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[nafex] Re: Reducing advertisement exposure & Other thoughts
- From: "crmauch" <mauch1@aol.com>
- To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: [nafex] Re: Reducing advertisement exposure & Other thoughts
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 15:23:17 -0000
In thinking about this message and the suggestion "to go use email".
Well in some locations that's not always possible - your email may be
blocked or unusable where you're located, but the yahoogroups is
available everywhere.
> I'm starting to think that going to the web site and gettting upset
about ads is kind of
> like going to McDonalds and getting upset when they ask you if you
want fries with
> that or want to supersize that.
Well, maybe. But its more like we used to serve beef in your burger -
now its cat. I.e. the web interface used to be pleasant, with the
ads not overly intrusive, and they've gotten more & more so.
Some people say "I just change my email address"
Well I don't. My address is my address. If someone (say an
acquaintance) two years ago had my email and was able to reach me via
that address, they still can. I don't move my home to get away from
junk mail.
Question to Greg: Do you have a list of all the members backed up, if
the time comes that Yahoo does a Deep Six?
Let's get an official backup of the archive somehow. I think we
should get our head out of the sand.
It's time to move the list to a better place.
Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
--- In nafex@y..., "Greg Miller" <gsmiller@c...> wrote:
> As someone who has always viewed the messages on the NAFEX list
with a
> standard email program, I thought I'd try reading the messages by
using the
> yahoogroups website.
>
> Wow! What a difference! (For the worse!) With ad-blocking
software turned off
> (Pop-up Stopper (FREE) by panicware.com) not only are there ads
displayed beside
> each message, but an ad is diplayed BETWEEN messages! With ad
blocking
> turned on, I still get the message next to the post. Even my
occasionally limited
> attention can't miss these babies, and they are indeed an
annoyance. (Although I
> do have a head start should I decide to spy on my friends, find old
classmates, or
> lose some weight.)
>
> I'm starting to think that going to the web site and gettting upset
about ads is kind of
> like going to McDonalds and getting upset when they ask you if you
want fries with
> that or want to supersize that. Perhaps email's simplicity is one
of its strengths in
> this arena, as reproduced below is the only ad I ever see over
standard email, and
> it's always at the bottom of the message and therefore very easy to
ignore.
>
> [Begin Ad]
> [End Ad]
>
> About a quarter of members on the list and set to "NO EMAIL" which
can mean
> vacation, or just the preference of reading the messages on the
website. For those
> subjected to ads on the website, I would recommend trying standard
email (and
> filtering of messages to a special folder if you like want later
viewing) for quick,
> almost pain-free viewing.
>
> Greg Miller
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Re: [nafex] Changing hosts (board input solicited)
, (continued)
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Re: [nafex] Changing hosts (board input solicited),
Thomas Olenio, 04/10/2002
- [nafex] Re: Changing hosts (board input solicited), crmauch, 04/10/2002
- Re: [nafex] Time for a new host, Lon J. Rombough, 04/10/2002
- Re: [nafex] Time for a new host, Joe Boles, 04/10/2002
- Re: [nafex] Time for a new host, Victor Patterson, 04/10/2002
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Re: [nafex] Time for a new host,
Ginda Fisher, 04/10/2002
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Re: [nafex] Time for a new host,
DerryWalsh, 04/11/2002
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[nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure,
Greg Miller, 04/11/2002
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Re: [nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure,
Thomas Olenio, 04/11/2002
- Re: [nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure, Sam Franc, 04/11/2002
- [nafex] Re: Reducing advertisement exposure & Other thoughts, crmauch, 04/22/2002
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Re: [nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure,
Thomas Olenio, 04/11/2002
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[nafex] Reducing advertisement exposure,
Greg Miller, 04/11/2002
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Re: [nafex] Time for a new host,
DerryWalsh, 04/11/2002
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Re: [nafex] Time for a new host,
jhecksel, 04/10/2002
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[nafex] Re: Time for a new host,
lostman_amiga, 04/10/2002
- [nafex] Re: Time for a new host, lostman_amiga, 04/10/2002
- Re: [nafex] Time for a new host, Thomas Olenio, 04/10/2002
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[nafex] Re: Time for a new host,
lostman_amiga, 04/10/2002
- RE: [nafex] Time for a new host, Erdman, Jim, 04/10/2002
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Re: [nafex] Time for a new host,
Gordon Nofs, 04/10/2002
- [nafex] buartnuts & butternut canker, mIEKAL aND, 04/10/2002
- Re: [nafex] Time for a new host, Gordon Nofs, 04/10/2002
- Re: [nafex] Time for a new host, ribes60, 04/12/2002
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Re: [nafex] Changing hosts (board input solicited),
Thomas Olenio, 04/10/2002
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