I see Radarspotters is trawling for advertisers with the following incorrect or unsubstantiated claims:
"Radarspotters is a unique online presence, the only independent forum for the virtual radar aviation enthusiast.Launched in March 2009, Radarspotters is the largest independent virtual radar website and forum. Radarspotters has over 3100 registered members growing at an average of 100 new members every month. Page impressions average over 14,000 per day."
Before I report this UK hosted website to the Advertising Standards Authority, perhaps it would like to review this claim?
1. It isn't the only independent forum for the virtual radar aviation ethusiast. There are others, notably Radarspotting.com.
2. One might question its claimed independence when it accepts adverts from AirNav but not from competitor suppliers.
3. Where is the evidence that membership is growing at 100 a month? I wrote that years ago when membership was at that rate. Today it's more like 10 a month, including possible spammers.
4. Where is the evidence that page impressions average over 14,000 per day? It was true when I wrote it but Danny Dinneen has now removed the Stats page.
So Mr Dinneen, why not publish the Stats page so your potential advertisers (and members) can see for themselves and not be misled by unsubstantiated claims?
Usual Dan the Ban statement... total tosh.. one would expect nothing less from a site that seems to be going down hill quicker than the Swiss bob sleigh team.... ;)
You beat me to commenting on that post on RadarSpotters. Saw it late on Sunday and noted the number of members (3148). I see it is now 3149 so will continue to monitor.
And it was those first two items that jumped out at me as dubious
Ian
Obviously written after attending a Brandao "How to write a Press Release" course.
Why let facts get in the way of a 'good story'.
Many of the members here are banned from accessing Radarspotters. And others have asked to have their accounts deleted but DanTheMan refuses as it will reduce his membership count. For example, I'm banned but he won't delete my account.
So it comes as something of a surprise to read today's email to his (selected) members:
"Hi,
We have noticed that you have never posted on the forums. We would like to get acquainted.
We will be performing a spring clean in the near future and will be removing any dormant accounts. To keep you account please make a post to the forum so that your post count is greater than 0.
We look forward to getting to know you,
Regards"
I can only assume this was sent to increase the page hits in advance of the ASA investigation.
My betting is he won't delete any accounts.
Naughty, naughty. No wonder he's known as Desperate Dan. 8)
Quotepost count is greater than 0
That needs to be " post count is greater than 0 in the last 3 months" or some suitable time frame so that all the 2000+ dormant accounts are deleted, not just the spambots.
Notice Dave Reid spotted the sudden increase in posts today and hoped new members would continue their active participation..
Ian
Quote from: IanH on November 15, 2012, 08:16:04 PM
Notice Dave Reid spotted the sudden increase in posts today and hoped new members would continue their active participation..
As a regular poster, Dave wouldn't have been aware of the "threatening letter". Reminds me of those unsolicited phone calls I used to get pretending to be undertaking an energy survey.
Quote from: Anmer on October 25, 2012, 11:12:18 AM
I see Radarspotters is trawling for advertisers with the following incorrect or unsubstantiated claims:
"Radarspotters is a unique online presence, the only independent forum for the virtual radar aviation enthusiast.Launched in March 2009, Radarspotters is the largest independent virtual radar website and forum. Radarspotters has over 3100 registered members growing at an average of 100 new members every month. Page impressions average over 14,000 per day."
Looks like DesperateDan can't substantiate those claims afterall?
Now reads:
"Radarspotters is a unique online presence, THE independent forum for the virtual radar aviation enthusiast.Launched in March 2009, Radarspotters is the largest independent virtual radar website and forum. Radarspotters has over 3100 registered members."
As Corporal Jones used to say "They don't like it up em".
Mind you, if he carries out his threat to cancel all the members who haven't posted, the total will be less than 300. 8)
When asked "How come we have a sudden influx of newbies?", Desperate Dan replied:
"I sent a reminder to all dormant members."
Here's the "reminder":
"We have noticed that you have never posted on the forums. We would like to get acquainted.
We will be performing a spring clean in the near future and will be removing any dormant accounts. To keep you (sic) account please make a post to the forum so that your post count is greater than 0."
Reads more like a threat to me. 8)
And I've been deluged by PMs from ex-Radarspotter's members asking why their accounts aren't deleted when they close their accounts. Simples, he needs lots of members to sell advertising and removing dormant accounts is the last thing he'd do.
Porkies.
Based on the number of members when the values were removed (3178), that was 30 new in a month - a bit short of the 100 claimed even if they were all genuine and not spambots.
Quote from: charliebrown on March 25, 2012, 11:06:24 AM
Hi Ianhind
You might have a problem cancelling. :o
I have just tried and the following message appears:
Please note that the forum moderators will have to approve this account's deletion before it will be removed.
Can I now cancel my membership as I do not want to remain a member of a forum that makes it so difficult to cancel your membership.
charliebrown
This was my post on 25-03-2012 and I assumed that I had left Radarspotters.eu. Yesterday I received notification that there was a reply to my post and only when I went to the link did I find out my account had not been deleted.
Is a letter from Sue, Run and Grabbit needed ?
Charlie
Desparate Dan won't delete any accounts. He might change the name to "Former Member" but there's no way he'll delete an account.
He won't reply to PMs or emails either. Just wants to bank the advertising cheques and donations. And issue threats.
Just keep naming and shaming him on the forums, once his advertisers see these comments his funds should dry up.
I noticed a Radarspotters' member posted this earlier this evening and now the post has been deleted. Just like AirNav:
"Hi,
We have noticed that you have never posted on the forums. We would like to get acquainted.
We will be performing a spring clean in the near future and will be removing any dormant accounts. To keep you account please make a post to the forum so that your post count is greater than 0.
We look forward to getting to know you,
Regards"
Maybe Desperate Dan will regret his recent demand for posts? I lost count how many "Pills Online" were there this morning. After 100 I gave up.
I suppose that's what happens when he doesn't validate new members and just wants as many as he can.
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Could be worse for him. He could have that wretched Carol Voderman flogging BioGlan(ds) to the gullible
As least it's just the usual Candian pharmacy bottom-feeders.
;)
Maybe all the Radarspotter members should read this worrying post on the Flightradar24 forum:
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threads/4667-RadarSpotters-Christmas-raffle?p=24462&viewfull=1#post24462
Worrying indeed, if that is the case it looks like DTB will have been schooled well by Brandao. :-\
Just looked at the members list and noticed that out of the first 90 listed, nearly 60 of them are showing as no posts!
Such a shame, Dan's totally screwed up Radarspotters
I have finally managed to get my membership deleted after using a link on a forum post reply from Dan and / or an Aministrator with the reqest not to susupend my membership but to delete it.
Reply from Dan Sure. Done.
I'm a very happy person now. 8)
[In case you don't read the FR24 forum link Anmer posted above. Will repost it here]
I see RadarSpotters gave us some early Christmas raffle prizes already on the forum!
Lots of changes going on this Christmas over at RadarSpotters forum!
[Top 10 changes on RadarSpotters.eu Forum:]
1.) Can't use the "Recent" URL anymore as a guest. It was taken away today without any word from DanTheMan about it.
Not everyone wants to login on every device the person owns. Due to high security risk reasons! (Protect users login passwords) I won't be logging onto your forum from those devices.
http://www.radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php?action=recent (http://www.radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php?action=recent)
but the recent pages still work on AirNav Forum and RadarSpotting.com Forum and other forums.
http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?action=recent (http://www.airnavsystems.com/forum/index.php?action=recent)
http://radarspotting.com/forum/index.php?action=forum (http://radarspotting.com/forum/index.php?action=forum)
Some of the other stuff DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) took away....
2.) No more Chat Box. - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) hasn't said why he took it off]
3.) Can't view the "User Online" list anymore. - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) hasn't said why he turned off that option]
4.) Can't view the "Stats" page anymore. - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) never said why he turned it off]
5.) We lost the AIS forum & other areas on RadarSpotters.eu Forum. - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) never said why he deleted/move those areas]
6.) Can't PM(Personal Messages) to any other forum members. - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) never said why he turned it off]
7.) Can't view the "Profile Page" of other members on the RadarSpotters.eu Forum - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) never said why he turned it off]
8.) Can't edit your post anymore on the RadarSpotters.eu Forum - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) never said why he turned it off]
9.) Can't post some URL's on the radarspotters.eu forum without the forum changing the URL the poster wants to post. [RadarSpotting.com gets changed to Disney.com on the posts the users makes on the forum]
10.) Can't see the 'User Post Count" anymore on the forum. - [DanTheMan(Danny Dinneen) never said why he turned it off]
** Plus Danny Dinneen just took the stats page off his other website to hide it from us now. After it's been showing for the last 5 years at FrequencyDB.com
http://www.frequencydb.com/forum/index.php?action=stats (http://www.frequencydb.com/forum/index.php?action=stats)
Others can add to this list of changes!
I'm sure I'm forgetting some other stuff that was changed this year....
If you need any help DanTheMan Just Ask! We are all here to help you!
Mod Edit:
I have removed part of Brian's post which included a link to the publicly available, company website which lists Danny Dinneen as a member of its management team. I have taken this action after chatting to Hamish, the Radarspotters founder, as we both think it partly breaches our forum rules. I'm sure Brian will understand.
I aslo had a telephone call from the Northamptonshire Police this morning following a complaint to them by Dinneen. The police agreed there was nothing illegal in posting a link to a public website and that they would recommend Dinneen either phones or emails me (he has both contact details) or posts if he has an issue with any content here.
Dinneen is a member here and has full posting rights, unlike many of us who can't access the Radarspotters forum let alone post messages. Dinneen had also changed my Radarspotters' profile name from Anmer to MikeCogan Equinus which I regard as totally inappropriate, though I see he has now changed it to simply "Guest". He has also replaced Hamish with his real name. What he doesn't like here he does there, not once but 10,000 times! But I won't be calling the Garda Siochana just yet.
Dinneen also told the Northamptonshire Police that I was posting racial slurs on this forum. I told the police that, to the best of my knowledge, I hadn't posted anything of the sort and wouldn't condone such activity.
I have since searched the forum and can't find anything of a racial nature.
But if anyone, including Dinneen, is aware of an offending post, please let me know.
Maybe if we were allowed to access the Radarspotters forum, post freely and not have our historical posts hijacked, Brian and others wouldn't need to post elsewhere?
By the way, I was born in Wales and my mother was born in Ireland.
I agree with the above edit. Thanks Anmer for editing it. :)
Maybe you should post this on the Radarspotters forum Brian and give DanTheMan a chance to respond?
Mind you, he's still a member here and can reply if he wants to.
He can freely reply on this thread or FR24 thread.
Best to do it in a neutral area away from Radarspotters.eu forum.
[Talk with the other party. Make sure you take the time to present all the facts correctly. If it's possible, try to talk in a "neutral" area. If you reach an agreement, put it in writing, sign it and have the other person sign it too]
I think there is a way to get Radarspotter.eu back on track. but it will take some time to get Dan to listen to the forum members.
I'm done with DanTheMan.
Time to report him to his HR Person at the company he works at. Since he could be doing it with their clients too.
Company contact details on this thread.
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threads/4667-RadarSpotters-Christmas-raffle/page2
He is even using my posts(the lines I wrote) on his forum and saying it all came from Kinetic.
http://forum.flightradar24.com/threads/4682-Kinetic-Avionics-are-delighted-to-announce-an-exclusive-forum-competition-Win-a-Puck
vs.
http://www.radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php/topic,7369.msg50497.html
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Quote from: Brian on November 28, 2012, 12:14:28 PM
I'm done with DanTheMan.
Time to report him to his HR Person at the company he works at. Since he could be doing it with their clients too.
I would question the ethics of anyone complaining about Danny to his company, unless they can prove that there is any connection between Akari Software and Radarspotters.eu. Quite frankly, Brian, how he treats clients of his company are no business of yours. I'm sure any aggrieved clients would have spoken for themeselves.
You don't have to log on to Radarspotters. If you don't like Danny just get over it and move on.
I don't 'hate' anyone... 'HATE' is a strong word to use. I'm sure Danny is a great person. I do like Danny. No reason not to like Danny!
Someone needs to stick up for the members of RadarSpotters.
DanTheMan should have let the members grab their posts before it became locked down on all the posts. Danny didn't even give us any notice before he started making changes on the forum. I think we all want Danny to sit down with the members and see how we can make the forum better.
I just want to make sure Danny isn't going to drag down the Akari Software company with the same personal behavior and attitudes. Like he does with RadarSpotters.eu / RadarSpotting.com members.
Quote from: Brian on November 28, 2012, 10:54:54 PM
I don't 'hate' anyone... 'HATE' is a strong word to use. I'm sure Danny is a great person.
Someone needs to stick up for the members of RadarSpotters.
DanTheMan should have let the members grab their posts before it became locked down on all the posts. Danny didn't even give us any notice before he started making changes on the forum.
I just want to make sure Danny isn't going to drag down the Akari Software company with the same personal behavior and attitudes. Like he does with RadarSpotters.eu / RadarSpotting.com members.
Brian,
Have you got a reading problem? I ask because I have not used the word HATE in my post. And how come you are so concerned for the wellbeing of Akari Software which produces Curriculum Development & Management Software to help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) design, manage & publish their curriculum, and to have teaching and learning strategy align with institutional mission.
Are you in Education, in Eire. If not I cannot see how you can be concerned about the company. The Irish don't suffer fools gladly and as an Irishman myself I would imagine that any complaint to the HR department of Akari would probably be met with the reaction, "Who's this tosser" or possibly stronger language. So I suggest you save yourself the embarrassment and, as I suggested previously, get over it.
sorry... I thought I read "hate" when I read your message this morning.
I don't know, as soon as I away for a couple of days, the mice start to play. ???
Seriously Brian, this isn't the place to air your personal issues with Danny Dinneen.
Whilst I don't agree with the way Danny runs Radarspotters I have to acknowledge it's his forum and he can do what he likes with it.
I've aired my grievances here because my membership of Radarspotters was blocked and my forum profile changed without my permission. In my opinion he was stealing my identity and intellectual property and this should be brought to people's attention. To the best of my knowledge, Brian can still post on Radarspotters? Others can't, nor can they delete their membership which I think is morally wrong and can mislead potential advertisers and new members by inflating the membership stats.
In my opinion, pointing out such issues is a valid topic for the radarspotting community. But lobbying members to contact Danny's employers is not something I can support and it won't endear Brian to the membership here.
As I posted on the Chat I was dragged out of a warm bed on Tuesday morning by the Northamptonshire Police to answer a complaint about Brian's posts and, more worrying, answer an unfounded allegation that I was posting and allowing others to make posts of a racist nature. Luckily the Northamptonshire Police agreed that Danny's formal complaint had no substance. I like to think I'm made of solid Welsh/Irish bloodstock, but others might have found the experience more upsetting.
I immediately contacted Danny and asked him to provide me with evidence to back up his accusations or offer an apology. He refuses on both counts but has agreed to drop his complaint to the Northamptonshire Police and the Garda Siochana.
I am only mentioning this to illustrate how small issues can grow and get totally out of control, especially when individuals feel theatened. And this whole turn of events was initiated by Brian's post mentioning Danny's employer.
Although Danny's employment status can be viewed on his employer's website, as Tom has mentioned, it has no direct bearing on our hobby.
Clearly, I'm not happy with the way Danny has manipulated my profile on the Radarspotter's forum and many here object to him not allowing their accounts to be deleted. But my issues are with the way Danny runs the forum (of which I'm a member) and nothing else.
So let's drop the personal attacks.
Anmer, I agree with you.
Like you I object to the dictatorial way Dan runs the forum, having had personal experience of his nasty, childish pm's and my inability to cancel my membership there.
He now seems to have done the decent thing and cancelled my membership of his forum.
I am sorry that he hasn't apologised to you for making unfounded allegations regarding alleged racism on this forum. If I had an money (which unfortunately I don't) I would pursue him legally for a proper apology and perhaps compensation for the upset to you and your wife, and the potential damage to your good name.
Perhaps it's sufficient to know that the members of this forum know that you have never made racist remarks here, nor tolerated them to be made, and that you are held in high regard by us, the members of this forum.
Stephen
Quote from: Bethsalem on November 29, 2012, 09:42:42 AM
Perhaps it's sufficient to know that the members of this forum know that you have never made racist remarks here, nor tolerated them to be made, and that you are held in high regard by us, the members of this forum.
Stephen
I totally agree
Mike (Roadrunner)
I'm pleased to announce that Radarspotters and Radarspotting have been able to resolve their current differences and blocked memberships have been reinstated.
If anyone here has an issue with the Radarspotters forum, they should contact the owner who has assured me he will deal with the matter directly with the person concerned.
I think we can now move on.
Best news of the day..
Quote from: Anmer on November 29, 2012, 10:30:23 AM
If anyone here has an issue with the Radarspotters forum, they should contact the owner who has assured me he will deal with the matter directly with the person concerned.
An Error Has Occurred!
You can not view the contact page.http://www.radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php?action=contact
Hmmm, I'm getting the same problem.
Maybe post on the Radarspotters forum that this doesn't work?
I welcome the agreement that we have come to. :)
I have one small problem left, Brian. Brian has issued my employer's details and has issued a threat to contact my employer.My employer has nothing to do with my personal life and has nothing to do with RadarSpotters.
Obviously I can't welcome Brian at Radarspotters. I'd like to move on ,so Brian please:
a) contact my employer.
b) withdraw your threat and we can move on.
I would ask him via PM or on the forum.
DanTheMan isn't letting the forum members to anymore on the RadarSpotters forum.
small problem left?
You never asked me to take care of any problems till now...
Yes I will take care of that small problem since you somewhat asked nicely. but you forgot to say "Please".
Next time just ask nicely and I will take care of any problems you have with my posts.
Your information was removed from RadarSpotting forum posts.
Are you also talking about the FR24 posts with your details on it too ?
Quote from: Dan on November 29, 2012, 06:19:14 PM
I welcome the agreement that we have come to. :)
I have one small problem left, Brian. Brian has issued my employer's details and has issued a threat to contact my employer.My employer has nothing to do with my personal life and has nothing to do with RadarSpotters.
Obviously I can't welcome Brian at Radarspotters. I'd like to move on ,so Brian please:
a) contact my employer.
b) withdraw your threat and we can move on.
Quote from: Dan on November 29, 2012, 06:19:14 PM
I welcome the agreement that we have come to. :)
An essential part of our agreement was that Radarspotters' members would resolve any issues over there using the Contact Form.
Brian appears to have posting rights. So do I, but like Brian, I get an error message when trying to use the Contact Form.
Can this be resolved and then Brian and you can communicate directly and not here?
To report on what Anmer is saying above.
Everything has been corrected for all the RadarSpotters.eu forum members.
Everyone can Edit,Post, send PM to other members.
Communicate directly to other RadarSpotters forum members on the RadarSpotters forum. GOOD DEAL
Glad Anmer and Dan could work it out today.
Great.
For clarification, none of these restrictions were operating here.
No one was banned, all Stats are viewable by all members who can edit posts and send PMs.
fyi...
The "radarspotting.com" to "disney.com" isn't fixed.
Maybe Anmer can double check with Dan and see when he will have some time to correct it?
Dan has assured me he'll fix this tonight. I'll check in the morning.
Okay. Thanks for checking with him.
fyi...
It's fixed now. The 'radarspotting.com' text doesn't get changed to 'disney.com' text anymore on that forum.
Thanks for getting it fixed.
Quote from: Anmer on November 29, 2012, 09:20:05 PM
Dan has assured me he'll fix this tonight. I'll check in the morning.
Earlier today I posted on the Radarspotters forum about an incorrect and misleading post.
I'll let you read it for yourself.
http://www.radarspotters.eu/forum/index.php/topic,7730.msg52167.html#msg52167
Despite repeatedly asking for the incorrect and misleading information to be corrected, both Brian and Danny Dinneen, the Radarspotters forum moderator and owner, have refused to take the required action.
Instead Dinneen has broken his own forum rules by posting my real name, locking the topic and disabling my ability to post a reply to his PM and any other messages.
No wonder he's known as DanTheBan!
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What a pair of bummers they turned out to be!
Quote from: Anmer on August 27, 2013, 05:33:18 PM
both Brian and Danny Dinneen,
Hellfire, when was the wedding? I'd have sent a card!
Quote from: Sun Worshipper on August 28, 2013, 01:41:34 PM
Hellfire, when was the wedding? I'd have sent a card!
:) :) :)
I sent a PM to Danny Dinneen last week, asking him to remove posts made by Brian that were quoting from this forum.
Brian's only contribution to any forum is to cut and paste from other websites. I have never seen him offer advice or help.
Dinneen has ignored my message and Brian continues to copy posts from this forum.
The attached post will probably be deleted. I did post a link to www.radarspotting.com but Dinneen automatically replaces "radarspotting" with "Airnav".
So much for an independent forum. One that needs Brian to paste posts from this one. :)
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