"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> Steve B > wrote:
>
>>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>
>>> There's a distinction between a pimp and a spammer.
>>> A spammer, by definition, sends identical or essentially
>>> identical posts/emails/etc. to many, many destinations. As
>>> opposed to someone who is merely continuously promoting
>>> themselves.
>
>>Is it just me, or does anyone notice that a LOT of people here have
>>linkouts
>>in their sig lines to url's of one sort or another? As long as the person
>>discusses the topic of the newsgroup, it is acceptable to have a url in a
>>sig.
>
> The etiquette, last I checked, is that a .sig of no more than
> two lines is okay, unless it advertises something of a
> commercial nature, in which case it falls under the once-every-two-month
> etiquette rule for maximum commercial speech on a given usenet group.
>
> So, pimping one's noncommercial blog or whatever is still
> acceptable.
>
> I'm not sure where you draw the line if it's a link to a personal
> blog with one or two commercial blurbs on it. One can always
> over-tune these rules.
>
> Steve

And the NetNannies can overinterpret their jobs. Sheesh, it's not like I'm
selling cooksets. I believe there are quite a few violations and violators
here, but it must relate to being in the right clique as to if it gets
noticed or ignored.

As those who took the time to investigate my site know, there is information
regarding salt, fat, food labels, and many health related issues that tie in
very well with any cooking or food newsgroups. I am proud of my site, and
any one who doesn't like it can just put it in their "don't like" category
with the spinach, cabbage, kippers, or whatever else is mouldering in there.

For the reasonable souls here, thank you for your support.

Steve

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