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

[Mark Bowling]

I strike my comments (good points Adam, Gary and Martin).  Rules usually have a good reason.

--- On Thu, 10/15/09, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:


> From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>

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

> To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 7:12 AM

> 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

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