Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post

From: dlepriol@iac.co.jp

Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl wrote:
>
> dlepriol@iac.co.jp writes:
>
> > Suppose someone just want to know about pbm/pbem games and just peep in,
> > but do not lurk around regularily. He may just miss the kind of game
> > he/she likes. Doesn't makes much sense to me.
>
> If you only peep in once, you'll have to go to the web page or ftp
> site to find games. In order to keep ads for games around whenever you
> look, we'd have to post 20-30 ads _per_ _day_.
>
> >       After close to a year lurking here, I cannot say this ng is swamped by
> > abusive ads.
>
> No one ever said it was. I'm saying that it would be. If this
> newsgroup ever decides that periodic ads are OK, I will personally
> post a periodic ad for every game, so that all companies can compete
> on an equal basis. The traffic will be immense.
>
> If you want to see ads, form a new group for it.
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Greg,

Well, I wasn't trying to insult you by stating something you obviously
disapprove. But your obvious lack of manners entails a reply.

- Unless I am grossly mistaken, you stated that the 'silent majority'
was against ads in this group. As a member of this 'silent majority' I
expressed my view otherwise. To me the post did not seems to be
aggressive in any way.

- What I do find aggressive is your reply. We don't know one another. I
had utter respect for your work and web-page (which by the way was the
stepping stone for finding -this- group), but right now you act as a 6
years old. Item.

So, for the 'silent masses' :

No comes in here to be swamped by ads that's obvious. That a company do
puts ads in this groups, in a mature way, do not seems in my mind a
national threat. For one thing it keep us readers up to date with new
games, be them free or commercial, or reminds us of oldies we missed.
Some of us, do not have another way ( except your page ) to find
information about pbm/pbem. A reminder it is, a gentle way to let us
know that this or that game is around.

Should you post for each and every of your games, you disprove yourself
the mature sentence above, it is more a threat than an intelligent way
of doing business around.

Now for the last, insightful, sentence you wrote I have but this
comment for you :

UP YOURS!.

This will be my last post on this matter so flame me all your heart.

DLP

References

Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post
dlepriol@iac.co.jp
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post
dlepriol@iac.co.jp
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Ads on rec.games.pbm, The Real Post
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000