[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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