Re: TribeNet Encouraging SPAMmers?

From: Peter Rzechorzek <tribenet@netspace.net.au>

Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl wrote:
>
> rwulman@aol.com (RWULMAN) writes:
> > > I must say,
> > >I never thought of applying pyramid schemes to gain new players
> > >for a PBM.
> >
> > Folks,
> > Do not knock a good game because of one person's over zealous approach.  I
> > am also playing TribeNet, but have made no attempt to
> > infringe on anyone's time.   Ray
>
> No one's knocking the whole game, although I do expect the GM to show
> up and post about what he's going to do about this situation.
>
> -- g

I am the GM for Patrick - who has told me he will not take his recent
approach to recruiting in the future.  This is good enough for me.  I
must say though that what counts as a SPAM is somewhat ambiguous in this
case - because if (potential) players are on game/pbm lists (assuming
they were) this in itself suggests that they are interested in receiving
mail about games.  The nature of our environment is such that some will
be offended and others grateful for being considered - and it is
difficult to know in advance the attitudes of individuals.  One approach
would be to cease conversation altogether - perhaps we should live in
silence - but this is not my view.  Patrick has, as I have, learned what
people want by exploring the medium - and it is only by exploring it
that this is possible.

And, as one player recently remarked, the "in-game" rewards for
recruitment are more tokenistic than significant.  A couple of plows are
not enough to change the course of the game.

cheers Peter Rzechorzek

References

Re: TribeNet Encouraging SPAMmers?
rwulman@aol.com (RWULMAN)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: TribeNet Encouraging SPAMmers?
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: TribeNet Encouraging SPAMmers?
rwulman@aol.com (RWULMAN)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: TribeNet Encouraging SPAMmers?
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000