[MUD-Dev2] Since when has MUD-DEV become MUD-MARKETING

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Jeffrey Kesselman wrote:
> Okay,
>
> Maybe I'm just tired and irritable.  And I understand that we all have
> axes to grind from time to time.
> And anyone who has been around here awhile knows I can be irascible... BUT...
>
> But is it just me who feels that, lately, the signal to noise has gone
> down with increased attention from
> people whose only real goal is to try to market to the MUD/MMO
> developer community?
>
> I mean I suppose in some ways we should be flattered that we've
> actually gotten the attention
> of marketdroids... but I miss the days of real content.
>
> JK
>
>   
I miss the real content as well, but I find some of that "market to the 
MUD/MMO developer community" stuff super useful.

It doesn't appear to be spam, and the people who post it followup and 
answer questions.

I think we are all so hypersensitive to spam nowadays that many people 
are less able to tolerate USEFUL commercial information.