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- From: ST201434@brownvm.brown.edu (jude)
- Newsgroups: alt.backrubs
- Subject: Re: New Service, an alternative to alt.personals,
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:42:55 EST
- Organization: Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island USA
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- References: <1993Jan22.204558.137@fuug.fi>
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- Why is alt.backrubs constantly being included in such lists???????
-
- >X-Anon-To:
- >alt.personals,alt.personals.ads,alt.personals.misc,alt.personals.poly,alt.pers
- on
- >als.bondage,alt.backrubs,alt.party,alt.sex,alt.sex.bondage,alt.sex.pictures,al
- t.
- >support
- >
- >Hello: I have a proposal that I hope will be of interest to many of you out
- >there who are interested in finding a significant other but have become tired
- >of the *noise* on groups like alt.personals. I'll try to keep it short,
- >sweet, and simple.
- >
- >I was introduced to the net a couple of months ago and was delighted to find
- >that there are newsgroups such as alt.personals and alt.personals.ads whose
- >primary reason for existing, so I thought, was for people to solicit e-mail
- >correspondence from others; correspondence that may lead to mutually
- >satisfying friendships or more. Unfortunately, these groups appear to be
- >primarily for people to flame each other, post fake messages, etc. I'll not
- >be surprised if many people, especially women, have become *lurkers* and
- >cynics. I thought there must be other ways for people to find the kind of
- >friend, partner that they are looking for.
- >
- >For the past couple of weeks I began contacting publishers of singles
- >newspapers and magazines across the USA. I asked them the following question:
- >What if I asked people on the net to send in their personal ads to me, I'll
- >compile them weekly and send them to these newspapers and magazines. I asked
- >the publishers whether they will be willing to publish your personal ads and
- >forward all responses to you WITHOUT CHARGING YOU A FEE? What is the
- >incentive for them to publish your ad for free? They collect a forwarding fee
- >(about $2) from those who respond to your ad. Your ad is published without
- >your address (a response code is assigned). I have reached agreement with 12
- >singles magazines so far and I am continuing arrangements or waiting to hear
- >from others.
- >
- >In addition to the service just described above, I will also set up a
- >computer bulletin board that will be accessible by modem from any where in
- >the USA and Canada, for a modest fee (phone charge). When I receive your
- >personal ads, I will post them on the bulletin board, without your address,
- >and also send them to the magazines. Responses to your ad on the bulletin
- >board will be forwarded to you, by snail mail, at no charge to you. I should
- >have the bulletin board up and running as soon as I get the first couple
- >dozen ads or so.
- >
- >HOW AND WHERE TO SEND YOUR ADS.
- >Type your ad on a sheet of paper. Include a snail mail address to which
- >responses to your ad will be forwarded. PLEASE, do not send me any ads by
- >e-mail. Do not use any abbreviations (SM, SF, etc) even if they seem like
- >very common abbreviations. I am not imposing any word limit on your ad, but
- >each newspaper or magazine will have the right to edit your ad as space
- >permits. You must be 18 yrs or older. Do not send in ads that are sexually
- >explicit!! It is okay to ask respondents to send you pictures since all
- >responses will be by snail mail.
- >
- >There is no fee for this service, since this is an introductory message and
- >as a result of the noncommercial policy of the net. However, I run a small
- >data processing business and my employees do not work for free! So any
- >donnations will be appreciated. You may send cash, check, or money order,
- >payable to *Comptel* Send your ad to:
- >Comptel Net Offer
- >P.O. Box 2228
- >Louisville, KY 40201-2228, USA
- >
- >If there are any readers from countries other than the US, yes, we will
- >accept ads from any country. Send all ads to the above address. And
- >donnations in any currency are acceptable.
- >
- >NOTE: This offer is valid until Feb. 28, 1993, i.e. to be accepted, your
- >letters must be postmarked by that date. After Feb. 28, there will be a fee
- >for this service (and I will not be advertising on the net. Okay?) If you
- >read this after Feb. 28 and are interested, send us a request for an
- >application form to that address. I don't know what the telephone number for
- >the computer bulletin board will be. It's not been set up. I will not post
- >the number on the net, but if you are interested in accessing the bbs, send
- >me an e-mail message. I'll send you the number when the board is up. Feel
- >free to send me an e-mail message if you have any question(s). Your privacy,
- >I guarantee you, will NOT be compromised. It's a promise.
- >Jenny
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- >Due to the double-blind system, any replies to this message will be
- anonymized,
- >and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned.
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- jude shabry
- hey_jude@brown.edu
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