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Ian Ring - 07 Apr 2006 02:19 GMT

A diver calling him/herself "yellowsauce" recently posted some good reviews
at www.thescubaguide.com. Since the review form is anonymous, there is no
way to contact yellowsauce.

Yellowsauce, whoever you are, if you are reading this, please contact
editor@thescubaguide and ask him to put you in contact with me. I would like
to discuss reviewing opportunities.

Cheers,
Ian Ring

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DaveC - 08 Apr 2006 11:10 GMT

>A diver calling him/herself "yellowsauce" recently posted some good reviews
> at www.thescubagit.com. Since the review form is anonymous, there is no
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> like
> to discuss reviewing opportunities.

Sounds like shameless spam to me...

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Nigel Hewitt - 08 Apr 2006 12:45 GMT

> Sounds like shameless spam to me...

It always suprises me that people don't realise that posting something like.

> Hello,
> I'd like to puff my new website http://www.ida64.net
> It's been a lot of work and I'm not getting many takers yet.

is acceptable, and will probably get comments that one page can't be that
much work, while looking like you are trying to con us with a dubious tale
goes down very badly and gets complaints.

Darn it just put it in your sig
people are bound to follow it up...
(yes ida64.net is mine but it isn't started yet let alone finished so don't bother)

nigelH
http://www.nigelhewitt.co.uk

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Ian Ring - 10 Apr 2006 02:12 GMT

What an unnecessarily nasty reply!
There is no need to be rude.

Spammers don't usually hold themselves accountable for posts. I am a real
person, this is my real address, thescubaguide.com is a real website, and
"yellowsauce" really did leave some posts there. There is no reason to spout
bile.

~ ian

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Dan L - 11 Apr 2006 02:27 GMT

> What an unnecessarily nasty reply!
> There is no need to be rude.
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>
> ~ ian

Please Ian, you've built yourself up a history of asking people to
donate their time and knowledge to writing reviews for a site that just
happens to generate you a lot of advertising revenue...

If you'd started the site up with a few less banners and some more
actual content then people here might be a little less hostile towards
you.

Dan L.

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Ian Ring - 12 Apr 2006 05:39 GMT

(sigh)
these are the same old jabs. If you are the sort of person who tears apart
printed magazines to remove the ads, then yes, you will find the guide
highly annoying. Not everyone does.

My purpose is to find a diver aliased "yellowsauce" who I know roams the
www. Trolling Usenet was one way I hoped to find him/her.
~ i

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Jason - 12 Apr 2006 09:24 GMT

> (sigh)
> these are the same old jabs. If you are the sort of person who tears apart
> printed magazines to remove the ads, then yes, you will find the guide
> highly annoying. Not everyone does.

I don't remember any printed magazines coming on here and begging other
people to write their articles for them.

Jason

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trips to Plymouth, Weymouth, Falmouth, Exmouth and Scapa Flow

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david - 12 Apr 2006 18:13 GMT

> I don't remember any printed magazines coming on here and begging other
> people to write their articles for them.
>
> Jason

Jason you must have this wrong even mags pay for articles and pics.
is he not just looking for more people to buy content from ?

David

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Jason - 12 Apr 2006 19:01 GMT

>> I don't remember any printed magazines coming on here and begging other
>> people to write their articles for them.
>>
> Jason you must have this wrong even mags pay for articles and pics.
> is he not just looking for more people to buy content from ?

I see, so you do remember a printed magazine coming onto this newsgroup
and asking for contributions? Coz I sure as hell don't. And as you say,
they pay.

Jason

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New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia

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Keith S. - 12 Apr 2006 21:31 GMT

> (sigh)
> these are the same old jabs. If you are the sort of person who tears apart
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> My purpose is to find a diver aliased "yellowsauce" who I know roams the
> www. Trolling Usenet was one way I hoped to find him/her.

Yawn. You've got a crap website aimed at the US market and you post
here? Methinks you're yellowsauce.

Or maybe just custard?

- Keith

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Dan L - 14 Apr 2006 10:45 GMT

> (sigh)
> these are the same old jabs. If you are the sort of person who tears
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> the www. Trolling Usenet was one way I hoped to find him/her.
> ~ i

I seem to remember that most people get paid for their articles in
printed magazines (at least if the magazine is selling advertising
space)...

If the money from your advertising is going to a charity or non-profit
organisation, or is merely enough to keep the site hosted, then by all
means tell us, but otherwise there is not reason to believe that you
are not just trying to profit off of other people's work...

(the amount of advertising per page is a lot more than than would be
needed for the hosting so that alone isn't a valid reason)

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