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

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

Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl writes:
soliiigm@aol.com (Sol III GM) writes:
>>   Actually, when I posted my second ad in 2 years, I got a number of
>> positive responses, and one complaint.  That complaint was from you,
Greg,
>> threatening to report me to my ISP for improper use of Usenet (Not that
I
>> think my ISP would give a fig for posting in this newsgroup).
>I believe you are misremembering the story. I think you were saying
>you could post monthly if you felt like it, and I told you I would talk
>to your ISP if you did. That's a rather different situation.

No, I have a very clear memory of the situation.
  You see, the timing was rather weird.  I had just started negotiations
with AOL for a new set of features for my AOL area, and here comes a
NetCop threatening to contact AOL and complain.
  Let me set the stage here.  You see, I knew nothing about Usenet at that
point, other than it looked like the same type of message boards I had
been dealing with for the previous 6 years on network services.  On those
services, there was always someone 'in charge' of the board.  Due to the
way that you wrote me (Not your fault, but mine) I took you for that
person.  I had not yet grasped the idea that USENet was a vast anarchy
without the moderators and board cops that I was used to.
  With that in mind, the conversation that we had was your initial request
that I re-read the FAQ, and that I not post any more ads, as that was
considered spamming and out of line.  This is a paraphrase, but the
general gist.
  I was a little taken aback, and reminded you that my previous ad had
been almost two years in the past.  The fact that I had posted my ad in
direct response to a person asking for more info on the game than was
contained in your PBM listing was mentioned.  Your next message stated
that it didn't matter, the policy was one ad, period, and that if I
violated it again, I would be reported to my ISP.  I sent a message
apologizing for violating the policy, and then proceeded to go on about my
business, and basically left this newsgroup alone for about 18 months...
  In that time period, I was involved with other newsgroups, and I found
out a good deal more about the way things work.
  At no point during that exchange, did I question, suggest, or state,
that I was going to do monthly postings.  Monthly postings are not even my
style, as it's a lot of work for minimal gain.  Although I have been
pushing for bi-monthly, I would probably only do quarterly, with a small
monthly update on changes in the last 30 days.

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

There is a certain freedom to being totally screwed.  It means nothing you do is going to make the situation any worse.

References

Re: rec.games.pbm Advertising policy [DRAFT]
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: rec.games.pbm Advertising policy [DRAFT]
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Wed, 11 Jun 1997 00:00:00 +0000