teknitroxdiver
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So? Lots of shops and divers promote themselves on ScubaBoard. I'm way OK with that. My problem isn't with them using us to promote themselves. It's with the incomplete as well as alarmist verbiage they used. No, we won't accommodate non-scuba attempts to do the same, I guess because we're so biased. But look at the discussion it has engendered. I think it's good overall.
That was a large part of my point. The blog link wouldn't even raise an eyebrow if not for the gross incompetence and utter lack of interest in actually being useful. We read many posts here by competent instructors and scuba business owners who express themselves well, cover the topic at hand with valuable, accurate information, and actually engage the rest of the forum in discussion.
Those business are effective at attracting customers via their ScubaBoard activity because we can see that they're real divers who know their stuff. And most of us really enjoy hearing from them as we always learn something. If anything the OP is doing the opposite. Would you jump at the chance to get your DM from a shop that advises divers to write their emergency deco "rules" on the back of their dive computer?
I'm not saying they should be banned or prohibited from posting links. Just pointing out that road they're taking here is definitely not the high one.
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