Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Wastes of Times and Click Bait

We at Cheers POS HATE these.

This cannot be over emphasized.

We are a business, we have a service to provide, we expect quality, we know we need to provide quality.  We hate bait & switch, we hate pages that do not deliver what they promise.

We were looking around on Pinterest today to check what great new things are popular.  We found nothing of note.

What we found were a semi-fuzzy pin that led to an advertising website (that did not have the featured infographic AND that DID have a disclaimer), a link that led to the main Yahoo! page, but, not the article we wanted to see, a bunch of, 'What to do for your business in 2016,' pins (it involved a lot of reading and looked like the same-ol'-same ol'.  What we REALLY cannot stand, though, are the, 'Make Money From Home,' pins/adverts -- if it was really as easy as a website says it was, we would all be doing it.), and one kitchen-hacks article.  There were comments on Pinterest saying that the article was not as hack-great as it was proposing.  None of these were re-pinned or linked to because they did not deliver the quality they promised.

We would like to point out once again that before we post or share anything, we will TYPICALLY go through it for content.  We do not want to contribute to misinformation or inferior content, NOR, really, anything inappropriate or against decency.  We know we are a product for liquor stores, and typically liquor stores and bars are not known for reformed and conservative speech, however, we are also a business, and we are, "old school," in that we were taught uneducated people use such language when they have nothing better to say.


We also try to avoid posting links to where there is a lot of click-bait (especially inappropriate and indecent click-bait) on the sides or under the article.


We have found that if there is one thing wrong in the article or infographic, there are more things wrong later in it.  It is NEVER just one thing to overlook.

Even now, even with these small things, our reputation as Cheers POS is on the line.  We do not want to be thought of as irresponsible BEFORE we start really marketing our wares.  We have all seen websites that are unprofessional looking or link to dead links; we refuse to contribute to this.  We screen for content, hoping to provide our readers & our followers with quality articles and information.

We have switched over our server.  We have updated our cash register page and our receipts so that the checkout process is faster and more convenient.  This is atop our already secure sign-in.  We are doing little things now so that big things can be accomplished.  We expect the same from others.  Even if it is just people posting online.

Why waste YOUR time and others' time if your post isn't at least 100%?  WHY?!!  We cannot comply and we will not forward these postings.  We cannot afford to do so.

~Cheers!

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