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Hitchhiker59 Started conversation Apr 29, 1999
During the TW launch, an example was given of using this site to post a comment about a restaurant.
Couldn't this be used as a kind of advertisement? Don't the terms of h2g2 forbid that? Please elucidate!
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Hitchhiker59 Posted Apr 29, 1999
LOL ... OK, SlowWalker, you've found me out! Or perhaps I should say you have made me lucid or clear, or even thrown light upon me!
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Bernadette Lynn_ Home Educator Posted Apr 29, 1999
It's only advertising if you work for or own the restaurant. Honest opinion is what we mean.
And anyway, think about what an advertiser would get - a ton of responses telling him what people really think about the product/service. That's the true power of the Guide, and what we'll be trying to harness.
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Hitchhiker59 Posted Apr 30, 1999
Thank you, James. I hoped that would be the answer. I guess I'm just an old cynic who thought someone might dress up advertising in the guise of honest opinion.
It's a great site, and about time that something like this was launched in the UK. Good luck to you all!
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