I heard a news item on American Public Radio last week about the rapid growth of word-of-mouth marketing, in which ordinary folk are paid in secret to promote products or services personally amongst peers and acquaintances. The dollar reaches a new low, it seems. Something similar has been around on mailing lists since they started: someone posts a question or comment that looks innocent enough, but it's a setup for someone else to reply praising a product or service. Well, we (Carl Paton and I, the moderators) have to be even more vigilant now. We have rejected several messages sent recently to the Sportscience list that looked suspicious. If there's any doubt about sincerity, we ask the sender to elaborate and clarify in any re-posting.
Remember that ads for products or services are permitted on this list, provided the subject line begins with "AD:". Otherwise, if you are making some kind of unsolicited comment about a product or service, your message will be rejected unless you state your institutional status and affiliation, any conflict of interest, and a plausible reason for sending the message in the first place. And for those who send genuine queries and get replies, don't forget to send the list a summary of replies. Thanks! Will Hopkins Carl Paton moderators Post messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To (un)subscribe, send any message to sportscience-(un)[EMAIL PROTECTED] View all messages at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportscience/. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportscience/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sportscience/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
