Acbosgd.2274 net.news.group utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!wheps!eagle!mhuxt!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Tue May 4 16:21:33 1982 commercial articles The suggestion has been made that "commercials" should not be allowed, but that "product announcements" should be. Presumably, this means (1) Only one ad per product. (2) Only new products - don't hit us with one ad for every widget you already have out on the market. (3) Keep them short - ideally the whole ad should fit on the screen at once. "product" could mean a hardware gizmo, a piece of software, or a consulting or support service. It could also be used for "want ad" types of ads, such as "I have a used ASR 33 for sale - bids start at $10". The latter kinds of ads probably should be restricted geographically, for example, someone in New Jersey would post to nj.ad, not net.ad. This sounds reasonable to me - comments solicited. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.