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Re: Lego funny money
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 17 Feb 2000 18:35:07 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
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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.
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> 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...
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 advertise the service...). I think their
policy is flawed, it seems to be an overreaction.
Todd, perhaps we need a lugnet.market.free-money newsgroup where people
can post solicitations for x.com (or whatever) refferals, things like
alladvantage.com, etc. I don't see any problem with people advertising
these things, so long as it is done in an appropriate group (of course
people who refer to x.com as a way to pay for their auction or sale
should be allowed to do so in their auction post, but if we have this
new group, I would expect John Neal's offer, and all the competing
offers, to go into the new group).
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) I've got to say that I appreciate it, though. I got spammed by some stranger about it, reported it, and got a very quick and courteous response from the folks there. I see enough advertising every day, I don't really want to get ads (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Sort of like a third-party services group? (lugnet.market.services?) In your mind (or anyone following along), which of the following would such a group cover? - factoring? - insurance? - escrow? - banking? - (other?) --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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