josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) (11/30/90)
-----these references have been edited for brevity----- In article <4098@network.ucsd.edu>, jon@weber.ucsd.edu (Jon Matousek) writes: |> In article <1990Nov28.145957.10136@rodan.acs.syr.edu> |> rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) writes: |> >In article <4088@network.ucsd.edu> jon@weber.ucsd.edu (jOn mAtOUsEk) writes: |> >>Don't believe them, try it out for yourself. E-mail me your name and |> >>address for a free Nisus 3 demo disk. Any questions call Paragon's |> >Is anyone else as sick and tired as I am of seeing this BLATANT ADVERTISING |> >for Nisus any time someone asks a question about MS Word?? YES! Read on! |> >For that matter, doesn't this kind of advertising violate netiquette? YES! Read on! |> I personally do not consider my postings "BLATANT ADVERTISING." |> I do this by providing a service that retailers will |> not provide; informing folks on the net about how Nisus will solve a problem, |> and offering a free demo disk to prove it. Is this really so bad? I realize |> that this is considered borderline advertising and that is why I have taken to |> adding the words "Try Nisus" to the title of the article. This offers the |> offended the chance to "junk", "kill" or whatever the article. |> -jOn This is more than "borderline advertising. Read on: In "Rules for posting to Usenet" in news.announce.newusers, Gene Spafford <spaf@cs.purdue.edu>writes: |> Announcement of professional products or services on Usenet is allowed; |> however, since someone else is paying the phone bills for this, it is |> important that it be of overall benefit to Usenet. Post to the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> appropriate newsgroup -- comp.newprod -- never to a general purpose |> newsgroup such as "misc.misc". Clearly mark your article as a product |> announcement in the subject. Never repeat these -- one article per ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> product at the most; preferably group everything into one article. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> Advertising hype is especially frowned upon -- stick to technical ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |> facts. Obnoxious or inappropriate announcements or articles violating |> this policy will generally be rejected. This policy is, of course, |> subject to change if it becomes a problem. You see, these repeated announcements of Nisus are NOT of overall benefit to Usenet. And repeated articles are expressly forbidden. So please, send Mail, and don't post. Josh -- mwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmw w w m m Josh Hartmann m HARDHAT REQUIRED w w josh@athena.mit.edu w .sig under construction m m m w wmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwm