GeekyDad
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I haven't really wanted to say anything, because I know people like free things, but the give-a-ways have been getting a little annoying in this thread. In general, I'm looking at the thread for info and opinion on games, not to see the ads/giveaways repeated day after day. I think it has just slowly been starting to annoy people because it has been happening so steadily over the last few weeks. It's obviously getting towards the tipping point, if a few more developers start using the same tactic it really will be too much. I know people want to promote their stuff, but maybe try to limit it to once every couple of weeks or something, otherwise it does start to create a bit of a negative feeling, of being bombarded with ads. My 2 cents anway...
I'll put it this way: at other forums I go to, in these types of threads you usually see, oh, I don't know, discussion about video games on the iOS. VERY RARELY do you see people posting codes and things like this to get apps for free, and even then they're done once (usually when someone is releasing their game).
If it's done every so often, no big deal. But man, I read like 3 pages back or so and there were almost nothing but posts talking about redeeming codes and shit like that. If you want to promote your game, fine, but this thread should be for discussing games, not advertising and whatnot.
Like it or not but that's basically what all the redeemable code spamming has turned into.
Agree. It feels cheap to be honest. If I felt like the folks coming in here were just trying to be nice, I wouldn't be offended by it. But it's more than obvious they're simply trying to rouse some sort of buzz for their app. What better place to do it than on GAF? It actually surprises me that it's allowed, but I don't claim to fully comprehend the workings of the site.
Glad someone said something, not that it will change anything. But the smell of used car salesman is pretty rank.