Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.games:409 comp.sys.amiga:60848 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!dftsrv!amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov!xrtnt From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Selling games on USENet - don't! Message-ID: <2639@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 28 Jun 90 14:33:25 GMT References: <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <1990Jun27.185759.8281@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA Lines: 52 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 In article <1990Jun27.185759.8281@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes... ^In article <11361@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu ^(David C. Powell) writes: ^>In article <1990Jun26.233508.26963@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> ^>xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: [Dave saying I want to see those ads! Deleted] ^ ^Well, you do as you please, this is an anarchy, and no one can easily stop ^you. My original posting, however, was written to appeal to those who ^might be able to bring some common sense to bear on the question. There ^are reasons to do so. How about a compromise and simply post to the forsale groups? I like seeing the ads too since I've pick up many things via these ads. If the concern is the traffic on the amiga groups the comprimise should be satifactory for all involved. Just make sure you include the word Amiga in your subject line ;-). Since this is an unmoderated group no one can tell you what to post or not to post but I wouldn't quite call it anarchy ;-). ^ [loss of alt groups and cost considerations for amiga.* groups deleted] ^ ^It only took publicity about a little complaint in the Houston Chronicle ^to get sites all over the world to review their need for the alt groups; ^many have dropped them in the few weeks since. How much publicity do you ^think the Amiga groups can withstand if we are being blatently inefficient ^in our use of net resources? We only lost the alt.sex.* groups and the junk group. The concern is probably more for potential legal problems that sites would rather not get involved in... Unless we start posting IFF nudes here I don't think many sites will review the amiga groups for these sort of concerns :-) (or is it :-(??? Politics/Constititution threads to one of the talk groups please...). ^ ^Kent, the man from xanth. ^ Nuff Said...lets not spend another $75 (or whatever) bucks rehashing this ;-). NT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // | Nigel Tzeng - STX Inc - NASA/GSFC COBE Project \X/ | xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov | Amiga | Standard Disclaimer Applies: The opinions expressed are my own.