I, for one, don't have any real problem with dealer FS/FA posts. Sometimes, I
actually discover something that I want to buy...and might have missed had the
dealer not pointed out the item in his post. and if I don't want to be
bothered, there's always the 'delete" button.
Richard Del Belso
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:02:26 -0500
From: s...@columbus.rr.com
Subject: [MOPO] Dealer Posts on MoPo
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
This is a little long, so my apologies in advance… One point to make here about
many of the dealers who post to MoPo is that they are abiding by the
long-standing request to add “FA” or “FS” to their subject line. (One Mexican
lobby card dealer does not add “FA” or “FS” to his posts, but you can’t miss
his unique subject lines if you’re trying to avoid his ads.) If you’re a dealer
posting to MoPo and not adding “FA” or “FS” to your subject lines, I would
appreciate your doing that going forward. Depending on how you read your
e-mail, it is possible in some programs to sort messages based on subject line
and send them directly to the folder of your choice, be it the recycle bin
should you so desire. MS Outlook has this feature. I’m not familiar with other
e-mail programs, but I have to assume such a feature is not exclusive to
Outlook. Of course if you get MoPo in digest form, you can’t do this. While I
understand the argument that a movie poster discussion group is hindered by an
overload of “FA” or” FS” posts, the business of collecting means we have to buy
and sell to grow (or liquidate) our collections. It is a necessary part of the
hobby. Eliminating such posts from MoPo will not spark an explosion of movie
poster discussion. Trust me on this. The real problem here is not the dealer
posts, but the ability of MoPo members to effectively MANAGE their e-mail.
However, if the membership thinks this needs addressed we can ask that dealers
to limit themselves to 1 commercial post per day. Thoughts?? Dealers can “talk
their fingers off” if they want to send non-biz related posts and share their
wealth of knowledge with all of us! J The lament that MoPo has no meaningful
public discussions going on has come up many times since the group started in
1995. If I had the time I’d try to chart the “cycle” of MoPo complaints over
the years…that would be interesting! The group has mellowed considerably from
the early days (remember the Donnie/Style B revolt? Or the controversial posts
of the late Susan Olsen? Who could forget the Susan vs JR battle in 2006?).
MoPo has matured into the quiet forum it is today. Everything changes and
evolves over time (i.e. the Oscars anyone?) After all MoPo is now moving
towards 20 years of service and is the oldest poster forum on the Internet. As
I said in my Feb. 24th post on our 19th birthday….”But will be make it to 20?
Should we?” Maybe we ARE all talked out! ScottMoPo List Owner
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