Yes, it's just that simple. I have asked Art many times why he tolerates this stuff. It's been years now. A long time ago, Art declared that this is a self regulating list. As you pointed out, if it's a rule, enforce it or we can become an infomercial. Well said.
---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:03:24 -0700 > From: star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: [meteorite-list] AD drama - an idea to solve it. > > > While I am not a big fan of multiple ads per day/week for the same stuff from > the same seller, I find all the complaint posts far worse and consider them > and the replies very unwanted... > > I offer a very reasonable solution to this drama. > > Get rid of the one ad per week rule, or enforce it. Plain and simple. > By now we are all aware of the one ad per week rule. > > If the rule is to stay in place, anyone who posts more then 1 ad in 6 days > time should be suspended for violation of list rules. > > If the rule is done away with, people should be able to post as many ads as > they wish and the list subscribers can simply use the delete button. > However, I honestly think if the rule is done away with, this list would > quickly turn into an AD-list that would be little more then a source for > dealers to advertise material and many of the informative posts would get > lost in the mix. > > NO more ad rules would take care of people complaining about the "spam" of > ads, sometimes 3 per day (which I do think is just a little overboard) and > violation of the list rules. But the downside... if people are posting 3 ads > per day sometimes with the ad rule in place, what would they do without it? > > That said, I do think its time for the owner of the list to stand up and say > this is the way it is going to be, live with it or go away. > Toss the ad rule, or enforce it... but do something about this. By not acting > on this is doing serious harm to the list, and that is something that none of > us want. > > > just my opinion. > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_more_042009 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
