On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Steven A Rowe <sar...@syr.edu> wrote:
> I want to retract my objection to commercial messages. I think Ted's
> position is more reasonable: on-topic commercial messages that are responsive
> to (and maybe even anticipatory of) users' needs will likely be welcomed by
> many subscribed here.
>
> Producing a policy statement that perfectly captures this idea seems hard,
> though. I jumped the gun, maybe in part because the flavor of Peter's
> message was persuasive rather than factual, and that seemed to me to cross a
> line, albeit an unwritten one.
[...]
I think that most people here have expressed reasonable viewpoints. One
possibility might be to:
(a) Have commercial postings consist of a brief description, along
with a link to a more detailed web page, if needed.
(b) Have such posts explicitly include a "[Commercial]" or similar
tag in the subject line, so that people who do not want to see
such posts can easily filter them out.
Regards,
Gora
