How about commercial ads?
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This article is from the Singles FAQ, by Trygve Lode tlode@nyx.net with numerous contributions by others.
How about commercial ads?
They should also be avoided. Indeed, on the great majority of
newsgroups, any commercial advertising will be received with
hostility. The net is built on the voluntary cooperation of
many machines across the world, owned by businesses,
governments, and educational institutions, and because the
owners generally don't want to be paying for the distribution
of competitors' advertising and, in the case of educational and
governmental machines, they may have strict policies against
carrying any advertising at all, one of the basic premises of
the net is a "gentleman's agreement" not to post commercial
messages outside of the groups specifically set aside for that
purpose (comp.newprod and biz.*). Even for pragmatic reasons,
it's best to avoid commercial messages, simply because you
generally don't want to kick off an advertising campaign by
irritating your potential customer base. For more details
concerning the commercial use of the net, you may wish to check
out the articles your system should have available in the group
news.announce.newusers.
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