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In lugnet.market.auction, Ben Ridout writes:
> James Brown wrote:
> > Two things:
> > First, your message violates their anit-spam policy.(1) I'm not going to
> > report you, because I know you're a valued member to the online LEGO
> > community, and don't think you intended any harm by it. But you might
> > want to cancel your post, so that someone else doesn't report it.
> > 1:"Usenet and message board spam are messages sent or posted which are
> > unrelated to the topic of discussion of the particular news group or
> > message board"
>
> I appreciate your levelheadedness and concern. Thank you. I think posting 1
> teeny tiny message about how I and others can get money to buy LEGO is
> related to, albeit indirectly. I considered this before posting.
Hmm, I thought it would be OK if Ben posted it too. (After seeing Larry's
message yesterday about X.com, Ben asked me what I thought about his posting
a message about alladvantage.com.) I told Ben I thought it was fine (didn't
break any LUGNET discussion group rules) as long as he didn't start spamming
non-market groups with it, etc.
I thought it would be OK because it seemed "reasonably related to" LEGO toys.
(After all, it's how Ben is currently funding his LEGO addition.) I don't
subscribe to the service and wasn't aware of its non-spam policy. If what
Ben posted is considered spam by alladvantage.com's TOS, then even though it
doesn't (IMHO) break any LUGNET rules (so far as I can tell), it still could
be (as James pointed out) a problem for Ben...
Man, what a week for gray-areas! :-o
--Todd
[followups to .market.theory]
> However,
> in hindsight it still may have been a case of bad judgement on my part. As
> too many of you know, Lugnet has been home to several lengthy debates over
> inappropriate posts and I do not wish to fan those flames. I won't be doing
> this again. I just like playing with the little men!
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| (...) Boy, looking at their TOS, how do they expect people to find people to refer, though perhaps Ben's post is not SPAM by their definition since he acquired Todd's permission to post before hand (and assuming Ben's note to Todd didn't attempt to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I use (and actively promote via my website at www.mikesdeals.com) All Advantage and I love it. But yeah, posting things to newsgroups is specifically forbidden. AA just sent out a reminder of its anti-spam policy yesterday. I've been thrilled (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I appreciate your levelheadedness and concern. Thank you. I think posting 1 teeny tiny message about how I and others can get money to buy LEGO is related to, albeit indirectly. I considered this before posting. However, in hindsight it still (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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