Re: rec.games.pbm Advertising policy [DRAFT]

From: graeme@discreet.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)

Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

In <ymenaadjab.fsf@runner.ccr-p.ida.org> David desJardins <desj@ccr-p.ida.org> writes:

>Graeme Griffiths <graeme@discreet.co.uk> writes:

>If you want to write guidelines, they should not distinguish in any way
>between "free" and "commercial."  A posting that is inappropriate for
>Usenet (for example, someone posting exactly the same message every two
>weeks, which I have seen many times on various newsgroups) is equally
>inappropriate regardless of how much it costs to play the game.  It's
>inappropriate because such repetition is annoying to readers, not
>because someone is making money from it (or trying to do so).

Valid point, thanks.

>I find this all so odd.  Anyone who wants to publicize a game could just
>write a monthly newsletter about developments in it, and post it here.
>If the game is static rather than evolving, then results of completed
>games or something.  It only takes the tiniest amount of work to
>generate information in a form that is welcomed by (almost) everyone, as
>opposed to crass advertisements that give no real information about the
>game and are as likely to turn off the potential audience as attract it.

If only everyone were this level-headed. I agree David but sadly thats not
what we get is it ?

>> What is the groups charter ? We must have had one to start the group up.

>No, there weren't any group charters in those days.  I don't remember
>how the original group (net.games.pbm) came into existence, but mostly
>someone just decided it would be a good idea.  It certainly wasn't
>formed based on demand; I played commercial pbm games in those days (mid
>1980s), but there wasn't any contact at all between the commercial pbm
>community and this group.  That's a very recent thing.  (It doesn't just
>have to do with advertising; there wasn't even discussion of commercial
>pbm games here by players.  Not enough critical mass, I guess.)

I started reading a few years after the great re-naming so I don't remember
net.game.pbm, thanks for the info. Couldn't the document I propose, and if
we accept it as a valid set of guidelines then be proposed as the charter
for the group ?

None of what I've suggested changes anything really but it clarifies some
grey areas and gives definite pointers to people who'd like to use the group
for valid purposes.
--
Graeme Griffiths - Discreet Logic (Newbury, UK)
Disclaimer: I do not speak for anyone but myself and I do that badly.
Mail: graeme@discreet.co.uk
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References

rec.games.pbm Advertising policy [DRAFT]
graeme@discreet.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Advertising policy [DRAFT]
David desJardins <desj@ccr-p.ida.org>
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

rec.games.pbm Advertising policy [DRAFT]
graeme@discreet.co.uk (Graeme Griffiths)
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Advertising policy [DRAFT]
David desJardins <desj@ccr-p.ida.org>
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000