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From: spuhler@hplabs.UUCP (Tom Spuhler)
Newsgroups: net.news.sa,net.news.adm
Subject: Re: net.ads
Message-ID: <2543@hplabs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 20:25:34 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  8 20:25:34 1984
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The idea of "ad's" is not particularly appealing, I an see it now, 
resubmissions of the same thing every day etc.  However,  I would find
a newgroup that contained low-key factual product announcements both
interesting and useful.  I see the model for this as simular to the short
blurbs that are in various magazines like Datamation which are short,
one time, blurbs which describe the basic product and allows one to
request more information.  ( type "r" for more info )

I would propose that it be called something like net.new and that it
only be allowed to contain first time announcements, with a 1 or
2 page size limit, and descriptions with a minimum of action words and 
adverbs. (factual, not inflammatory ).  Subject lines would contain
some phrase like hardware, software etc. so some filtering could be
done.

I believe that something in the above format would be much more
informative and generate much less traffic then something called "ad".
I also suggest that no grandfather clause be allowed, i.e. if the group
is created on 3/15, then no product announced before 3/1 may be
submitted.    Comments?????

New.new good!   Net.ad bad!!   Baa Baa!  ( for all you Orwellian sheep )
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                         Tom Spuhler
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