gam@amdahl.UUCP (gam) (02/11/85)
> = Ian Kaplan {ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!sdcc6!loral!ian > Perhaps you can explain the defference between a company or a university > posting a note on a job opening and a head-hunter doing the same. In > both cases a company paying for news routing may loose a valued employee. > On the other hand many companies, including my own, post openings for > jobs. I think the objection here is not about "commercial uses of net.jobs" so much as the posting of "blind" ads. The thing that makes the postings of headhunters annoying -- and distinguishable -- is that they do not name the companies for whom the jobs are publicized. If we allow AA Personnel (or whoever) to post such blind ads, we are giving them a commercial advantage over their competitors, who will rightly claim that if AA can do it, they should, too! I think it is best to not allow such blind ads at all, and thereby avoid the problem of where to draw the line for commericial uses of Usenet. -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam
klein@ucbcad.UUCP (02/12/85)
We haven't heard from anyone at The Solution. They must have an opinion on whether or not they should be able to post on this group. Let's hear all sides before condemning any one. Anyone still there at The Solution? Let's hear your side, too! -- -Mike Klein ...!ucbvax!ucbmerlin:klein (UUCP) klein%ucbmerlin@berkeley (ARPA)
jjk@burl.UUCP (jjk) (02/13/85)
> I think the objection here is not about "commercial uses of net.jobs" > so much as the posting of "blind" ads. The thing that makes the postings > of headhunters annoying -- and distinguishable -- is that they do not > name the companies for whom the jobs are publicized. > > If we allow AA Personnel (or whoever) to post such blind ads, we are > giving them a commercial advantage over their competitors, who will > rightly claim that if AA can do it, they should, too! I think it > is best to not allow such blind ads at all, and thereby avoid the > problem of where to draw the line for commericial uses of Usenet. > -- > Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam HOW DOES A BLIND AD HURT ANYONE?? If one doesn't like blind ads then one does not need to express any interest. I would rather see blind ads for jobs in net.jobs than the large amount of flames and discussion that I've been seeing today. I know, this is a flame too, but i finally decided I had to say something. Let's carry this discussion to a more appropriate area (I don't know where to suggest). _____________________________________________________ "One more red nightmare..." John J. Kenney (AT&T Technologies, Burlington, NC) 919-228-3328 (Cornet 291) path: ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!jjk -- John J. Kenney burl!jjk
tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) (02/17/85)
Like everyone else (apparently), I find blind ads extremely annoying. I'm a technical type, and I stay away from "business" where possible, so would someone fill me in on WHY they do this? Please don't call me an imbecile -- I already know THAT! -=- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!" "Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." Liber AL, II:9.