why the taboo

[Revelate]

Frankly, because people were being childish about it: bringing up the topic in every thread was utterly unwarranted and bringing it up where it's not warranted, is now considered advocating.

The warning was made twice and not heeded by both sides, enough is enough.  FT has a massive forum dedicated to all things MS, go discuss it there if wished, not here.

[Anonymous]

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@Revelate wrote:

Frankly, because people were being childish about it: bringing up the topic in every thread was utterly unwarranted and bringing it up where it's not warranted, is now considered advocating.

The warning was made twice and not heeded by both sides, enough is enough.  FT has a massive forum dedicated to all things MS, go discuss it there if wished, not here.

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Yep. It was getting REALLY annoying having it brought up in every other thread where questions were brought up on how best to structure personal spending to meet a spend bonus.

[Ghoshida]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@Revelate wrote:

Frankly, because people were being childish about it: bringing up the topic in every thread was utterly unwarranted and bringing it up where it's not warranted, is now considered advocating.

The warning was made twice and not heeded by both sides, enough is enough.  FT has a massive forum dedicated to all things MS, go discuss it there if wished, not here.

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Yep. It was getting REALLY annoying having it brought up in every other thread where questions were brought up on how best to structure personal spending to meet a spend bonus.

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Those kind of questions should be generally answered with either (a) anecdotal (even personal) experience (of regular spending) or (b) "why get a card when you don't need / can't justify it?"

In general, buying anything for consumption or where an arbitrage opportunity doesn't exist, should be legit (regular spending). 

[Anonymous]

Understand contributor/poster concerns and follow your interest. That said, Fair Isaac Corp is in a legal business which has them involved with many clients and requirements for performance. To keep themselves an arms length from areas that may put them in a position conflicting with client objectives the forum must make an effort to stay neutral in areas that would cross the legal lines. While myfico believes in freedom of speech is important to the free flow of ideas the forum is a service to the public and not part of the core business. Your desires are understood but in some cases restricted. As was mentioned by one of the other moderators, one can seek other forums and certainly use search engines to achieve the required end.