Positive Review about Rob Monster's Character

Tia Wood · Feb 25, 2020

frank-germany said:
welcome in the Adam Dicker's "lets create webpages and sell them to local business owners
buy them from me for only 1.495 USD" Isclub of scammers.

I saw the quote above in a thread comparing Rob/Epik to Adam Dicker. I thought this was an unfair assessment and was compelled to make this post.

Anyone who has been keeping up knows I've had my fair share of criticism toward Rob/Epik in the past for business decisions and opinions I don't agree with.

For many months we've seen threads get derailed by drama and arguing from both sides of anti-Rob and pro-Rob groups.

What a lot of people don't know is I ended up doing a few temporary projects for Rob/Epik here and there for a few months last year so I can tell you what goes on behind the scenes.

I've never, ever seen Rob take money from anyone and I've never/ever seen Rob go back on his word. Him and his team are professionals and run the business up to industry standards.

You may not like him as a person, you may not like the way he run a business, you may think he project ideas are stupid. But I can tell you from experience that he believes in and does what he says.

Saying that, the most he is guilty of is maybe being all over the place with projects and ideas and perhaps making business decisions that some people don't agree with.....

But he believes in his empowerment projects and the people that participate believe in it, too.

You either like Rob or you don't but at the end of the day, Rob is NOT a scammer.

JB Lions · Feb 25, 2020

Just 1 example of what I was talking about:
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=traffic+travis+scam

Very first result:
Traffic Travis Review 2020: Is It a SCAM or Not?

Notice how that title is similar to this one?

It's a positive review. It's basic internet marketing. Control the message.

Internet.Domains · Feb 25, 2020

JB Lions said:
See that ? and "The Truth" that's an invitation to read more.

No, that's called click bait. Let's not play semantics and spin this into something it's not.

Hopefully, the thread title will be changed soon since it is very misleading.

JB Lions said:
I don't recall the issues that people have with Rob being scamming. I've never seen that.

Right. So why even mention "scammer" in the same sentence? The title implies the possibility that Rob is a scammer. It implies he has been accused of it. Its erroneously misleading. Again, let's not play semantics and spin this into something it's not.

Hopefully, the thread title will be changed since it's very misleading.

JB Lions · Feb 25, 2020

Internet.Domains said:
No, that's called click bait. Let's not play semantics and spin this into something it's not.

Hopefully, the thread title will be changed soon since it is very misleading.

Right. So why even mention "scammer" in the same sentence? The title implies the possibility that Rob is a scammer. It implies he has been accused of it. Its erroneously misleading. Again, let's not play semantics and spin this into something it's not.

Hopefully, the thread title will be changed since it's very misleading.

I literally just gave you an example. And she probably will change the title. And of course it's click bait, duh. It might be you're are a hobbyist and don't know anything about marketing. Like I said, I had the same initial reaction but Rob helped her out, I don't think she wants to get at him. They'll probably do more business together.

Internet.Domains · Feb 25, 2020

JB Lions said:
It might be your are a hobbyist and don't know anything about marketing.

Oh, those darn hobbyists! How dare they!....

JB Lions · Feb 25, 2020

Internet.Domains said:
Oh, those darn hobbyists! How dare they!....

Well yeah. A hobbyist isn't going to be as knowledgeable as people that do this kind of stuff for a living. And what I posted is a fact. Some companies do actually pay for this type of stuff. Maybe go hop on a marketing forum or read a marketing book and educate yourself? What I posted is really basic stuff. And you seem to be struggling with it, even after I gave you an example.

Like I said, she'll probably change the title. I don't think there should be titles like that here, my initial reaction was it's negative. But then I read her post and have no idea if this was some marketing/SEO thing.

frank-germany · Feb 25, 2020

Ja Kai said:
People like the Status Quo

of course, I like the Status Quo
who wouldn't?

frank-germany · Feb 25, 2020

Ategy said:
I don't think anyone would deny that labour is indeed cheaper in India than it is in some other parts of the world. .. etc

when

it's only cheaper when they do it right the first try
it's not cheaper at all when you need somebody from russia or so
later to fix it

Internet.Domains · Feb 25, 2020

JB Lions said:
. A hobbyist isn't going to be as knowledgeable as people that do this kind of stuff for a living.

LMAO. I guess everyone has their own area of expertise. For you, I would recommend you work on your communication skills. Work on being positive and encouraging. Just some random thoughts from a hobbyist.

Ategy · Feb 25, 2020

I actually don't have a huge problem with click-bait title (although I would still be in favour of it being changed to something more appropriate that doesn't imply there's even a possibility of Rob specifically being a "scammer") .. but the problem I had in this specific case was more with the total scope .. it was such good click bait that along with the initial post it implied that there even was a question if @Rob Monster was/is a scammer or not.

So ultimately it's not just the title .. because the entirety of the discussion was based solely on a single post by a usual anti-Rob antagonist who didn't even use proper grammar.

So in the end I think my issue is more that this entire topic is based on nothing .. it's more the implication that Rob was ever considered a scammer in the first place that bothers me.

JB Lions · Feb 25, 2020

Internet.Domains said:
LMAO. I guess everyone has their own area of expertise. For you, I would recommend you work on your communication skills. Work on being positive and encouraging. Just some random thoughts from a hobbyist.

Yes, and people with expertise in certain things can spot people who don't pretty easily. It's like when people here hop in threads pretending to be TM experts, then an actual lawyer who knows about TMs and has been involved in actual cases comes in and schools them. Some of these people still argue with the lawyer. It's not a good look for them. This is kind of where you're at right now.

Internet.Domains · Feb 25, 2020

JB Lions said:
Yes, and people with expertise in certain things can spot people who don't pretty easily. It's like when people here hop in threads pretending to be TM experts, then an actual lawyer who knows about TMs and has been involved in actual cases comes in and schools them. Some of these people still argue with the lawyer. It's not a good look for them. This is kind of where you're at right now.

Tell us what is really bothering you. We are here for you. We can work through this together.

Ostrados · Feb 25, 2020

I like Rob but I don't agree with all things that he says, many times I find his posts very valuable, and sometimes I see that he was wrong and I criticize objectively.

I like his spirit and enthusiasm on trying to innovate and make big changes in this industry, I hope that he will succeed in that because it will be in the benefit of all of us.

Ategy · Feb 25, 2020

frank-germany said:
it's only cheaper when they do it right the first try
it's not cheaper at all when you need somebody from russia or so
later to fix it

Wow .. more racism!

.. Seriously @frank-germany .. as much as you can be annoying at times, I thought you were better than that.

FYI people .. when you blindly attack the intelligence or competence of an entire country, that's discrimination/racism. @frank-germany .. you've really sunk to a new low here!

Ategy · Feb 25, 2020

JB Lions said:
I don't think there should be titles like that here, my initial reaction was it's negative. But then I read her post and have no idea if this was some marketing thing.

Honestly guys .. JB isn't wrong here. I 100% would have thought the same thing if I didn't already value @Tia Wood's opinion and think enough of her character to know she'd never post an endorsement like that for money.

In the end I really don't think any of this was @Tia Wood's intention. She probably just wasn't used to @frank-germany usual anti-Rob ramblings and didn't realise that nobody would have ever taken that one little grammatically destroyed quote seriously in any way. For the rest of us, seeing her title and entire first post, it's definitely a reasonable conclusion that there was something far more serious than a single @frank-germany post that actually did somehow bring into question whether @Rob Monster was an actually scammer or not .. when in fact .. the reality is that Rob being a scammer was never ever seriously brought into question.

frank-germany · Feb 25, 2020

Ategy said:
Wow .. more racism! .. Seriously @frank-germany .. as much as you can be annoying at times, I thought you were better than that.

FYI people .. when you blindly attack the intelligence or competence of an entire country, that's discrimination/racism. @frank-germany .. you've really sunk to a new low here!

read it rightly
and take your rasism glasses off

I was talking about cheap labor

Ategy · Feb 25, 2020

frank-germany said:
read it rightly
and take your rasism glasses off
I was talking about cheap labor

I did read it correctly .. maybe it's YOU who should take time to read AND understand things better. The context of this entire racism thing is based on @cipcip implying that Rob will get a lower quality of work because he's getting his workforce from areas of the world where labour is cheaper (@cipcip specifically singled out India in this case).

So what you said above specifically implies that Indian's don't do a good job and that Rob would need to get someone else (a Russian) to correct the Indian's work.

Blindly implying that an Indian's work would need to be corrected is racist and discriminatory!

Let's be very clear that neither you or @cipcip implied that SOME Indians do bad work and SOME do good work .. the implications were that Indians are "cheap labour" and that Indians aren't as good as he is.

So maybe you didn't realise the context of what you said was racist .. but within the context of this conversation it was 100% racist against Indians. Frank .. I realise English isn't your first language, but you seriously need to make an extra effort to understand the context of discussions before jumping to conclusions and making misinformed statements. What's worse is that your English grammar combined with your multi-line incomplete sentence style of writing is just horribly confusing .. which when all combined together leads to it being almost unavoidable that you not be understood or even worse .. that the intent of what you write is different from what you do actually write.

Rob Monster · Feb 25, 2020

Ategy said:
Wow .. more racism! .. Seriously @frank-germany .. as much as you can be annoying at times, I thought you were better than that.

FYI people .. when you blindly attack the intelligence or competence of an entire country, that's discrimination/racism. @frank-germany .. you've really sunk to a new low here!

The racism thing I really don't get. To want to empower all races is the opposite of racism.

If I accomplish one thing in 2020, it will be to eliminate the stigma in the domain industry that Nigerians are scammers. It is the opposite. See related Tweet from earlier today:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1232386294791233536

The domain industry is a tremendous catalyst for empowerment. Some here might not even realize it!

I hire people in developing economies not just because they are great value for money but also because I believe in human potential -- THEIR potential. Hence the commitment to teach a man to fish:

https://www.namepros.com/threads/teach-a-man-to-fish-co-creating-abundance.1162792

One of the folks I admire very much is Dr. David Livingstone ("Dr Livingstone I presume?"). I shared a short bio on him in another thread. It is worth a watch:

For those not aware, he was Missionary Doctor who gave up all to serve in Africa for 40 years and played a key role in ending the African slave trade.

frank-germany · Feb 25, 2020

Ategy said:
I did read it correctly .. maybe it's YOU who should take time to read AND understand things better. The context of this entire racism thing is based on @cipcip implying that Rob will get a lower quality of work because he's getting his workforce from areas of the world where labour is cheaper (@cipcip specifically singled out India in this case).

So what you said above specifically implies that Indian's don't do a good job and that Rob would need to get someone else (a Russian) to correct the Indian's work.

Blindly implying that an Indian's work would need to be corrected is racist and discriminatory!

Let's be very clear that neither you or @cipcip implied that SOME Indians do bad work and SOME do good work .. the implications were that Indians are "cheap labour" and that Indians aren't as good as he is.

So maybe you didn't realise the context of what you said was racist .. but within the context of this conversation it was 100% racist against Indians. Frank .. I realise English isn't your first language, but you seriously need to make an extra effort to understand the context of discussions before jumping to conclusions and making misinformed statements. What's worse is that your English grammar combined with your multi-line incomplete sentence style of writing is just horribly confusing .. which when all combined together leads to it being almost unavoidable that you not be understood or even worse .. that the intent of what you write is different from what you do actually write.

yes, I love you too.

I love India - the whole country
and I love the Indians - yes all of them.

( That's kind of racism too, right?)

And I even know what I'm talking about,
as I have been there twice
and would love to be there again

but I would never ever hire an Indian programmer again
when I would be able to hire a Russian or Ukrainian

Internet.Domains · Feb 25, 2020

Rob Monster said:
The racism thing I really don't get. To want to empower all races is the opposite of racism.

If I accomplish one thing in 2020, it will be to eliminate the stigma in the domain industry that Nigerians are scammers. It is the opposite. See related Tweet from earlier today:

https://twitter.com/robmonster/status/1232386294791233536

The domain industry is a tremendous catalyst for empowerment. Some here might not even realize it!

I hire people in developing economies not just because they are great value for money but also because I believe in human potential -- THEIR potential. Hence the commitment to teach a man to fish:

https://www.namepros.com/threads/teach-a-man-to-fish-co-creating-abundance.1162792

One of the folks I admire very much is Dr. David Livingstone ("Dr Livingstone I presume?"). I shared a short bio on him in another thread. It is worth a watch:

For those not aware, he was Missionary Doctor who gave up all to serve in Africa for 40 years and played a key role in ending the African slave trade.

Very noble! We are all children of our maker. We shouldn't judge people or communities by their worst, but love them for their best.

Tia Wood · Feb 25, 2020

I changed the title to: "Positive Review about Rob Monster's Character"

And I added the following context below the quote since so many people have overlooked the quote itself and the reason for this post in the first place.

frank-germany said:

welcome in the Adam Dicker's "lets create webpages and sell them to local business owners
buy them from me for only 1.495 USD" Isclub of scammers.

Click to expand...

I saw the quote above in a thread comparing Rob/Epik to Adam Dicker. I thought this was an unfair assessment and was compelled to make this post.

So you can all put down your pitchforks. The title was changed and context added.

I, personally, do not think it's right to carelessly call someone a scammer like that. You may not like someone or how they run a business or how they interact with a community. But that doesn't make them a scammer and it's not cool to throw that word around.

People want to get mad at me for a title I carelessly wrote but not the false accusation in the quote above?

Weird....but okay.

ResoluteDomains · Feb 25, 2020

JB Lions said:
A hobbyist isn't going to be as knowledgeable as people that do this kind of stuff for a living.

Hey, I have a friend, known him for 35 years. He can play the guitar, by ear mind you, just as good as Eddie Van Halen. He's a "hobbyist", never had a professional gig, yet by ever single person that has ever heard him play - thinks he's phenomenal. Close your eyes and listen to him or a cut from a record and you would be very hard pressed to tell the difference. He can play the guitar strings off a guitar with his eyes closed. Never had training. Self-taught.

Missed calling, perhaps, perhaps not. Those of us with no musical inclination all say he did miss his calling. Either way, it doesnt make him any less knowledgeable than his guitar idols.

My point: do not ever count out the hobbyist.

frank-germany · Feb 25, 2020

Tia Wood said:
I changed the title to: "Epik/Rob Monster should not be compared to Adam Dicker"

And I added the following context below the quote since so many people have overlooked the quote itself and the reason for this post in the first place.

I saw the quote above in a thread comparing Rob/Epik to Adam Dicker. I thought this was an unfair assessment and was compelled to make this post.

So you can all put down your pitchforks. The title was changed and context added.

I, personally, do not think it's right to carelessly call someone a scammer like that. You may not like someone or how they run a business or how they interact with a community. But that doesn't make them a scammer and it's not cool to throw that word around.

People want to get mad at me for a title I carelessly wrote but not the false accusation in the quote above?

Weird but okay.

are hyphenated words a great investment for newbies?

are ,org domains a great investment for newbies?

is "shooting to the moon a great advice?"

is giving those kind of advices over and over again
in order to get newbies to register domains

a scam

or not?

Samer · Feb 25, 2020

frank-germany said:
are hyphenated words a great investment for newbies?

are ,org domains a great investment for newbies?

is "shooting to the moon a great advice?"

is giving those kind of advices over and over again
in order to get newbies to register domains

a scam

or not?

Shooting for moon was Rob’s best advice, and thread.

Samer

Tia Wood · Feb 25, 2020

frank-germany said:
are hyphenated words a great investment for newbies?

are ,org domains a great investment for newbies?

is "shooting to the moon a great advice?"

is giving those kind of advices over and over again
in order to get newbies to register domains

a scam

or not?

If you have solid proof and people to come forward that have been "taken", then post it.

If not, your words are very careless.

frank-germany · Feb 25, 2020

Samer said:
Shooting for the moon was Rob's best advice, and thread.

Samer

yes his best maybe
but good advice?

https://namebio.com/blog/dont-shoot-for-the-moon/

proof it

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