[CQ-Contest] Merging Social Media and Contesting

[ku8e]

So I guess could you could argue that posting your planned operation on something like NG3K is soliciting contacts? You are doing this on the internet. Also when someone spots you on the DX Cluster someone else is soliciting contacts for you. How many times have you spotted someone on the DX cluster who is a friend of yours operating from the islands? I think everyone has at some point or another. I really see no harm in doing any of this. Same with doing a livestream. I think the intent for those who do this is to promote contesting. Personally I don't like or operate SOA but it's too late in the game to ban it. You also have to take into consideration that many people who operate DX contests aren't really hardcore contesters.I'm pretty sure that W2RE's livestream was to promote RHR and not to try to get some competitive advantage. JeffSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> Date: 3/11/20  6:06 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: cq-contest at contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Merging Social Media and Contesting I am not a lawyer-but pretty sure this is against the rules in most contests(soliciting QSO's outside and during the competition) Anyways. we should all be asking ourselves what was the motivation ofposting this video in real time VS. waiting until after the log submittaldeadline!? (ie: If I was DX and thought *MAYBE* I worked W2RE, but wasn'tsure, I could always review the video(log scrubbing) (or watch it in realtime-cheating; doesn't take place on the air). As for Ray advertising for RHR.maybe/maybe not.that doesn't impact directlyon his score per se, so I don't care about that. I'm not against Social Media..I'm on there I have learned lots about some ofyou and love the interaction between us, but I don't think it belongs in aradio COMPETITON/contest.  Shouldn't Radiosport events be limited to ON-AIR interactions?  (or is itnow an Internet-Radio competition?) Let's review the rules shall we?  Who's up for that? BTW, I am all for RHR and what Ray is doing. I understand he's a good guy,doing good work, providing a good service for pay.  My comments are strictlyabout the competition itself and rules.  MIKE VE9AA Mike, Coreen & CoreyKeswick Ridge, NB _______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest