Ok to recommend?

"Roger Opar" wrote in message
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In general, is it OK to recommend an aviation product (that I have found
very helpful) in a newsgroup?

There are varying opinions. Some people are so obsessed with
compartmentalizing everything that they think you should have asked this on
the alt.news.etiquette.isitspam group and that they should answer on the
alt.news.etiquette.yesitis group. These people often are those who are most
guilty of posting off topic themselves.

Others, of a more practical nature and who are interested in actually
communicating something useful, may say that it is all right if the product
is genuinely about piloting, is not being promoted by its manufacturer or a
reseller, and if discussion of the product does not interfere with the
ostensible purpose of the news group.

Still others note that people are constantly expressing their opinion on
various models of aircraft, weather services, ATC, oxygen bottles, and the
like as reviews and that many others find these useful. Some of these people
would find a departure from the usual discussion of national politics and
the personal habits and parentage of various participants in the group to be
singularly refreshing.

Thus, discussion of a free new weather service which would make flying safer
might be appropriate for a piloting news group. Discussion of plane wax
might be better on the owning news group.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...
[...]
Thus, discussion of a free new weather service which would make flying
safer
might be appropriate for a piloting news group. Discussion of plane wax
might be better on the owning news group.

The most reasonable and comprehensive reply to the original question yet.


Non-sponsored product mentions might be off-topic here, but frankly if it's
about a product that has any relevance to actually *piloting* an airplane,
it would be a breath of fresh air, WAY more on-topic than half the messages
that get posted here on a daily basis.

Thank you for asking, Roger.

Pete

("Peter Duniho" wrote)
snip
Non-sponsored product mentions might be off-topic here, but frankly if
it's about a product that has any relevance to actually *piloting* an
airplane, it would be a breath of fresh air, WAY more on-topic than half
the messages that get posted here on a daily basis.


Lately, most of the posts seem to be more on-topic than not. If a thread
does disolve into unreadable tripe I simply click Mark Conversation as
Read, and move on.

I think the signal to noise ratio has been excellent in 2005.

Now if we could just all ...please ...SNIP our posts down to size! (Not
you Peter, but there are some out there who drive me nuts with that.)


Montblack

Montblack wrote:

Now if we could just all ...please ...SNIP our posts down to size! (Not
you Peter, but there are some out there who drive me nuts with that.)

Yep. There's one in this thread that quotes the entirety of a multi-page post to
add a two word reply to it.

George Patterson
He who tries to carry a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
no other way.

Now if we could just all ...please ...SNIP our posts down to size!
(Not
you Peter, but there are some out there who drive me nuts with that.)

Yep. There's one in this thread that quotes the entirety of a multi-page
post to
add a two word reply to it.

George Patterson

Nicely said! g
--
Jim in NC