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- From: a74k110@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Lloyd)
- Subject: Re: Prices on c.s.n.announce
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.011929.11683@nic.umass.edu>
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- References: <199208281821.AA05203@cnam.cnam.fr> <1992Aug28.193432.14085@utstat.uucp> <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:19:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug28.230103.2854@ifi.unizh.ch> lytras@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Lytras Apostolos) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug28.193432.14085@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
- >>Whatever it takes to put those prices back in should be done. This is
- >>[...]
- >
- >I disagree strongly. This is not what Usenet is about, we *certainly*
- [...]
- >
- > 7. Usenet is not an advertising medium.
- >
- > Because of Usenet's roots in academia, and because Usenet depends
- > so heavily on cooperation (sometimes among competitors), custom
- > dictates that advertising be kept to a minimum. It is tolerated
- > if it is infrequent, informative, and low-hype.
- >
- > The "comp.newprod" newsgroup is NOT an exception to this rule:
- > product announcements are screened by a moderator in an attempt to
- > keep the hype-to-information ratio in check.
- >
- > If you must engage in flackery for your company, use the "biz"
- > hierarchy, which is explicitly "advertising-allowed", and which
- > (like all of Usenet) is carried only by those sites that want it.
- >
- >Why should c.s.n.a overrule a widely accepted rule like this? This just
- [...]
-
- Please explain how putting pricing information in a single post product
- announcement would overrule this, eh? As if the already filtered
- announcements will all of a sudden magically turn into ads because they
- have pricing in them! I totally fail to see your point, 7. is being
- misinterpreted IMNSHO.
-
- If anything the pricing information makes them less hype and more informative.
-
- la la la,
- --
- :: Christopher Lloyd :: a74k110@titan.ucc.umass.edu :: Yrrid, Inc. ::
- ::"He said he'd make me elite for $5...I think he wanted a sub or somethin'"::
-