Re: rec.games.pbm advertising

From: thomasSPAMGUARD@clark.net (Mark Thomas)

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In article <srt.866647009@sun-dimase>, srt@aero.org (Scott Turner) wrote:
>We've been through this discussion many times before, so I'm not going
>to rehash my views.  I think the fact that the person arguing for
>advertisements is always a new user speaks volumes.

I think "always" is probably a bit of a generalization. Besides, how do
you know? Some of those people could be lurkers drawn out by this
scintillating discussion. :) A while back I posted in favor of ads (short,
informative, infrequent ones). I've been reading r.g.pbm for about 5 years
now.

>That aside, this idiot "Wookie Barber" and others who've suddenly
>started cross-posting ads here for Star Wars CCGs and other kinds of
>crap are really irritating me.  And perhaps it's a foretaste of where
>the slippery slope Greg and others are defending leads.  It's
>certainly an interesting coincidence.

People like that are always annoying. So are the Psychic reading posters, the
make money fast posters, and other, similar folk. I think coincidence is the
right word.

Mark
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References

rec.games.pbm advertising
srt@aero.org (Scott Turner)
Wed, 18 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000