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Re: auction vs non-auction double standard?
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:52:14 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.terms, Mike Stanley writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Todd Lehman writes:
> > That's not actually true. Only auctions are verboten outside of the .market
> > .auction group by the Terms of Use Agreement. Non-auction solicitations
> > aren't strictly verboten by the Agreement, but generally they're frowned
> > upon by most people.
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> I keep being amused in a confused kind of way by this seeming double
> standard. Let me demonstrate how this bst vs auction double standard sounds
> to me. • <snipped bits>
> Why is that? I personally don't care to see either outside of the .market
> tree. I would say that *I* equally frown on auction and non-auction
> solicitations. What would I (or anyone else) have to do as a LUGNET member to
> convince the PTB (you) that we'd rather not see non-auction solicitations
> other than in the .market tree?
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> I'm not trying to be overly argumentative, and I don't want to change the rule
> as it pertains to auction postings. I just don't think there should be a
> difference - solicitation is solicitation is solicitation. It just seems a
> little silly that a rule was set in stone to benefit the wishes and likes of
> some nebulous group concerning auction postings but there is no rule to limit
> things that, by your own admission, "most" people don't like. Most seems to
> quantify a significant enough interest in considering making them verboten as
> well.
I generally try to avoid "me too" posts, but wanted to do so here, and add
some reasoning.
I agree with Mike. My personal preference is to not see any market traffic
unless I go looking for it.(1) Also, if the double standard didn't exist, and
there were a single rule for market postings, it would go a long way to
eliminating gray area.
$0.02
James
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1:One of the reasons I don't watch TV much.
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| (...) I disagree that there is a "double-standard" (but that's just wording), but I agree that it would go a long way toward eliminating gray areas -- if the boundaries could be defined clearly (which I'm very skeptical of). Some things to figure (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.terms) !
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| (...) messages (...) aren't (...) I keep being amused in a confused kind of way by this seeming double standard. Let me demonstrate how this bst vs auction double standard sounds to me. Some (maybe a lot, maybe just a few really "valuable") people (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.terms) !
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