Re: 7 Acre Ranchette, 15 min. from Baltimore City/Columbia

On Jan 4, 10:18 am, seahors <a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jan 3, 7:51 pm, "jsaranac" <jsalaci...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"My Name Is Nobody" <nob...@xxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:z0gfj.4451$nN5..3855@xxxxxxxxxxx
"John Hasler" <j...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

Real estate advertising has completely destroyed newsgroups.

So? Nothing exists forever. Or should. More newsgroups have been
diminished by resident squatting posters than ever by spammers.

[...]

I have a strong personal interest in this discussion and would be
interested in feedback on my own situation. I publish Sport Horse
MARKETPLACE - John, you are familiar with it. It is a free and high-
quality publication enjoyed by thousands of people. Is it spam if

It's spam if you post repeatedly, nauseatingly and unrelated to
whether you get responses. It's just someone else with a keyboard who
can be ignored (or blocked).

post information about it if someone is shopping for a sport horse? or
a stallion to breed to? It's an excellent place to find a new horse -
and it's free. And yet I avoid posting about it, because of the spam
issue,

I consider it a waste of time to repeatedly post links to
dreamhorse.com or rant about religion (either way). Others don't.
Vive l'difference.

[...]

It just isn't possible to make this black and white, and some
provision should be made for the gray area. Perhaps it would be worth
1. posing the question to the entire group, and then 2. defining terms
in more detail .

You're quite polite. The answer to #1 is, it makes no difference - no
one owns the ng. The answer to #2 is, the terms are already
established - anyone with access can post whatever and anyone with
access can ignore whatever. Eventually the day will come when
binaries can be posted and it will be NBD too, though probably not
without much whining.

I would personally like to see horse-related adverts be accepted in a
horse-related group, PROVIDING the topic is clearly defined so  anyone
who doesn't want to be bothered can just ignore it. This property ad
was posted very responsibly: clearly labeled and easy to ignore if you
are not interested. The man is not evil because he sells horse
properties. Someone WAS interested, and those of us who weren't could
easily skip over it.

Bingo - those who aren't interested can ignore, including the spam
rants about those who post spam.

It's not an easy question, and I would be very happy to hear others'
opinions. Thanks for reading!

Mostly, this is the Internet - do as you will. Those who choose to,
will respond, those who don't, won't. There is a built in feedback
loop - if you don't get enough responses, you won't post further.
Simple, really.
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