[MUD-Dev] Persistent worlds in NWN (was: Retention without Addiction?)

[J C Lawrence]

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003 04:42:42 +0059 
Louis d'Ambra <loyus at ifrance.com> wrote:

> I just joined the list...

Welcome.

> I just tought: "It's strange, websites with yellow background tend to
> be more interesting than the average". 

I'll confess that one had me laughing aloud and still gives me chuckles.

> <EdNote: Advertising is not allowed on the list.  ISP or service added
> advertising (such as corporate disclaimers) are automatically removed
> by the list system>

I should clarify.  

Writing as list owner:

  Advertising is not allowed in the list.  This is one of the few hard
  rules on MUD-Dev.  

  However, I realise that some posters use services which automatically
  append advertising to their posts (eg MSN, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc) or
  work at companies whose mail systems append (or whose policies
  require) disclaimers (ie adverts) on their posts.  There's no gain for
  me or the list to argue with that 800lb gorilla.  As part of
  moderation I remove such adverts.  Largely, this gets done
  automatically.

    If this causes problems with your company.  Sorry.  Don't post from
    your company address.  Not my problem.  The comment about my living
    room and bullhorns on the list page is meant in earnest.  I promise
    no distribution controls, and accept no distribution limitations
    provided in messages (ie post-shrinkwrap).

  More simply: don't worry about it. The only advertising that I get
  upset about and will stomp on are attempts to make the contents of
  list posts advertising.  That's not what the list is for.  The
  automatic stuff is merely an annoyance that is adequately handled by
  little scripts that are just automatic as the ones that added the
  adverts to your messages.

--
J C Lawrence                
---------(*)                Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. 
claw at kanga.nu               He lived as a devil, eh?		  
http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/  Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.


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