BryanW said:
Hi All,
Just a short email to inform you that a new PIC related product has been
added to our online shop. Click the link for more details
https://www.kanda.com/browse.php3?partno=presto
Hi Bryan,
As Chuck said, readers have become overly sensitive.
I too have been posting to usenet for about 10 years, and in recent
years I even tried the [AD:] subject line, and everything else that
readers increased their complains about.
In fact, the [AD:] with the colon inside the brackets, is a dead
giveaway that you also read the piclist
Up until about 2 years ago, I was still able to post several ads every
week, providing they were "OT" and new products, and not just re-hashes
of old items with a new twist.
Today, you can advertise the greatest new thing since sliced bread, be
spot on topic, and readers will complain.
Back only 2 or 3 years, they would be more tolerant, and mostly welcomed
any info about a new product.
Why has this happened?
Spam. It has killed another good feature that the Internet was able to
provide us with.
I was always ready to help anyone with any problem that was presented on
usenet, that I knew something about.
I used to live on usenet.
Now, I shy away from it, and may not read it for weeks at a time.
Today 23-apr-2004 in the news.admin.net-abuse.email newsgroup, I see a
subject line "Newbie help please", so I am a sucker and click on it.
What do I see: "All of your Viagra and sexual enhancement needs filled
here."
I get sick of seeing the same old spam themes continued daily on
newsgroups that I used to love dearly.
So I now rely on individual and Industry links to my pages, web
searches, my own newsgroup & newsletter, and personal recomendations.
It is very sad. I feel I have so many new and interesting products
available, but can no longer make "OT" announcements on usenet.
And that is the way it is today.
You can squarely blame spam for this.
Cheers Don...