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P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 2977 abolish sell 3d?
- From: CanterMike@xxxxxxx
- Subject: P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 2977 abolish sell 3d?
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 00:53:33 EDT
In a message dated 98-09-16 03:31:06 EDT, Tom Martin writes:
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I think that (1.) the volume of Sell-3D, as compared to Photo-3D lately,
is so low that no-one would notice any significant difference in the
number of posts if Sell-3D were to be abolished and the for-sale posts
to be made legal on Photo-3D again, and
(2.) that there are so many
posts with items or services advertised on Photo-3D right now, that the
intent of having a separate List is no longer valid ...
Why make for-sale posts legal on Photo-3D again?...
Does anyone disagree?
>>
If those last two lines are phrased correctly, I agree... why make them legal
here?
Perhaps you meant why *not* make them legal...in which case I do disagree.
What would be next, banner ads?
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Most of the time I have almost no interest in buying and/or selling. Why
should I have to filter out/scroll past/delete/whatever a constant stream of
ads? And why should those who thrill to the chase have to
filter/delete/scroll past/whatever our ceaseless technobabble?
As an example, I read almost all the newspaper almost every day. I check out
(scroll through?) the international, national, business, sports, and most
importantly, the comics. (And yes, before the dam breaks, I do "filter out"
the ads, supplements, and less interesting articles, just as I do here now.)
The one section I almost never touch is the classifieds. Sell 3D is our
classifieds. Let those who want to wheel & deal have their own space without
the rest of us bogging them down, and conversely let the rest of us have our
space without having to trip over them.
I subscribe (in digest mode) to this forum to futher my education and skill
levels (and I have learned far more useful things in nine months on this list
than in four years of trial and error). I used to subscribe to the "Medium
Format Digest" (which, by the way, one apparently cannot unsubscribe from) but
I found the constant "For Sale" postings incredibly tedious and annoying.
Even with their own folder they managed to slip through and clutter up the
other folders.
Perhaps we should train the people posting sale ads here that Sell-3D exists
just for such "shameless commerce". Perhaps the moderators can filter out the
commercial postings and re-direct them to Sell-3D. The more sales ads we let
sneak in here, the fewer postings Sell-3D will get....
I apologise for taking so much of your time.
Thank you,
M Canter
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