[ILUG] Descargar Firefox3 y firefox entrara en el Record Guinness

[Padraig Kitterick]

Okay, as I'm quite new on this list I didn't realise that he wasn't a 
regular list user and that it was as spammy as it was. And I completely 
agree that this kind of tactic is annoying when directed at 
inappropriate lists and forums.

-P

Kae Verens wrote:
> Padraig Kitterick wrote:
>> If the point is about not discussing the firefox event on this list 
>> then, as I said, fair enough. But I was really rebutting the assertion 
>> that the whole concept of the publicity drive is stupid and worthless. 
>> That really has nothing to do with which browsers people use on this 
>> list.
> 
> i wasn't arguing against the publicity. i agree with most of your points 
> - it was the blatant "quick, everyone download firefox 3 now!" request 
> from someone who has never posted to the ILUG list before, in a 
> self-admitted spam attack.
> 
> I mean, if it came up as part of a discussion, fine, whatever.
> 
> but this was a drive-by spam - the OP (macada) has posted a message with 
> absolutely no intention to start a discussion - it's advertisement, pure 
> and simple - and what's probably worse is that the email was accompanied 
> by an unobscured list of emails.
> 
> when you think about it, if every OS program was advertised in this way, 
> there would soon be no way to use the mailing list without being 
> bombarded by them.
> 
> It may not have been intentionally wrong, but it's a small step to 
> chaos. let's not turn the mailinglist into a billboard.
>