Re: FAQs - to spam or not to spam
David A. Roth (david@roth-music.com)
Wed, 5 Jun 96 15:40:39 EST
In Regards to your letter <199606031519.LAA30660@perseus.ultra.net>:
>
> Hi Fellow FAQers
>
> I recently wrote the Formula One Motor Racing FAQ which I post monthly to
> rec.autos.sport.f1 and rec.autos.spot.info (a moderated group). I have
> received a couple of complaints from people who say that although they
> appreciate the FAQ they do not appreciate having to download it twice a
> month as it is quite long. One person actually likened it, in a polite and
> reasoned way, to spam. Even though it is long (about 100k), I thought
> correct netiquette was to post it to the groups concerned. It is available
> on a Web page and I've had it approved so if I can ever figure out what it
> is I'm doing wrong, it'll also be posted to the 'answers' groups.
>
> What do you think? Should I continue to post it in its entirety to rasf1 and
> rasi, or should I just post monthly pointers.
>
> Cheers
> Mitch
>
>
Considering the possible thousands that read those newsgroups, if you
have only gotten a couple of concerns, I wouldn't put much weight in
it. It's not spam, it is info!
I guess it could be worth considering posting a "pointer" to the FAQ
instead of the whole thing, but IMHO, I don't think 100K is big. After
all, the point of the posting is to make it accessible to everyone and
as easy as possible. If it causes others to hit the delete-key, I
think it is an important trade-off. Especially when you consider there
are still many people who don't have full internet access, so web pages
might not be an option for some.
David A. Roth
david@roth-music.com
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