Scott Ballinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:03:50 
-0800

> It also seems to me that the only person on this list arguing
> for more [AD] tags is Charles.  Does anyone else actually feel
> that [AD] tags help to clarify responses in any way; or that
> that the list has a problem with a lack disclosure of some
> posters' possible commercial self-interest?

Yes.  I do.

As others have noted, [AD] tags ideally should be used to disclose 
self-interest.  When someone replies to a problem with "Hey, try this 
product" when it should really say "Hey, pay me to try my product", I have 
a big problem with that.

However, since I'm not the list moderator, I make my complaints to the 
moderator to handle.  Chuck, therefore, in his role as moderator, should 
be one of the few people making these sort of complaints on-list.

There are a few people whose posts I completely ignore in the digests 
because they often fail to mark their ads.  I won't name names, but I also 
won't consider anything they or their company recommends.  And please 
note, Digest readers have no way to filter out messages based on subject 
or sender, since the digests all come from the list with a subject of 
"Digest".

I must add that I think an off-list reminder should be sufficient in most 
cases, and that only serious repeat offenders should be called out in 
public.

--Tom Pellitieri
  Toledo, Ohio
-------
u2-users mailing list
[email protected]
To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

Reply via email to