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david, I agree. I download about 100 messages every 2-3 days and I don't want
to
download advertising. If I want product inforamtion I will go and seek it.
Personaly, I think we see too much blatent advertising from Abysmal diving, and
its only because everyone here is very tolerant :) that no one has mentioned
this before.
Martin
In your message dated Monday 24, April 1995 you wrote :
> On Mon, 24 Apr 1995, R_LAROCQUE (418) 775-0792 wrote:
> > What is the official word on advertising on this list? If someone is
> > describing its own product at length and comparing it to other similar
> > products, is it considered advertising?
>
> Yes, that is advertising. The Abyss feature list should be kept to
> private mail unless explicitly requested by a number of list members.
>
> I think that if we open this list to advertising, then the volume will
> get noticably higher than it is now. Add to the ads the inevitable
> discussions that ensue from any posting, both from us mere consumers
> and other advertisers (in what other media do advertisers get to
> directly dispute each other's claims?) and you have what I would
> consider an intolerable volume of information being sent into my inbox.
>
> I don't mind advertising in other, more voluntary distribution
> formats, like WWW pages or other formats whose contents I am not
> forced to scan in order to get my daily work done. I personally have
> to read at least the start of every message I get, because subject
> lines are not enough to tell whether the mail is from techdiver, or
> from a business colleague.
>
> Bearing the desirable goal of a high signal-to-noise ratio in mind, I
> strongly urge that if commercial advertising is allowed, that a
> separate mailing list be formed for that purpose.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David Story NAUI AI Z9588, PADI DM 43922, EMT
> story@be*.wp*.sg*.co* Better diving through lithium.
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