I agree, an occasional announcement to this list is not disruptive and
welcomed by many on the list, including myself. And, when a particular
product would solve a problem posted, product information specific to the
post is very appropriate.

However, when a vendor floods the list with repeated posts about their
product it becomes spam. And remember, a company that resorts to spam may
have other nasty habits. Which is why any company that spams me goes to the
bottom of the list when I go shopping.

My personal opinion is that the 3kWorld post volume has reached the level of
spam and so I filter it as much as possible and my delete key works fine for
the rest. Others may not agree and welcome the posts, that is their right.

My response to Shawn was more to the fact that they are a vendor selling a
product and not a support group. It was not meant as an attack on all off
topic posts.






-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Brown [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 11:11 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Taming the Error Monster Chat Transcript Available
on3kworld


I like to see both product announcements AND jokes.  But I would get tired
of
seeing the same joke over and over.

The same "come-visit-3kWorld-we're-the-greatest-blah-blah-blah" message has
been
posted so many times that when they post a new message about something
interesting (like the chat transcript notice that started this discussion),
I
don't see it.  As soon as the phrase "3KWorld" catches my eye, I hit the
delete
key.  If it hadn't been for all the discussion over this particular message,
I'd
never have noticed that it was about something new.  (And, of course, I've
already deleted the original message.)

Announcements are OK, but once ought to be enough for any announcement.