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

[Gary Chase]

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Great Idea=2C have a real vote by all 900 members to see if they want to ha=
ve an ad post by each and every member every other day which is still less =
than your average.
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Gary


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> From: mikewren at gilanet.com

> To: deanbessey at yahoo.com

> Date: Thu=2C 15 Oct 2009 12:50:13 -0700

> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] (No More) One-Ad Per Week Rule

>

> Hello=2C

>

> DITTO. Also the days when we had the MOST ads=2C were the most

> productive on the list. THE BEST TOPICS. THE BEST CONVERSTION ON

> METEORITES COINCIDED WITH THE MOST ADS. So a big part of this whole

> topic is BULLSHIT. If you really want to do it right for THE FIRST

> TIME -have a real vote. I HAVE BEEN ON THIS LIST LONGER THAN 70% of

> the folks on this list. So if you want a true historical perspective

> maybe ask someone who's been here a lot longer than the critics...

>

> Michael Cottingham

> On Oct 15=2C 2009=2C at 12:13 PM=2C dean bessey wrote:

>

>>>> about advertising in his forum. Advertising is a privilege=2C not a

>> right and Art was considering having no ads at all due to abuse.

>> The consensus=2C at the time=2C 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.>=20

>>>

>>>

>> This is flat out wrong. There never was any consensus. Art went on

>> record as saying that he did not mind ads.

>> What happened was that 4 or 5 people decided that they would hijack

>> Art's list as if it was their own and decide to prevent people from

>> making "to many" (Whatever that means) ads. After months and months

>> of bombarding the list with anti ad attack postings Art basically

>> tried to shut up the malcontents that dont appriciate the fact that

>> they have the privelidge being a part of what is basically the best

>> online meteorite forum and said "OK=2C one a week".

>> Then=2C rather than shut up=2C these 4 or 5 people decide to declare

>> themselves sherrif and kept going on with this anti ad campaign and

>> even the most minor offence (Even during big shows like tucson and

>> munich) was enough to make attack postings. They decided to continue

>> making an ass of themselves and continue their efforts to hijack

>> arts list as if it was their own.

>> Then after people started leaving the list because of all these

>> attack postings they had the gall to claim that "They left because

>> of the ads". (The fact that people werent leaving before their

>> hijacking and attacking efforts is conveniently ignored).

>> Nobody leaves this list because of the ads (Well there may have been

>> 2 or 3 people who left because they are to stupid to use the delete

>> button or block sender button in their email settings and dislaike

>> the fact that people are allowed to own meteorites like the cultural

>> property people in some governments but its an insignificant few).

>> People leave because of the bickering. Dont try and twist it around

>> that its not because of those 4 or 5 people that is basically

>> ruining things for everybody.

>> Becides why are you 4 or 5 people constantly harrassing the other

>> 1000 of us with your diatrabes? An iq of about six would enable you

>> to understand that the only person who matters is art so why dont

>> you email him rather than the rest of us who cant do anything even

>> if we did buy the fact that you somehow have the right to

>> unilaterally declare yourselves sherrif even though you have no

>> ownership or control of this list?

>> The answer of course is that Art has the smarts to ignore the whackos.

>> Nobody is forcing anybody to be a part of this list. You dont even

>> need arts permission to leave. You can do it yourself.

>> Stop this assanine BS and let us talk meteorites and have sales. If

>> you have a problem dont complain to the other 1000 of us.

>> And the "Majority consensus" that you refer to is about the same as

>> what the "Majority consensus" of an iranian election would be. It is

>> flat out not the will of the majority of list members or the list

>> owner but the will of 4 or 5 people who wants to run the list as

>> they see fit (Like the aftermat of an Iranian election).

>> I suspect that cottingshams lastest excessive postings are designed

>> to entertain and see how big an ass that certain paople can make of

>> themselves by complaining about them. Some people has posted 2 anti

>> ad attacks for every one of cottingshams supposedly excessive ads.

>> The other 1000 of us are surely happy about that.

>> Go away. The consensus of the silent majority dont want to listen to

>> your attacks anymore

>> Sincerely

>> DEAN

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