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>>
>>One of the obvious uses for this software is to search for people
>>who express a need or desire for something which the user sells.
>>To be more concrete, we plan to sell InfoMagnet by searching
>>LISTSERV discussions for messages about "I can't figure out how
>>to do database searches" or "does anyone know of a list about
>>so and so" or even "is there anything out there which makes LISTSERV
>>easier to use?".  We'll contact these people directly, answering their
>>question where appropriate, and letting them know about our service.
 
And most of my subscribers would undoubtedly reply, "b****r off!"
That's why my lists are set for self-moderation and private notebooks.
This is the kind of thing that's going to do to the Internet what
bulk-rate mail did to the Postal Service.  *blech!*
 
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>On Mon, 8 Aug 1994, Murph Sewall wrote:
>> While searching discussions for questions you have a (commercial) answer
>> for seems a valuable service (and a technology that can be adapted and sold
>> to others), I predict it will be highly controversial--there are bound to
>> be those who view automated keyword or context searches of hundreds of list
>> archives (or NetNews groups) as an invasion of privacy.  There will be the
>> view that such searches will inhibit the free flow of information and ideas
>> because any question may result in a barrage of "sales pitches."
>
You got <that> right.  Most of my notebooks were public until this started.
Not anymore.
 
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