Re: New entry for PBM List: I changed my socks today

From: Geoff Dunbar <gdunbar@prankster.com>

Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000

I'm a little confused at all the heat Greg Lindahl takes for the
service he is kind enough to provide for this newsgroup. There
is indeed a very great difference between the postings he makes,
and the advertisements that you apparently wish to inflict upon
this newsgroup. That being that he makes no money from running
the FAQ and web page, whereas game moderators do make money.

I for one would rather see the informative and short postings that
Greg has been posting than the sort of over-hyped garbage that
commercial moderators might wish to put forth (take the occasional
Stars! or VGA planets hype that shows up here as an example). And,
lest we forget, Greg is not making up this policy; it is well
established usenet policy to avoid commercial posts, with the
possible exception of one-time, tasteful postings. The web site
that he is kind enough to maintain gives moderators an alternative
to filling the newsgroup up with unwanted spam.

So, as opposed to the usual bitching and moaning that usually
goes on against Greg Lindahl, I would like to thank him for the
service he provides to us all.

Geoff

Steve wrote:
>
> I have to admit I find these consant promotional plugs for this site
> are getting slightly irritating.
> Still, I suppose it's refreshing to see that Greg Lindahl can make a
> complete U-Turn on his before unshakable views on postings that could
> be deemed as advertising.
> Oh, don't tell me, this isn't *advertising* the site at all - it's
> merely pointing out additions to it.
> Perhaps there'd be no objections if I inform the readers of this
> newsgroup every time I process a league and update our web site with
> the results then??
> Surely this sudden burst of activity can't have anything to do with
> the welcome emergence of some rather excellent PBM games sites
> providing listings etc etc? Links to these, should you not know where
> they are, are available from our site below.
> I would also be pleased to provide a link from our site to any other
> PBM related site in exchange for the same.
>
> Steve Walker
> Summit Soccerleague
> http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~summit/

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Re: New entry for PBM List: I changed my socks today
summit@easynet.co.uk (Steve)
Wed, 02 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: New entry for PBM List: I changed my socks today
summit@easynet.co.uk (Steve)
Wed, 02 Oct 1996 00:00:00 +0000