Comments on: The Faithful Pixel (continued) http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/ by Dave Walker Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-54074 Mark Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:37:30 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-54074 Hi... I can't really see the problem here? I searched for the site (the faithful pixel) because a friend said that it was good! I found this discusion first. Is my friend 'sad'??? If you are a Christian organisation, or any charity for that matter, and hope to generate traffic to your site than what is the problem with that, surely any marketing ploy is worth a go? I read the points you made Dave, but I am afraid I am not intellegent enough to understand what the issue is!? Yours, a bemused Mark Hi… I can’t really see the problem here? I searched for the site (the faithful pixel) because a friend said that it was good! I found this discusion first. Is my friend ‘sad’??? If you are a Christian organisation, or any charity for that matter, and hope to generate traffic to your site than what is the problem with that, surely any marketing ploy is worth a go? I read the points you made Dave, but I am afraid I am not intellegent enough to understand what the issue is!?
Yours, a bemused Mark

]]> By: Nick http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-49277 Nick Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:17:56 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-49277 After Karin noticed that there is more than one advert for the 'Memoirs of a Skinny Welshman' I had a look and it seems that there are lots of duplicate adverts that go back to the same guy - Carl. Perhaps he hopes to make this Faithful Pixel idea look really important because of all adverts (even if a lot are his) and then make more money by directing people to his other websites? I am pretty certain that not all the ministries have paid or were even asked to be put on there. After Karin noticed that there is more than one advert for the ‘Memoirs of a Skinny Welshman’ I had a look and it seems that there are lots of duplicate adverts that go back to the same guy – Carl. Perhaps he hopes to make this Faithful Pixel idea look really important because of all adverts (even if a lot are his) and then make more money by directing people to his other websites?

I am pretty certain that not all the ministries have paid or were even asked to be put on there.

]]> By: Pete C http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21758 Pete C Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:06:13 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21758 How can you afford to miss this wonderful marketing opportunity? You could become rich and famous overnight, and just to think it all started with an innocent little pixel! Or... How can you afford to miss this wonderful marketing opportunity? You could become rich and famous overnight, and just to think it all started with an innocent little pixel! Or…

]]> By: Karin http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21757 Karin Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:02:01 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21757 It's always good to question and to encourage people to think, Dave. Free advertising may be a bi-product of that. I'm not saying it is a good or a bad thing. I probably should have added a ;0) in there somewhere. Anyway, I wasn't implying you needed to justify yourself. More pointing out the irony. Did I really mistype 'hoarding' in that way?! Ooops! It’s always good to question and to encourage people to think, Dave. Free advertising may be a bi-product of that. I’m not saying it is a good or a bad thing. I probably should have added a ;0) in there somewhere. Anyway, I wasn’t implying you needed to justify yourself. More pointing out the irony.

Did I really mistype ‘hoarding’ in that way?! Ooops!

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21708 Dave Wed, 07 Jun 2006 21:55:58 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21708 Karin, Yes, I do seem to have given free advertising. But given that (I imagine) lots of organisations have been getting unrequested e-mail asking them to sign up it makes sense to have someone near the top of the search engine rankings for the title giving a dissenting view. Tht's how I'm justifying it to myself anyway... Karin,

Yes, I do seem to have given free advertising. But given that (I imagine) lots of organisations have been getting unrequested e-mail asking them to sign up it makes sense to have someone near the top of the search engine rankings for the title giving a dissenting view. Tht’s how I’m justifying it to myself anyway…

]]> By: Karin http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21679 Karin Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:13:10 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21679 Well, since you've given this bunch two lots of free advertising, Dave, I thought I'd go and see what all the fuss is about. I suppose it's like someone deciding to have a Christians only advertising horading by the side of the motorway, except that a lot of people travel along that motorway, and unless anyone mentions the pixel site or it pays for advertising no one will pass by it to look at the pretty pixcels. Having looked I can't say I saw anything that caught my eye, except that some skinny Welshman has more than one pixel up (seems pretty sad to me) and even that didn't encourage me to investigate further. I understand your concerns, but mostly I'm thinking, what's the point? Who's going to want to make it their homepage or even visit the site at all? Well, since you’ve given this bunch two lots of free advertising, Dave, I thought I’d go and see what all the fuss is about.

I suppose it’s like someone deciding to have a Christians only advertising horading by the side of the motorway, except that a lot of people travel along that motorway, and unless anyone mentions the pixel site or it pays for advertising no one will pass by it to look at the pretty pixcels.

Having looked I can’t say I saw anything that caught my eye, except that some skinny Welshman has more than one pixel up (seems pretty sad to me) and even that didn’t encourage me to investigate further.

I understand your concerns, but mostly I’m thinking, what’s the point? Who’s going to want to make it their homepage or even visit the site at all?

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21664 Dave Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:51:27 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21664 Dear Visitor (It's OK, you can use your name here - we're all very friendly) In my first post I explained why I was peeved. I felt the project was unethical for a number of reasons. I'm all for people making money, but there are right and wrong ways to go about it. In my second post, some of my complaints having been answered I feel was pretty unpeeved to tell you the truth. I've let people make their own minds up. "I’ll leave you to decide" were my words I think. I still feel there are better things that Christian organisations could spend their money on. Why didn't I do it myself? Because people who read my site, a fair percentage of whom are wiser then I, wouldn't have let me get away with it. And rightly so. Dear Visitor
(It’s OK, you can use your name here – we’re all very friendly)

In my first post I explained why I was peeved. I felt the project was unethical for a number of reasons. I’m all for people making money, but there are right and wrong ways to go about it. In my second post, some of my complaints having been answered I feel was pretty unpeeved to tell you the truth. I’ve let people make their own minds up. “I’ll leave you to decide” were my words I think.

I still feel there are better things that Christian organisations could spend their money on. Why didn’t I do it myself? Because people who read my site, a fair percentage of whom are wiser then I, wouldn’t have let me get away with it. And rightly so.

]]> By: visitor http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21659 visitor Wed, 07 Jun 2006 17:18:45 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21659 I don't understand what you're so peeved about. The people who are paying to advertise are happy to give their money, the guy is making money from it, is that what annoys you? that someone's getting rich? Are you annoyed maybe that you didn't think of it first? I don’t understand what you’re so peeved about. The people who are paying to advertise are happy to give their money, the guy is making money from it, is that what annoys you? that someone’s getting rich? Are you annoyed maybe that you didn’t think of it first?

]]> By: Tiffer http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21625 Tiffer Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:50:09 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21625 So we won't see a Freedom Clothing advert there in the near future I'm guessing? So we won’t see a Freedom Clothing advert there in the near future I’m guessing?

]]> By: joeturner http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel-2/comment-page-1/#comment-21615 joeturner Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:25:44 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2006/06/07/the-faithful-pixel/#comment-21615 Agggg.. what trash... Agggg.. what trash…

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