An open letter to the 68kMLA community...

[Mike Richardson]

The forum software must be pre-parsing signatures. Otherwise, smilies would disappear as soon as they were disabled.

Now that you have brought it to my attention with your pithy sig commentary: a note to the wise!

You are very lucky that the forum software isn't parsing for signatures containing advertisements for commercial interests, (AKA Spam) try to keep a bit lower profile, comrade!

The link to Adopt a Mac in my signature has been tolerated since I first opened the store over a year ago. Although not immediately apparent in the online store (which focuses on newer Macs at this time, but stay tuned for some updates coming soon), Adopt a Mac has saved hundreds of old Macs from being sent to China, where the NuBus cards are burned for gold and the CRTs dumped in a river. Several members here have purchased from the store and this patronage allows me to continue in my endeavors.

The link is not spam and I don't appreciate being compared to spammers.

 

[luddite]

The link is not spam and I don't appreciate being compared to spammers.

I agree... commercial or not, Adoptamac is a relevant resource for 68KMLA members. Not all advertising is SPAM (though I'll admit the line is a blurry one).

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

The forum software must be pre-parsing signatures. Otherwise, smilies would disappear as soon as they were disabled.

Now that you have brought it to my attention with your pithy sig commentary: a note to the wise!

You are very lucky that the forum software isn't parsing for signatures containing advertisements for commercial interests, (AKA Spam) try to keep a bit lower profile, comrade!

The link to Adopt a Mac in my signature has been tolerated since I first opened the store over a year ago.

If I were you, I'd rethink that, the link doesn't bother me personally as it now stands. That said, your link has been been a topic of concern in the "war room," ergo, my concern and advice: "try to keep a bit lower profile, comrade!"

"Barely tolerated," would more much more accurately reflect the impression I've gotten in my study of the records in the War Room. If you have any question about that, please feel free to PM the other mods and find out for yourself.

The link is not spam and I don't appreciate being compared to spammers.

If you got that impression from my post, I apologize. Please reread my post carefully and re-consider the meaning of the words I tried to chose carefully.

However, I did mean to imply that carping that emticons being prohibited in sigs was cramping your ability to recreate your Store's Logo in your sig might very well be considered pushing just a bit too hard on the envelope. Creating a "Billboard" with your stores logo in your sig would almost certainly cross "the blurry line" between a "low profile" link to a legitimate source of 68kMLA "stuff" as opposed to an, in your face, "Signboard" which I assure you, will be considered inappropriate, if not outright spam by the majority of the mods.

I'm only trying to curb your youthful, impetuous nature a bit, just as I did in the "NetBook" thread. Please consider that my post was done out of concern for both yourself and the rest of our Band of Brothers (and sisters) here at the 68kMLA.

I also wanted to try to get off the "emoticons in sigs" debate and return to, more serious, on topic discussion.

Sincerely,

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

The link is not spam and I don't appreciate being compared to spammers.

I agree... commercial or not, Adoptamac is a relevant resource for 68KMLA members. Not all advertising is SPAM (though I'll admit the line is a blurry one).

I hope you also will take my previous post to heart, notice, I even borrowed your terminology/situation statement. [] ]'>

I'll re-iterate, as it stands now, I do not consider his sig link to be SPAM, but I'm not the only mod.

I just happen to be the mod most likely to "let it all hang out" in the forums, being as openly concerned and as honest as I can manage.

I've been accused of throwing "molotov cocktails" into this thread at least two times here in the thread and once in a PM. However, in ALL three cases (with the possible exception of this one) the choices of tense and the words that I purposely used, made the gut-reaction, ill considered responses of certain members patently absurd. I CHOSE not to respond to these obvious overreactions because we 're not about publicly humiliating our comrades here at the 68kMLA, at least not back in the day when I was one of the more active members.

As a matter of fact, if Mike is H**L BENT on creating ASCII art to create his signboard, I can offer several tips & tricks . . .

. . . however it is my personal opinion that his taking such action will bring about NO GOOD AT ALL!

Sincerely,

 

[Mike Richardson]

If I were you, I'd rethink that, the link doesn't bother me personally as it now stands. That said, your link has been been a topic of concern in the "war room," ergo, my concern and advice: "try to keep a bit lower profile, comrade!"
"Barely tolerated," would more much more accurately reflect the impression I've gotten in my study of the records in the War Room. If you have any question about that, please feel free to PM the other mods and find out for yourself.

I don't know what goes on in the war room. All I can deduce is that the link has been tolerated because I haven't been asked to remove it.

However, I did mean to imply that carping that emticons being prohibited in sigs was cramping your ability to recreate your Store's Logo in your sig might very well be considered pushing just a bit too hard on the envelope. Creating a "Billboard" with your stores logo in your sig would almost certainly cross "the blurry line" between a "low profile" link to a legitimate source of 68kMLA "stuff" as opposed to an, in your face, "Signboard" which I assure you, will be considered inappropriate, if not outright spam by the majority of the mods.

My current signature as of the time of this post is more in your face than if I had simply done this:

Adopt a Mac.com

 

[MacJunky]

Honestly, if you were allowed an unobtrusive link then be grateful you get even that. Many boards will not allow any advertising for external sites at all with no exceptions.

I really think this whole issue is rather lame.

Having images in sigs is not required - at all - for the proper function of this board and good health of the community. Both of those are of high importance.

Seriously, it will not harm you to just accept it. You have a text link, we all know who you are and what you do.

 

[Mike Richardson]

Having images in sigs is not required - at all - for the proper function of this board and good health of the community. Both of those are of high importance.

Neither are signatures, or avatars for that matter.

 

[MacJunky]

Having images in sigs is not required - at all - for the proper function of this board and good health of the community. Both of those are of high importance.

Neither are signatures, or avatars for that matter.

Correct, so be happy you get them.

 

[Osgeld]

As a matter of fact, if Mike is H**L BENT on creating ASCII art to create his signboard, I can offer several tips & tricks . . .

. . . however it is my personal opinion that his taking such action will bring about NO GOOD AT ALL!

dammit

 

[MrMacPlus]

As a matter of fact, if Mike is H**L BENT on creating ASCII art to create his signboard, I can offer several tips & tricks . . .

. . . however it is my personal opinion that his taking such action will bring about NO GOOD AT ALL!

dammit

zomg. 8-o Use it Mike, use IT!

 

[Mike Richardson]

As a matter of fact, if Mike is H**L BENT on creating ASCII art to create his signboard, I can offer several tips & tricks . . .

. . . however it is my personal opinion that his taking such action will bring about NO GOOD AT ALL!

dammit

zomg. 8-o Use it Mike, use IT!

I've seen better ones that do color and stuff.

Also you only get 500 characters in a sig.

 

[Osgeld]

I've seen better ones that do color and stuff.

well phooey on you (and it was just a 2 min knock up line drawing in inkscape)

Also you only get 500 characters in a sig.

aye, which makes it infeasible to produce a image

 

[~tl]

I think I'm going to close this thread before it veers even more wildly off topic...