Ok so I've been here since the beginning, back when you could actually say hello to every new member personally so maybe I'm a bit jaded but it just seems that not only does CT look the other way when the unsaluted get verbally attacked... the perpetuate it. Case in point:
I decided that I was just going to give in to the whole salute thing, even though I felt that it would only make me seem like I agreed with the whole salute idea.
So I drug out my web cam and took two salute photos (just to be safe) and up loaded them. Here they are:
Looks fine too me. But wait, they were rejected. How come? Well the rejection letter I recieved said this:
"Your SALUTE has been rejected! Please review the FAQ for what is appropriate for salutes. If your salutes are continually rejected, your account will be removed."
Thats fine, maybe I missed something, so I checked the FAQ to see what it said about salutes (like I was instructed to do) Here is what I thought was the official word on the subject said:
"What are Cherry Salutes?
A salute is a candid photo of yourself proving to the world that you're the real person behind your CherryTAP profile. Your face should be clearly visible, along with your homepage on your computer in the background, a hand written note with your name, or while wearing a site t-shirt. All Salutes are approved by the CherryTAP bouncers. Using fake or bogus photos will result in your account being removed."
Notice it says "A handwritten note with your name". Wouldn't cherrytap.com/TheDude qualify as my cherry tap name?
Then a bouncer informs me that there needs to be additional information which is odd because there is nothing in the rejection letter or the FAQ informing me of that. Oh the bouncer says that they are only following the rules... which isn't that what I did? Read the rules again: "Your face should be clearly visible, along with your homepage on your computer in the background, a hand written note with your name, or while wearing a site t-shirt." Where is this additional information? Maybe they would like my birthdate, ssn, blood type, and thumb print.
My argument is really this: I assumed (maybe I'm wrong) that a salute was for people to be sure that the profile that they visit actually belongs to the person in the photos. If a picture of me holding a handwritten sign with the url of my page isn't proof enough, then what would that additional information accomplish? I understand that they want my user number but people don't visit my page by user number, they use cherrytap.com/thedude. Oh well rant over and now they can kiss my ass on this salute thing because apparently they want to breed distrust and drama around here.
Here is my salute for CT:
