What you say about the value of your service might be true. I remember reading plenty of posts from you that were interesting/useful.
But if you have an interesting/useful service, I think the polite thing to do is to spend effort/money promoting it like every other business owner does.
I don't think it is polite to ride for free on the success of someone else's board to advertise your business, because in doing so you dilute the quality of the board.
One retained subscriber for you pays the cost of a lifetime iHub membership. There are thousands of people offering professional investment advice and services that would be relevant to board members, and might be useful/interesting. I would hate to see even a small percentage of them signing up to iHub, homing in on Zeev's popular board, and using it as an advertising platform.
Don't get me wrong. I'm on my high horse but I know you do contribute and I don't regard your post as a major bad thing. I just thought I would reply to a post that suggested FR was "sour" for not taking you up on your kind offer, as there are alternative interpretations of your reasons for posting it.
Anyway, enough said from me before i dilute the quality of this board anymore.
