From: kayakwriter_at_netscape.net <snip message> Cheers, Philip __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp --- I usually scan the PaddleWise digest for items of interest. I do have a retriever dog so the "Paddling with Dog" post caught my eye. I just finished reading kayakwriter's explanation of how the "Dog" post was inappropriate because it was a thinly disguised ad for a new kayak product. After kayakwriters explanation I was surprised to see about 10 lines of Netscape advertising under signature. So what I'm wondering is this - would it have been ok if Bart had written a sentence or two about a stove or digital camera and then encapsulated a 10 line commercial message below his signature? And if that's not ok then shouldn't Philip be asked to find an email service that doesn't force commercial ads on the non-commercial groups such as PaddleWise? I mean after all. And I should point out that I have nothing whatsoever to do with Bart's product, spons*ns, or any other product having to do with any kind of paddling. I'm just bugged by double standards. Skip *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
v> And I should point out that I have nothing whatsoever to do with Bart's > product, spons*ns, or any other product having to do with any kind of > paddling. I'm just bugged by double standards. It's not a double standard. It's an unavoidable by-product of free email accounts. In the past, we have discussed the idea of banning free accounts because of the tacked-on ads. I agree it's *very* annoying. But it would be a very quiet list. We tried filtering them but it also made for a great deal more work for the "highly-paid" moderator. The best your moderator can do is keep it to a minimum which takes aim at the avoidable posted ad. And Kirk does an *excellent* (and sometimes unappreciated) job at that. Kirk, no apology necessary. Sometimes they just slip by and as past moderator, I understand completely. The list usually works on the honor system. However, I think we should reconsider your huge moderator pay increase scheduled for the end of the year. :-p Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 09:42:44AM -0800, Jackie Myers wrote: > of free email accounts. In the past, we have discussed the > idea of banning free accounts because of the tacked-on ads. > I agree it's *very* annoying. But it would be a very quiet > list. We tried filtering them but it also made for a great > deal more work for the "highly-paid" moderator. Let me chime in and mention that it's NOT easy to filter them, and one reason it's not easy is that the services which insert them don't want to make it easy: think about it. ;-) Yes, sometimes it makes for unfortunate juxtapositions. The same thing happens with search engines as well: a search of Google's archive of the Usenet newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email will often cause ads promoting the same spamware that's being vilified, much to the chagrin of those posting the articles. ---Rsk
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