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They cant possibly call themselves independent advocates while continuing to take “sponsorships” from the same industry they claim they are advocating for owners on.
Well, we are as guilty as anyone of that here at Flat Chat. What we try to do is separate criticism of the elements in the industry from biting the specific hands that feed us. And we try to promote the positive aspects of their services too.
That said, there have been occasions where I have cancelled sponsorship from companies with whose philosophies I disagree. And there are some companies which, if their sponsorship was the only way Flat Chat could survive, I would shut the website down.
The ideal situation would be if OCN was fully funded by the government – but then would they soften their approach to government policies. We live in an age where people expect everything on the internet to be free of charge and you have to be pretty nimble to navigate those waters and stay afloat without outside financial assistance.
But at least we’re not as bad as the Brisbane Courier Mail which once refused a paid ad from a consumer group because their property developer advertisers wouldn’t like it.