I, and most others realize they are legitimate, but it’s the way they are set up! tell us what this app is instead of thinking we all follow links like sheep to somplace other than the list. I too open the message, then delet when I find out I have once more go to a website to find ou twhat the subject claims to be inside a message. I, for one, will not go to the website without some sort of reason as to why I am going there. so, with this subject line, is this a walking companion like music? GPS app? why would I go anywhere to find out? From: Hope Paulos Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 2:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Taking a walk? Don't leave home without this!
I work for Fedora Outlier LLC, and these messages are legitimate. Hope Paulos > On Jan 26, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > These posts and blog entries are coming from Fedora Outlier and How to be > blind, both respected groups in this field and on this list. I'm sure they're > trying to encourage traffic to their sites, and their articles have a "drum > roll please" feel to them to try to build suspense. I don't have a problem > with these messages coming to the list as is. I don't think hitting the > delete key on five messages so far, and ten in total, is that big a deal if > you aren't interested. I also don't think hitting enter to follow a link is > that much hardship on anyone who is interested. The site is simply laid out > and easy to navigate with a browser. > >> On 01/26/2014 02:36 PM, Tess wrote: >> Lol, I thought this was spam mail getting through the list, so, I was >> auto deleting them. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> *From:*viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On >> Behalf Of *Alex Hall >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 26, 2014 3:01 PM >> *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com >> *Cc:* <viphone@googlegroups.com> >> *Subject:* Re: Taking a walk? Don't leave home without this! >> >> Well said, and I completely agree. Just the apps name, and a few >> sentences about what it does, would be wonderful. As it is, I, too, will >> not open these links. As it stands, these emails sound more like >> questionable promotions than helpful messages. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On Jan 26, 2014, at 14:54, "Neal Ewers" <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org >> <mailto:neal.ew...@ravenswood.org>> wrote: >> >>> Hi, If you are wanting to tell us about an app, please give us some >>> information about it so we know if we even want to go to the web page >>> to check it out. This sounds more like a high powered sales pitch that >>> tries to force the user to go to the site with very little trouble on >>> your part. I've gotten about three of these in the last few days and I >>> have not, and will not, bother to go there unless I know it is of >>> worth to me. I'm not suggesting that others should do the same by any >>> means, but come on, why should I really care what makes your top 10 >>> apps all that worthwhile unless you take the time to give me at least >>> some basic information. >>> >>> Neal >>> >>> *From:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Marcy Weinberg >>> *Sent:* Sunday, January 26, 2014 1:34 PM >>> *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> >>> *Subject:* Taking a walk? Don't leave home without this! >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Marcy weinberg >>> >>> Junior Partner >>> >>> Fedora Outlier, LLC >>> >>> Top down, BETTER THAN EXCELLENT (tm) consulting, teaching and support >>> >>> website >>> >>> Phone: 888-958-6979 ext.3801 >>> >>> Fax: 888-467-2162 >>> >>> ma...@fedoraoutlier.com <mailto:ma...@fedoraoutlier.com> >>> >>> Twitter >>> >>> Facebook >>> >>> blog >>> >>> newsletter Hello, everyone, >>> >>> It's Sunday, and what a great day for an afternoon stroll. Even if >>> it's cold out, a nice walk in the brisk air is quite rejeuvenating. >>> But before you venture out, check out the app that made it to number 5 >>> on Fedora Outlier's Top 10 Apps Of 2013. 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