History of Post 371
- 2007-05-08 16:47:47
I'm not picking sides and my eyes are not easily offended... having said that, polite discourse would require that one stop short of calling a fellow member an explative, spam or no.
Regarding spam, my personal opinion on the subject is I would prefer individual invitations addressed to me personally if another member wants to invite me to join a game. I would prefer to not get mass mailings in an anonymous fashion.
The site facilitates members who want to find other like minded members for a game by providing geographical location and interests in the form of tags. Given this it would seem non-personal mass mailings are not only iritating but a waste of time as well.
I personally have decided to include all the info on my game in my profile and I personally invite other members, who share a tag with the game I am offering, to look the profile over if they are interested. Perhaps this is one possible solution. Somehow to me it seems less intrusive.
Another solution is to have *ONE* thread here on the boards that members can post to to advertise a game in a mass fashion and then strictly regulate that ads are only posted to this thread. My previous networking community called this thread - "Got Game?" - catchy huh?
I would see a new thread for every ad as a big negative.
My guess is that in the end the only difference between what I am suggesting and what this person did was the inclusion of the "Dear BrooklynKnight" greeting, but its not without value.
- 2007-05-08 16:43:50
I'm not picking sides and my eyes are not easily offended... having said that, polite discourse would require that one stop short of calling a fellow member an explative, spam or no.
Regarding spam, my personal opinion on the subject is I would prefer individual invitations addressed to me personally if another member wants to invite me to join a game. I would prefer to not get mass mailings in an anonymous fashion.
The site facilitates members who want to find other like minded members for a game by providing geographical location and interests in the form of tags. Given this it would seem non-personal mass mailings are not only iritating but a waste of time as well.
I personally have decided to include all the info on my game in my profile and I personally invite other members, who share a tag with the game I am offering, to look the profile over if they are interested. Perhaps this is one possible solution. Somehow to me it seems less intrusive.
My guess is that in the end the only difference between what I am suggesting and what this person did was the inclusion of the "Dear BrooklynKnight" greeting, but its not without value.