Re: Open Wider: your wallet not your mouth

Melinda Shore wrote:
In article <bJGAj.5778$7d1.3066@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Matt <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I see nothing wrong with advertising on Usenet, in moderation, if it's relevant to the group.

It's historically not allowed, although I guess it's
tolerated better in some newsgroups.

Historically it is frowned upon. "[N]ot allowed" by whom?

It tends to be like
snowmobiles and ATVs, though - there's no such thing as just
one.
.

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