> Has anyone encountered FAQ postings that are actually just
> masquerading as advertisements? I encountered one such FAQ on
> rec.running recently. It was supposed to be about energy foods,
> but it turned out to be a shameless plug about Access bars
> (kinda like PowerBars). What is your opinion on the posting of
> such FAQs, and is there any way to discourage them?
The /only/ way to discourage advertising is to make it /very/
clear in the charter, posting guidelines, FAQ, or whatever else is
regularly posted to the newsgroup that advertising is not wanted (or, if
it is wanted, what the limits are.)
If rec.running has no such document, your only recourse is a
counter-FAQ or meta-FAQ, describing either (a) just how false some of the
advertisers' claims are, or (b) just how many other, similar products
there are on the market.
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