I don’t mind abiding by any rule the list admin wants to set up. But I don’t think David’s suggestion is going to increase discussion on MOPO.
MovieArt has plenty of options “to advertise.” We’ve sold a number of posters from announcements on MOPO, and I think those buyers were pleased to know about those posters. Kirby On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Sales <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree David… > > Kind Regards > > Ben Wadley > All About Movies Pty Ltd > Movie Memorabilia - Original Vintage Movie Posters and Lobby Cards > Website: www.allaboutmovies.com.au > Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AllAboutMoviesAu > Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/AllAboutMovies1 > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David > Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014 1:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo > > This forum (like all forums) are set up with the sole purpose of bringing > like-minded people together to discuss a common subject; in fact it still > says that on the MoPo webpage "Movie Poster Discussion Group". But if one > looks at one's inbox over any period of time, it looks more like a Movie > Poster Advertising Group, to the point that it is the most common and > voluminous subject to hit my mail box each week - it is simply, by > definition, spam so why comment publicly when almost all there is to comment > to is spam? > > The opportunity to get in front (for free) of 370 odd people (and all one has > to do is hit send) is obviously too much of a juicy carrot for some to ignore > and so they take advantage of it. > > I would suggest that one advertising post (or any variable of same) per week > would bring back the talk and perhaps turn this into a Movie Poster > Discussion Group rather than a Movie Poster Advertising Forum. > > David Rew > > > JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia did previously state on 5/03/2014 11:35 > AM: > Yes, I think you are right. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Neil Jaworski > To: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia ; [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 10:25 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo > > Hi John, I totally agree with you but we probably have to accept that - over > the long life of MOPO - schisms have emerged & become fixed. MOPO has become > increasingly bad-tempered & tribal over the years and so terrific people who > used to post don't now post very often. I'm thinking about people like > Andrea & Sue but there are many others. Probably there's a silent majority > who just feel it's not worth the trouble posting in case they get attacked. > Neil > > > > > From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 0:10 > Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo > > I agree with Tommy that some people might mistakenly hit the "Reply" button > rather than "Reply All" but I am really talking about people who deliberately > reply "Offlist" with private comments. They often make very good and valid > points and its a pity that they dont want to post to everyone on the List. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Chris Quarles > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo > > People need to learn who to use email. It's very easy. > > Chris Quarles > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Scott Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > > The decision was made many many moons ago to make the default REPLY TO > address the address of the original sender, rather than the mopo-l address. > This was done because there were several instances of people who had meant > their reply be private to the post’s original author but instead the message > went out to MoPo at large. > We can revisit this decision if you like, but I do remember a couple of very > private negotiations that accidentally went public. > You can always use REPLY ALL, then your post gets sent to the original author > AND the group. > Opinions on changing the REPLY default? > Scott > MoPo List Owner > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tommy Barr > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 7:02 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo > I suspect part of the problem is that when you click on 'reply' it addresses > the response to only the original sender by default, and you have to scroll > down to send to all the subscribers. Might be better if that could be > reversed. > Tommy > On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:15 AM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia > <[email protected]> wrote: > In the last few years I have been getting a lot of private responses and > comments from MoPo members. It does seem that MoPo generates a great deal of > discussion but a lot of it is "Offlist" for the recipient only so the > thoughts of various members are never made public to the entire list. I > wonder if this is just applicable to MoPo because all of the email addresses > are readily available. I would imagine that this wouldn't happen so much on > the other discussion boards because it takes more time and effort to contact > members off list. Maybe it might be better for people to post their thoughts > publicly rather than private emails which defeats the purpose of a discussion > board. > Just an observation. > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > Websites: > www.moviemem.com > www.OzeFilm.com > www.OzeMoviePoster.com > www.OzeAuction.com > www.BodyCorporateNews.com > Facebook: > www.facebook.com/moviemem > Mailing Address: > John Reid > PO Box 92 > Elanora > Qld 4221 > Australia > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. 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