From Mark Stevens Sent Fri, May 22nd 1998, 20:21
From Mark Stevens Sent Fri, May 22nd 1998, 20:21
On Fri, 22 May 1998 14:55:34 +0000, you wrote: >well it brightened up my day ;) >just very funny to see everyone getting so bloody excited! Oh yeah, hilarious. Now, I don't mind the odd joke or two, but this one was just a bit badly timed. As soon as Skam decide to release new vinyl from Jega, Gescom and Mask3, we see a message in the same newsgroup suggesting that Mask1 and Mask2 are being re-issued. It's not surprising that some people are going to believe your 'joke'. I've ordered my new Skam vinyl, but at the same time I asked my supplier to try and get hold of the (non-existant) Mask reissues. Now they're probably wasting time, making phone calls, trying to acquire stuff that doesn't exist. At the end of the day, it's no big deal, but you've got to realise that when there's absolutely nothing to differentiate between your wind-up and a genuine piece of news, you're doing something wrong. The best wind-ups always have some sort of accompanying clue, no matter how cryptic. The majority of people on this list don't know one another -- we're all pretty much anonymous. In the past, we've relied on anonymous people to supply us with genuine news. If you're going to start a trend of anonymous people posting up wind-ups, then don't be surprised if you're then subsequently regarded as an infantile troll. I've nothing against you -- your wind up didn't do me any damage, but just consider the possibility that some people *will* take notices such as yours at face value. /\/)ark