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Posted by BEI Design on February 29, 2008, 5:26 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> IMS wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:26:54 -0800, Samantha Hill -
> > wrote:
> > > IMS wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:49:19 -0800, Samantha Hill -
> > > > take out TRASH to reply
> > > > > This is an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, and
> > > > > there is no real way of prohibiting anything.
> > > >
> > > > Usenet is also not an advertising medium. Google
> > > > "Advertising on Usenet" and you'll see very similar
> > > > documents. Here is just one.
> > >
> > >
> > > Very true -- HOWEVER, the original question was, "do
> > > we discourage ads?" and the correct answer to that
> > > question is that there is no effective way to do that.
> >
> >
> > True but the comment I was referring to was, "This is
> > an unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, and there is no real
> > way of prohibiting anything." Encouraging offenders to
> > read the rules of netettique,
> > reporting spammers and replying to ads (while at the
> > same time removing the links included in them)
> > requesting the poster
> > understand Usenet, is actually, very effective. It's
> > why this and some other groups are not innundated with
> > ads.
>
> Not to mention making it known that we do not do business
> with spammers, no matter how much better their product
> might be, or how good their prices. It's a principle.
It's a pledge:
http://www.answers.com/topic/boulder-pledge
I am scrupulous about that.
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