over there. It's not a chatty, friendly kind of forum.

One of the things I'm going to be writing about soon is how not to have problems in these forums. I've observed writers, in particular, attracting stalkers to themselves (usually other writers) on writing forums. It's a disturbing trend, in general, on the forums these days. It didn't used to be like this! I've been posting on BBS since the mid-1980s and I've never seen the level of stalking and outright perversity I'm seeing in the past year or so.

Anyway, always lurk for a long time before you make a move on any forum. Never use your real name. Use a different User Name, too, because you can be tracked all over the 'net if you use the same user name in different places and if you get the first hint of a flame war or anything in a professional forum, get out of there! Don't engage the lunatics. The sad truth is the mods on those sites often have access to a lot of info. about you and can make your life a living hell. For some reason, a lot of these forum mods are, themselves, mentally unstable. And, they're on petty power trips.

If you paid with PayPal, maybe you'll be all right on this. I know that if they get enough complaints PayPal will cut them off!

Ddraigcoch,

I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. I have written a book that talks a lot about marketing for writers and recommends Warrior Forum as a place to pick up ideas. I've never recommended anyone spend money on the War Room, specifically. I do revisions to the book every year because things are changing so fast! (For example, this year I'll be adding more about cyber-security, anti-stalking, safe on-line marketing practices.) I will look into what's going on over there.

Maybe they have become victims of the economy, as well - I swear the con artists and creeps are coming out of the woodwork the more the economy is sinking like the Titanic!

Thanks for the info.

Wow! I wonder if you actually joined the War Room or if it was something else - like someone posing as the War Room.

I am a member and I learned a lot there, but that was a couple of years ago and the cost to join for life was something like $18. For me, it was worth it.

But, I haven't been over there for quite a while. And, yes, it is full of marketers and copywriters. It's a good place to learn some things about both of those subjects if you are selective.

Thanks for the warning about Warrior Forum and they will definitely not be getting any of my money.

I have looked around the site and could not agree with you more they just look like a bunch of spammers.

As the old saying goes "Don't get mad : Get even"

Well done :-)

I have visited the war Room many times and see lots of spammers and people aggressively hawking their wares..much like the old time circus barkers..

I never heard of Warrior Forum! Thanks for the Warning!

You're much, MUCH better off without the forum. Honestly, you should be happy you're not wasting your time away with a bunch of fakers trying to position themselves as true internet marketers. 99.9% of them don't earn a dime, unless it's from selling their craptastic WSO's which I've filed multiple complaints against the FTC for. Oh yes, they're about to get nuked themselves ... I told you paul, I'm coming after you idiots...

I have only slightly heard of this forum, and guess your negative experience is something to note. Their reason for banning you is something you could take up with the managers of the forum as the wording is offensive. I have found Paypal excellent for fixing money issues wherever they occur as they have an excellent "Solving" process. Cheers!

I have found PayPal and Click-bank pretty good at retrieving my money from the unscrupulous

I never heard of Warrior Forum.

Thank you for warning us about this unscrupulous forum.

I hope Paypal refunds your money.

Thanks for sharing all this great and useful information, it will help people from getting riped off and losing their money .

Well, I've never heard of Warrior Room, but the name would suggest it isn't fun and games. LOL.

Sorry--I had to mark the hub as funny because the reason they gave was: Moron and Never.

Props to you for including this information! LOL

Well, I hope that PayPal gives you your money back. I'll keep this hub in mind if I ever am referred to Warrior Room. Thanks for the warning!