Re: Ads, FAQ's, and Bandwidth.

From: soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Karen Cravens Said:
>True.  But this is, at its most fundamental, a group that is *about*
>a primarily commercial activity.  Another Usenet tradition is to be
>sensible about things and not blindly apply standards where an
>exception is more natural.

It's more than that, Karen, since you just scratched the surface there.
  This is a hobby that is unique.
   I can not think of another hobby where things are split between people
doing a service for free, and people doing the same service for money.
  Where there are debates about which provides better service, free or
commercial.
  Where there are debates about almost identical products that are only
seperated by whether or not there is a fee.
  When you have all of this, penalising the commercial half of the hobby,
simply because it is commercial is silly.
  If I was running a free game, I could advertise all I wanted in here,
because the FAQ, and Usenet tradition only objects to commercial
advertising.  Silly, huh?
  PB(e)M is a special case all the way around.

Eagle
Sol III Game Master
Sol III Play By E-Mail Role Playing Game
http://members.aol.com/soliiigm/
24.  Never carry a weapon into a place where it will get you into more trouble that it can possibly get you out of.

References

Re: Ads, FAQ's, and Bandwidth.
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Ads, FAQ's, and Bandwidth.
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000