[meteorite-list] (No More) One-Ad Per Week Rule

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:12:47 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <318211.97776.qm_at_web30705.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear List,

The fact seems to be forgotten that a consensus was taken by Art about advertising in his forum. Advertising is a privilege, not a right and Art was considering having no ads at all due to abuse. The consensus, at the time, was that way too many ads were being posted and that one-ad-per-week should be a rule. List members input was taken into account so this was not only Art's wishes but the majority of other members as well.

I know of several people who will not subscribe due to the number of ads, some of which instead read the archives on a daily basis. Even then, scrolling through hundreds of ads would drown out more useful information in the archives which are permanent and cannot be deleted. An ads usefulness disappears immediately, yet it is stuck for eternity in the archives. The delete key will not help here. A lot of forums will not allow any advertisements so we should feel lucky.

Art would not have made the rule if he felt it was not important. Out of respect for him and other members, I feel the rule should be honored or we might all lose our advertising privileges due to a few members who cannot and will not control themselves.

Best Regards,

Adam
Received on Thu 15 Oct 2009 10:12:47 AM PDT