www.CostaRicaTicas.com

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/ ... sex_to.php

There sooooo much news in the world and ppl post this.

Think what you like about CubaDave * but this is a well-tempered article. For completeness, I'm including the embedded link, a 6-page article about modern Caribbean/Colombian mongering, not just the guy:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-12-12 ... x-tourism/

* For the record: I've never met or read anything by CubaDave--no opinion one way or another.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

Don Carlos a/k/a Admin 3 This is precisely what many of us were cautioning you about on the "Please Like CRT on Facebook" thread. Link below to remind you and also to remind you of the PM you sent me "Warning" me to STFU.
viewtopic.php?f=24&t=43792&start=0

I also recall that you used CubaDave as your example of why "Liking" CRT on Facebook was a good idea and that many CRT members don't care about their pictures showing up on your CRT Facebook page. Wow! How do you feel about that now?!?

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Slut Puppy in Training

Is low self esteem a prerequisite for being a good Ho or is it a result? ;-)

Admin 3, as Paco Loco said today on the "Please Like CRT on Facebook" thread, it's obvious that you still don't get it. In spite of the warning that you received from the owners of CRT about your behavior it appears you insist on continuing to be an "equal opportunity offender". Too bad.

You are correct that Dave is getting publicity and may be willing to pay the price of losing his laptop, camera and cellphone to US Immigration. He chose to seek such publicity. The many CRT members do not choose to receive such publicity and would be really pissed off at your actions if they received such treatment at US Immigration as a result of your publicity seeking actions.

"Caution" as I used it in the "Please Like CRT on Facebook" thread, meant the direction you were pursuing was a grand mistake. In fact it appears that you followed my advice in the cautionary posting and removed from your CRT Facebook account the CRT photos of members and photos of chicas posted on CRT by members. Replacing them with stock photos was a much wiser action.

In addition, your assertion that "No Social Media = NO Growth" is just not true. If it were correct for CRT, then a Google search for 'Women in Costa Rica" would show your CRT Facebook account link before it would show the link to CostaRicaTicas.com. The link to the actual CRT website shows up on the first page and your Facebook link does not show up on even in the first 5 pages of a Google search. Based upon this, one might conclude that instead of Facebook bringing traffic to the CRT website, in fact most of the traffic to your CRT Facebook account is coming from the CRT website.

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Slut Puppy in Training

Is low self esteem a prerequisite for being a good Ho or is it a result? ;-)

So the q then becomes how many new guys registered since CRT Facebook started? And was this # on let's say a monthly par or significantly greater then its pre-Facebook days? That should solve the social media=growth riddle.

I wouldn't do a FB page. Not my thing. But liking CRT on one's FB page would seem to have some risks for any CRT'er and alot of risks for alot of CRT guys.

No Admin 3 a/k/a Don Carlos, but I do realize that I'm inadvertently trying to discuss Internet business and social life with a techie who can only see things in techie language. My bad. I'm the senior here and should remember what my grandfather told me - "Never wrestle with a pig. You just get dirty and the pig hates it."

I think we are all on the same side in wanting CRT to be succesfull and a fun website. Many of us members have tried to persuade you of the errors of your ways, but you are making it abundantly clear that even with your bosses giving you clear instruction that your behavior is unacceptable and destructive, you can only see things as you wish them to be and not the way they really are.

For your bosses, you owe it to them to show them the statistics on the traffic that comes to the CRT website from your Facebook account and the traffic to your Facebook account that comes from the CRT website. Surely, if you are a techie worth his salt you arranged to collect these statistics before you implemented your social media strategy. However, if you had done so, you would have provided the statistics in your previous post if the data supported your point of view.

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Slut Puppy in Training

Is low self esteem a prerequisite for being a good Ho or is it a result? ;-)

Rocky you clearly don't get how the big dawg club or "A" team thing works
You need to sit down and listen son
I know exactly what you need to think
Shocking revelation that admin3 is don carlos
Also goes by Daniel
Off my lawn

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im way deep into nothing special
riding the crest of a wave breaking just west of hollywood

There may be something of a plank-owners mentality by some, but why is that a bad thing? History matters, and when I think of the talent and insight of those quitting or being driven away...Oh well. Some things however are best discussed privately first, and then positions and conclusions presented succinctly afterwards. Kinda presents the meat of the matter while leaving the personal behind. Everybody has their own trigger, yes?

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

It appears that Admin 3 a/k/a Don Carlos is also a/k/a Rocky 2020 because all of his postings since joining Dec 4, 2013 have been in support of the admin of the CRT website. Fellow CRT Members, are you are Ok with this type of fake postings by the CRT Admin 3 to support his personal agenda. If you are speak up and I'll shut up.

Admin3, a/k/a Don Carlos, a/k/a Rocky 2020 it seems even more so with each of your posts when you are challenged just how much out of touch you are with your Membership and insist upon remaining stuck in your own world. Perhaps you can get back in touch with your membership by doing an email survey and ask them what they think. Here's a link to the Survey Monkey website that can help you (and your owners) learn what your members think and determine how satisfied your "customers" are with the CRT website experience you are providing. https://www.surveymonkey.com/

The bottom line on the use of ANY tool, whether technology or even a simple hammer, is does it work or does it do more harm than good. It seems that many of your CRT Members do not support your Facebook/Social Media strategy and believe the use of this tool is potentially more destructive than beneficial. So far, you have less than 120 Likes on your CRT Facebook account out of the 20,000+ CRT Membership, which might cause open minded folks to conclude there is minimal support for your Facebook strategy. Your answer when challenged is "ignore it if you don't like it" which is like saying ignore the damage done by the sledge hammer when it's used to hang pictures on the wall. It just seems better to use the appropriate tool, unless it's the only one in your toolbox.

Between the statistics on the website traffic coming to the CRT website from your Facebook account and the results of an impartial customer satisfaction survey of your CRT Membership, you will then have the statistics to either support your strategy or find an alternative way. Using Survey Monkey is not very costly, and it can provide valuable feedback to your owners about how satisfied the CRT Membership is with the experience you are providing with your adminstration.

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Slut Puppy in Training

Is low self esteem a prerequisite for being a good Ho or is it a result? ;-)

How do you know Admin3 is also Rocky 2020? If you don't know for sure, no need to say anything.

Nah it's not at all suspicious that a newbie like Rocky 2020 who is not a paying CRT member who is already up on the CRT Facebook issue and even knows about CubaDave enough to respond to this thread. The fact that all of Rocky 2020 postings on CRT are in support of Admin 3 and Don Carlos postings would certainly not give any rise to suspicions that he's another shill for Admin 3.

Now sir, if you can ask any of the longterm CRT members (i.e., BangBang 57, Mucho Gusto, TrueSportsman, Phoenix Rising, GringoTim, Dr.Mario, Admin 1, BuzzFla, etc.) to vouch for your identity as not being the same as Admin 3 and Don Carlos, then I will publicly appologize for accusing you of being one in the same as Admin 3 and let you pick the place for me to stand and shout the appology.

As in Monty Python; Wink, Wink, Nod, Nod, Say no more.

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Slut Puppy in Training

Is low self esteem a prerequisite for being a good Ho or is it a result? ;-)

Yes,i agree its a bit ******* like rocky 2020,and where is the deported illegal alien now..big gob *******.perhaps sucking up to everyone in medellin,probaly sleeping on a hookers sofa........

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Jaco is called little USA by all ticos

Sounds like an offer. Tell you what; if you pay your CRT dues and become a lifetime member, I'll buy the beer at Skippers. Several of us Tampa Bay area CRT members get together from time-to-time and would delight in meeting a CRT newbie.


PS. I'll believe it when I see you in person, so until then I will still think you and Admin3 are one in the same. Skippers is a well known place in Tampa.

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Slut Puppy in Training

Is low self esteem a prerequisite for being a good Ho or is it a result? ;-)

I think it's more distressing, that the our current Admin spent five hours with this young lady in helping her flesh out the state of our hobby as it is today. That is not staying "under the radar." Maybe "staying under the radar" is not the point for Admin 3, and ******* who have boards and businesses to run, but it doesn't do anyone of us ANY good to have articles like this one written.

Lennydo..

gotta give up the ghost amigo... the old CRT is gone buddy.... change is inevitable... embrace it or...

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Why settle for just one woman when you can enjoy them all?

Used to be common sense PR. Meanwhile attention-whore Cubadave's media frenzy snowballs. When a major news outlet runs with the story and puts an on-the-ground reporter with hidden cameras in our favorite places will his "acolytes" still worship him? If businesses in Sosua start getting shut down he'll be no longer welcome there and have to find a new playground. (Wait, isn't that how he left CR?) Looks like a few of his followers have figured that out and started to turn on him. Maybe he'll end up back in SJ with his video cameras trying to get back in HLH


DonCarlos could you give us some insight on what she was looking for and the info you shared? Maybe you weren't around years ago when there was an ABC investigative reporter gathering info from CRT for a story on gringos visiting CR. As PR said, media attention is the last thing the hobby needs, on any destination. What possible good could come from talking extensively to a reporter about this hobby?