Re: Cheap Legal Books !


M.I.5¾ wrote:


Advertisements are spam.


Is that really true?

I ask, because I *might* at some point want to advertise a product or
service on uk.legal. I can't see why that would be contrary to
netiquette. I am a regular poster (and it would be relevant to the
newsgroup).

Obviously I would be quite clear that I was advertising - the OP here
was being less than honest in trying to imply that he wasn't selling
anything. What's more his website is surpising in its pointlessness
(who would sign up)?

So, I am absolutely behind a lot of the invective against the OP, but
spam used to be characterised by massive cross-posting and irrelevance
(as I recall). Adverts were common when I started to use USENET nearly
20 years ago and not always unwelcome. Have things changed?

Francis

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