Re: Ads, FAQ's, and Bandwidth.

From: jbreed@doink.edaal.ingr.com (James B. Reed)

Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

I almost hate to weigh in on this, but ...

In article <19970716141101.KAA23116@ladder01.news.aol.com>, soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM) writes:
|> ...
|>   As a clarification, is it your feeling that periodic ads of a commercial
|> nature are so contrary to Usenet Tradition (tm) that even with a mandate
|> from the group, you are not sure if the change should be made while we are
|> still charterless?  That is a question of clarification, not one of
|> putting words into your mouth.

I know you were asking Greg, but I'm giving my opinion independent
of whatever his answers may be (I haven't seen any yet).

Unless the charter allows them, periodic ads of a commercial nature
are unwelcome in any newsgroup.  Posting such ads in groups ending
with .market or .forsale is generally accepted because the charter
allows it.

The ONLY meaningful way to get a mandate from the readers of any
newgroup is to conduct a valid straw poll.  Period.

Relying on posts in this thread to accurately represent the opinions
of this group is bogus.  Once I see a thread turn into the pro and con
of commercial posts, I ignore it.  I did notice some posts with a
subject "PROPOSAL: vote on FAQ Revision" which I assumed was a discussion
of someone's proposal to have a vote.  Now it sounds like that thread
may have contained the vote.

If I ever see posts with a subject beginning with "CFV: ..." or
"Straw poll: ...", then I (and many other long time readers) will
pay attention.  Until then, don't assume too much.

Jim

References

Re: Ads, FAQ's, and Bandwidth.
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 15 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Ads, FAQ's, and Bandwidth.
soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000