Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site hplabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!spuhler 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 Article-I.D.: hplabs.2543 Posted: Thu Mar 8 20:25:34 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 10:28:49 EST References: <185@cbnap.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 28 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 ) -- Tom Spuhler UUCP: hplabs!spuhler CSNET: spuhler@hp-labs HPMAIL: tom spuhler/hp1900/01