Dan, As a liberal, I can tell you that this guy is clueless to the concept of free speech. the fact that people have the right to express their opinions means that you will necessarily be offended by something that you hear, see or read. The notion that intelligent people can disagree and still be respectful and civil is central to the Internet's success as a form of communication, and our society in general.
I'm a longtime reader of LEM and plan to adjust my purchasing behavior to reflect what I see as a grave injustice. Severing business relationships without notice, because of one email complaint, without reviewing and discussing the problems with the target of the complaint is just plain wrong. I hadn't been following this story, so thanks for bringing it to the lists and to my attention. Fortunately, I already do most of my online tech shopping with OWC, Small Dog and MacResQ. I applaud them for sticking with LEM. I've been a Mac user since 1986 and LEM is an invaluable resource, not to mention just plain good reading. I live right down the street from MacZone/Creative Computers' Santa Monica store, and used to shop there on occasion. Until today, that is. Now, if only someone other than Verizon offered decent DSL service here... Dan, keep up the good work. Keep posting great content. I may not agree with all of it, but I love reading it. best, -Hal On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, at 08:01 PM, Dan Knight wrote: > I'm sure you're all aware of the campaign by Rick Bauer to destroy Low > End Mac by telling our advertisers what a terrible site we are for > allowing our writers to share some opinions Mr. Bauer disagreed with. > > <http://www.lowendmac.com/musings/02/1030.html> > > The fruits of his campaign: Other World Computing and Crucial Memory > were > among many sites receiving emails from Mr. Bauer, Russ Arcuri, and > possibly others. Both sites contacted us, learned that we were moving > such content elsewhere, and continue to support Low End Mac with ads > and/or affiliate fees. > > Mac Zone, Mac Mall, and Verizon DSL have removed us from their > affiliate > programs without ever contacting us (or if they did, their emails > either > didn't survive our spam filtering or were not sent as plain text > email). > I removed all links to Mac Zone about a week ago and all links to Mac > Mall tonight. > > I don't have details of our dealings with Mac Zone, but my records show > that over the past year we have generated 16,000 visits, 100 purchases, > and nearly $60,000 in sales volume. I am disappointed that they would > give this up without saying a thing to us. > > I recommend that if you value Low End Mac, you take your business to > dealers who support our site -- OWC, Crucial Memory, Small Dog > Electronics, PowerMax, Club Mac, and MacResQ among them -- and not > support businesses such as Mac Mall, Mac Zone, and Verizon DSL that > have > pulled their support from Low End Mac. > > If you do choose to boycott any of these businesses, you might want to > tell them why. What goes around comes around. > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
