Scott ) writes:
As a side note, which amateur newsgroup do YOU think they should post
this to...rec.radio.amateur.swap ??? I haven't read that newsgroup in
many months (and I'm still subscribed to it) because there have been no
posts there. If I was looking for a replacement part, I'd want to post
somewhere where it had a good chance of being seen.

Scott
N0EDV

There is no "rec.radio.amateur.swap" It's rec.radio.swap

The original post went to:
alt.ham-radio.marketplace
rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors
rec.radio.amateur.equipment
rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
The first is the only one where it really belongs. Maybe .boatanchors,
since when they created it they allowed for ad, though the intent was
not a general buy and sell newsgroup and neither was it truly meant
as simply a buy and sell newsgroup for boatanchors. It was meant
as incidental to the discussion of boatanchors, so people having
discussion might post ads, as opposed to people who merely use
the newsgroup to buy things.

rec.radio.amateur.equipment is for the discussion of amateur radio
equipment, and was never intended as a buy and sell newsgroup. The
fact that bozos post their ads is not relevant to what the newsgroup
is about.

Same with rec.radio.amateur.homebrew If anything, ads are even
way further off topic, given this newsgroup is about building.

And you're notion that "If I was looking for a replacement part, I'd want
to post somewhere where it had a good chance of being seen." is precisely
why we see so much cross-posting. People who can't figure out where
their post belongs hits all kinds of newsgroups in the hopes
that someone will see it and they'll get a reply. It make no
difference whether someone is buying or selling something, or it's
those silly feud posts; they've all decided that what they want is
more important than what others want. That's the very notion of spam,
hitting lots of newsgroups (or email) in the hopes of getting a response.

People too often are misled by commercial advertising. We see it
on broadcast radio, in the newspapers, and on tv, so it becomes
acceptable. But what's missing is that advertisers in old media
pay for their bandwidth, that they help to deliver the content. That
is never the case when someone hits the newsgroups or email. All
they pay is for their internet access, and the newsgroups and email
would survive without them. So the acceptance of advertising in
old media is no excuse for advertising/spam where it doesn't belong
in the newsgroups.

Michael VE2BVW


Bill Turner wrote:
Please folks, do not reply to these posts which have nothing to do
with the purpose of this newsgroup.

If these clueless fools never get any replies, they will eventually
learn to post to the correct newsgroup.

Thanks,

Bill, W6WRT