Il be leaving icmag.com from January 2025

[xtsho]

It's the internet. Brush it off and move forward. Good luck.

 

[Porky82]

This question is genuine and a reflection of my relative newness on ICMAG. Who is the "competitor" that runs this forum? I didn't realise it's attached to a breeder or seed bank or ?

The underlying problem is that you are a business and you are on a competitors site. That is not a recipe for any kind of success. It's just not in the cards. This site was built by someone doing the same thing you are doing and they are not going to let you get a leg up on account of their hard work. It's that simple. The best thing you can do is get your own website up and running, then figure out how to attract people to do business with. As long as you piggy back on these types of forums you will be suppressed. That is just how capitalism works. I feel your pain and know not how I can make anything better. It sucks bro. I have a business and there is no way I would put it out here on someone else's thing so it can be crushed, ignored, or pushed to the side. Move in silence when involved in capitalism. I wish you the best and hope you can get to a better place with your business.

I also had no idea ICmag was started by a seed company.
Then why are they letting people pay to advertise here if they are competion?
Who is the competion that started this forum??

 

[DaEarl73]

Gipsy Nirvana?! If you know your gear is good, you dont Need to be afraid of competition. Enough space for everyone

 

[•Moby•]

Even on discord you have to be careful, they have become crazy with their rules and lack of privacy aswell.

Best to not use any money signs on there €$£, servers have been shut down lately to kill the underlying markets.

Not saying it doesn't work but you have to be a little careful.

Something else to mention is that all chats are scanned...
I talked with people about certain topics and an hour later on YouTube I got recommendations for Videos about these topics.

I'm not paranoid and I know the algorithm on YouTube very well, they scan the chats on discord.
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Something else about Servers on discord in general.

Be careful who you let in.

I was years into the mushroom scene and ended up selecting a handful of people who I trusted and wanted to share genetics with (for free).
One guy got into the server who invited one asshole who fucked up everything, scammed half the server before we noticed and even messed up the whole server.
I trusted these people so much that I left the option for everyone to edit the server, which unfortunately turned out to be naive.

I wish people would look out after each other and not only look for their own gain but it's not going to change in the near future..

 

[exploziv]

While Gypsy Nirvana used to sell seeds both in shops and online in the past, he does not do that for many years now. And, as a forum, we are not partenered with or favoring any seed producer or seller. You can ask your questions that need answers rather than just suppose. If you know something we don't know, please share, but in this case it is not true.