Re: Advertising Policy update

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

Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl said:
>soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM) writes:
>
>>  I contacted my ISP afterwards, just to make sure what the problem
>> was, and was told that the only way they would do something about a
>> complaint from an unchartered newsgroup, was if there was obvious
abuse,
>> and that posting a single ad every two years was obviously not abuse,
>> especially if they only got one complaint.
>
>I don't think you're telling the whole story -- AOL certainly does not
>think that any group old enough to have no charter is fair game
>for advertising.

You are right, Greg, let me tell the rest of the story.  Basically, the
newsmaster at AOL at the time stated that a FAQ was not law, and that if
they only got a single complaint, and that complaint was from the FAQ
maintainer, they would look at it, but unless there was abusive posting,
they would take no action.  Based on a reading of the FAQ at the time,
they stated that they saw no abuse, and had received no complaint.
  In other words, Greg, they did not feel that two On-Topic advertisment
posts almost two years apart were not abuse.
  The matter ended right there.
  After having been flamed and insulted in private, and basically feeling
that under those circumstances, further involvement in the newsgroup was
pointless, I went away.
  I wonder how many others have done the same.

Eagle
Sol III Game Master
Sol III Play By E-Mail Role Playing Game
http://members.aol.com/soliiigm/

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Re: Advertising Policy update
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:00:00 +0000