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User N wrote:
>
> "PZ" <pz@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:k_ednQzE0fwEI73eRVn-qA@comcast.com...
> > How is this spam or tos violation? I'm posting dell coupons in a dell forum.
> > Go on reporting all you want if it makes you feel like a big man.
>
> Actually, you aren't posting dell coupons. You are just posting adverts
> for a website. Which, from the looks of it, is an attempt at an online
> business that achieves income from google ads and linkshare's affiliate
> program. Does the fact that said website/business offers something Dell
> related justify your [numerous] unsolicited advertisements? Consider for
> a moment the many deal/coupon websites on the net, the countless large
> and small companies that sell & service Dell systems, the thousands of
> individuals who at one point or another will auction something Dell related.
> If it is cool for one to advertise here, it is cool for all to advertise here, and
> if said advertising were ever allowed to take off, the group would become
> far less if not totally unusable for discussion purposes. It's for that reason
> that unsolicited advertisements on Usenet are generally forbotten except in
> those newsgroups which are specifically setup for that purpose. Examples
> of the later being various .forsale and .marketplace newsgroups. Well,
> there is also the sig approach... participate in and make a contribution to
> the newsgroup while posting with a sig that mentions your website or
> whatever... you do something good, gain cred, AND spread the word
> all at the same time.
Maybe if he contributed something to this newsgroup, other than coupons,
his posts might be looked at in a different light.
Notan
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