Re: Denver based mp3.com artist spamming! Do not supportthis!!

[robert vanportfleet <lyciummusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

people suck ;)

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> From: Numina <numina@support-cause.frii.com>
> Reply-To: The Lycium <lycia@support-cause.lists.darkspire.net>
> Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 10:55:48 -0700 (MST)
> To: Gothster Chats <cg-chat@support-cause.frii.net>
> Subject: Denver based mp3.com artist spamming!  Do not support this!!
> 
> Folks, I wouldn't normally do this, but as there are a few mp3.com artists
> and users subscribed to these lists and I feel I need to inform of some of
> the poor nettiquette practice of a Denver-based band and to point out a
> problem with mp3.com's new "Back the band" promotion.  This feature is
> designed to allow fans of artists to post "comments" for a fee on any
> mp3.com artist, this feature has backfired and it involves a Denver based
> act named Scary Valentine.  They have spammed their band on several
> mp3.com artists pages, including mine, where in the "Back the Band"
> comments all they post is their band name and a link to their mp3.com
> page.  Now this is really low and an extremely unethical tactic to
> redirect visitors from my page to theirs and is not what the feature is
> designed for.
> 
> For those of you who wish to, I am propsing a campaign to eliminate or at
> least regulate the "Back the Band" fetaure on mp3.com.
> 
> Thanks for reading.
> 
> Jesse.
> http://www.mp3.com/Numina
> http://www.frii.com/~numina