> I would not pay a subscription to a list I think you might change your mind if all lists gave the choice of buying a subscription or accept�ads and those were the only ones around. That's like saying to Mike...hey, I'm perfectly willing to participate and benefit from your work, but not if you're going to benefit...
I get a lot of free magazines, too, but they are supported by advertising, like Mike is trying to do.� If the advertisers in those magazines start dropping their advertising, we woulnd't be getting any free magazines... I get paid for my eyes on the magazine with the advertisements. All I'm saying is that Mike should be free to do advertising in a manner that makes money for him and no one on the list should demand a free ride... The best solution, I think at this point, is to have an advertising option...pay a subscription for advertising free list mail or accept whatever advertising he chooses to employ.� Sounds fair to me... Rick ---------------------------------------- From: Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:50 PM To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? On 4/20/05, Rick Faircloth wrote: > The only ones to drop from the list would be those who thought > they knew so much that they would rarely or never have a question > that they needed an answer to, or those who already know everything > and don't care to help others... I disagree. I participate in a large number of mailing lists, learning from others as well as helping others. Those lists are all free. Some of them are also free of advertising. I give a lot of my time to participate in the community so it already 'costs' me - and, yes, I get value from it. I would not pay a subscription to a list - there's plenty of other free lists. I don't subscribe to Community MX (a paid service), I don't subscribe to any magazines (i.e., I don't pay - if a magazine wants to send me a free subscription I might accept... that's how I get InfoWorld and Software Development Magazine). -- Sean A Corfield -- http://corfield.org/ Team Fusebox -- http://fusebox.org/ Got Gmail? -- I have 50, yes 50, invites to give away! "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203740 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
