[theforum] Donation Wall - last chance to comment

Isaac Forman isaac at bigtrip.org
Fri Aug 15 18:27:40 CDT 2003


> I don't think the impartiality is a good idea at all.  There are all 
> sorts of companies that I don't particularly want to 
> advertise on Evolt. 
> Sure, we say we aren't endorsing them, but I'd prefer to give 
> exposure 
> to companies/individuals that don't suck.  I like the idea of 
> text ads 
> on the site (I actually click on some of them over at 
> metafilter), but I 
> think we ought to be selective about which ads we accept.  Make them 
> work for it dammit!

No, I meant that anything that restricts our ability to discuss a
competitor, or criticise a product from our sponsor, is out.

i.e., if Macromedia is our software sponsor, and their latest product is
a piece of shit, then it should be no issue for us to review it as such.


isaac



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