all i can say is:
rule no1: fun
rule no2: fun through egregious faux offence
ok, thats not an actual rule:
rule no 1: fun, - most of what has happened to make what we enjoy on the
webhas been best championed by those who want a bit of fun - if you want
to complain about a bit of pro spam on a list? well, you're missing the
point; they dont know where the fun is and so dissapointingly, neither
do you? que? que sa!
rule no2: fun through egregious faux offence: sometimes we dont remember
that the web is about fun - especially when we get so het up about it
being about making sure we can not only pay our rent, but also pay for
holidays to the latest AJAX conference - me? Im not sure how Im paying
the rent tomorrow but I am having ALL the fun.
--
Alfie
Gerhard Fasol wrote:
>Nick- thank you.
>
>My thinking is that everybody on this list has some commercial
>reason for taking part in the list - unless he/she is s total
>"keitai-otaku".
>
>I object that plugs promoting big companies with powerful
>brandnames and publicly traded shares are acceptable
>(e.g.: "look this up on Google" is a commercial plug for a big company)
>while similar plugs for smaller companies are rejected.
>
>Also, at the bottom of every keitai-l email I receive there
>is a URL-plug for a company called "Appelsiini Finland Oy" -
>I don't object to that since I guess they sponsor the free
>server and moderating service, but I feel that if plugs for
>the company Appelsiini Finland Oy, Google etc are permitted,
>then why should we not be able to information which our
>company has on our own server when it applies to questions
>asked?
>Also regarding the charging of fees for some of our reports:
>who says that all information in this world should be
>available without charge? This is not possible.
>
>Gerhard
>
>Nick May wrote:
>
>
>>Eurotech plugs are - ah - traditional. Google likes to be tossed
>>fresh meat every so often.
>>Speaking for myself, (I.e, someone with no say over list policy/
>>moderation) I think on balance Gerhard chucks out enough useful free
>>info of interest (to me, at least) to make the ODD implicit plug -
>>tolerable ....
>>
>>Note that as far as google is concerned, your complaint is just
>>another plug...
>>
>>Nick
>>
>>
>>
>>>Shouldn’t the plugging of businesses and services be avoided on a
>>>public, board ? Ive only been a member of this list for a few days and
>>>http://www.eurotechnology.com has been plugged too many times.
>>>
>>>
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Received on Thu Dec 1 05:49:33 2005