Did other comp.answers FAQ posters get this?

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David Alex Lamb (dalamb@cs.queensu.ca)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:24:38 -0400 (EDT)

Did any of the rest of you who post comp.answers FAQs get this? My suspicions
were raised by the lack of reference to any specific FAQ. I'd be especially
suspicious if people with spamblocked FROM fields *didn't* get it, while those
who don't spamblock, like me, did. When you discount the expected hype on
their website, it looks like they expect to make their money based on a
15% any fees experts charge through ExpertCentral. IANAL but the legal bumf
seems to say that all risk is on the experts.

Back when MiningCo was trying to sign up its own kind of experts, they at
least gave some evidence they'd actually skimmed some FAQs.

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From: Marcus=?iso-8859-1?Q?=20Perkins=20?=<marcus@expertcentral.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:31:50 -0600
Subject: David Lamb, I have been looking for you...

David Lamb,

I have been looking for you.

My name is Marcus Perkins and I work for ExpertCentral.com. Our goal is to
build a community of experts who can provide web users with advice and
direction rather than leaving them in the cold, impersonal and often unhelpful
hands of the database driven search engines.

Which brings me to why it is that I am writing you. I have been given the task
of hand-picking a select group of experts in each of our 17 categories. In my
search to find the most knowledgeable people, I ran across your postings in
the comp.answers newsgroup. You seem to know quite a bit about information and
I was hoping I could convince you to sign up as an expert in our Computers and
Internet category. (Your compilation lists are very informative.)

Membership is FREE, incidentally - with no hidden fees or items to purchase.

Signing up as an expert has many benefits:

- - It is a great way to strengthen your reputation in the marketplace.
- - You can make money by charging for your advice, or by distributing
newsletters or instructional guides. ExpertCentral.com handles all of the
transactions including processing credit cards.
- - You will have a profile page where you can plug your organization or
promote your web site.
- - And, because you are a 'cut above' your peers, we would like to sign you
up with a high ranking. Each expert at ExpertCentral has a ranking that
visitors can use to help in their decision on which expert to
approach. Since you are one of the experts that I have extended a special
invitation to, you will begin with a higher ranking than those who sign up
at our site through traditional means.

I hope you will forgive this intrusion into your email box, and will seriously
consider my offer. You can find out all the details by visiting our site at
http://www.expertcentral.net/specialinvitation/. Please do not hesitate to
contact me with any questions or concerns you may have!

Thanks for your time and I hope to see you at ExpertCentral soon!

Sincerely,

Marcus Perkins
Elite Candidate Recruiter
ExpertCentral.com
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