Re: ADMIN: Ads or No Ads
Do we need to think on this? If we do contribute we establish a precedent
that maybe could be expected by other "Talk Programs" It is not the
thought of the contribution, but are we opening up another market which
might cost us members in the long run. What I am saying is that it sounds
good today, is it the same thing tomorrow!.
Bill Stone
Stone's Iris Garden
Volcano, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "John I Jones" <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] ADMIN: Ads or No Ads
>
>
> Bill Shear wrote:
> >
> > The advertisements are only a few sentences at the end of the message
and
> > are very easy to ignore (and every once in a while, one comes up that is
> > something worth investigating). They don't bother me in the least and
seem
> > to be a very small price to pay for a free e-list.
>
> Occasionally messages will show up with a banner ad as well. It has also
> been my opinion that I can ignore them easily enough, but I have had
> reports that some of the ads cause some systems to redial the connection
> to the ISP when someone is working off-line.. I can't say that many have
> that problem, but it is a nuisance to some.
>
> At any rate a buck or two from enough folks who would like to do away
> with them will solve the problem. It is certainly a low risk
> proposition. Purely voluntary. No retribution for anyone who doesn't
> contribute, besides I won't even know.
>
> John | "There be dragons here"
> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> | to indicate the edge of the known world.
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