Second side to the story

I kinda had a hunch about this situation.  I posted a while ago about the beware of walking over bridges for the trolls that lurk...etc.  There was an interesting development involving the moderator of the facebook group that a load of us were members of.  Something had always bugged me about why so much hostility was being directed at this guy, and in turn the writers group itself.  There was the throwaway remark directed at someone wanting to enter the group and then there was the sudden blocking of a senior writer.  What looked like two egos getting pricked seemed to generate a hell of a lot of mileage in this forum.  A lot of digging was done and a dead forum thread was uncovered where this moderator had suggested a scheme for everyone to reduce their book prices and then buy each others books, he was talking about 180 people. My own book sold two copies the other day and I rocketed up my genre chart by 230,000 places to 35000, so 180 purchases over a couple of days can easily propel you into the top 1000, maybe higher.  A group of more experienced writers politely explained that amazon could suspect some system being played and remove the books and authors. The general consensus was that most authors want their sales to be genuine ones where the books are actually read and reviewed.  The response to this advice was shocking, this first time writer, who to be honest had not written a very good book was challenging the credibility some serious writers who knew their stuff. Needless to say the ball for this guy was already rolling before he even got his group off the ground, and the hostility spilled over.  The old moral is to see both sides of the story, but the other side is that if a party is out to make a point, please inform anyone who reacts to it where the relevant facts are to save a lot of wasted time arguing the toss.  A couple of statements have been put up which have been graciously accepted, people are leaving this guys group so I guess he may learn that he has to be careful how he says things, especially in print where it cannot be retracted, I'm guessing he will not. Suffice it to say that a number of us who stepped up to try and defend this guy and then the group feel let down by his earlier actions.  We're out of this group and have joined a number of others, so all systems go again.  See you later.

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Just a quick one, I've built a small website.  I'm totally new to this so it is a basic site but as I get the hang of it I will be adding and modding it to suit.  www.johnsaundersauthor.wix.com/johnsaunders


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