Re: Please stay on topic?

I wouldn't disagree with Peter's statements IF this were a general
discussion newsgroup that also just happened to be a forum for selling.

But there are several rec.bicycles bulletin boards that are tailored for
different uses. I think most people come to marketplace to see what is for
sale, not to read bickering about subjects that are covered ad nauseum in
rec.bicycles.racing and others. If you are into this sort of discourse (I
admit it is sometimes entertaining) you owe it to yourself to visit RBR.
They have taken things to levels unimaginable on RBM. But I digress...

The "guidelines" for posting are established to keep the forum from
degenerating until it is no longer a valuable medium. Eventually people who
really want to buy and sell will stop coming. Maybe just a few at a time,
but after a while they will be missed.

Then you can talk about Lance all you want, but it might be tough to reach
people who want to buy or sell bike parts. =)

Jordan


I On 7/27/05 10:42 AM, in article
2rhfe117gbsgrvodridksafkfe9j52srbv@xxxxxxx, "Fritz" <kh6zv9@xxxxxx> wrote:

> On 26 Jul 2005 06:09:08 -0700, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
> <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Jordan Hukee wrote:
>>> Threads about Lance¹s personal life and ³what bike should I buy² threads are
>>> not supposed to be posted here in the Marketplace...
>>>
>>> Come on, people.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jordan
>>
>> 'not supposed to be'...funny. I like to think of these NGs as a bunch
>> of people standing artound in a circle, yaking about whatever.
>> Sometimes on bikes, sometimes on something else...so what.
>>
>> read, ya might learn something about something else 'sides toys, I
>> certainly have.
>
>
> U da Man Peter! Well put.

.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Tough Problem: Anonymous Posting Enabled Forum
    ... Hi but you can capture the IP address to the Database too.. ... Jordan" wrote: ... > I am developing an ASP.net forum in our intranet. ... > real "anonymous" post, without traceable logs. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet)
  • Re: Tough Problem: Anonymous Posting Enabled Forum
    ... >> I am developing an ASP.net forum in our intranet. ... >> require the IT professionals to check up the IIS W3C ... >> Best Regards, ... >> W. Jordan ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet)
  • Re: Virgin Medias legal team are wrong
    ... Roman cities) a public square or marketplace used for judicial and other ... business. ... By using your liberal interpretation of the definition, ... that a newspaper is a forum, even more so if it has a letters page. ...
    (uk.telecom.broadband)
  • Re: Virgin Medias legal team are wrong
    ... for an exchange of views. ... Roman cities) a public square or marketplace ... forum, even more so if it has a letters page. ... Well it's a website that contains news articles ...
    (uk.telecom.broadband)
  • Re: Whats the best IDE card for the Apple II?
    ... Eric Rucker wrote: ... marketplace. ... Please take your question and leave this forum and post your message in comp.sys.apple2.best.idecard where it belongs. ...
    (comp.sys.apple2)
Loading