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Subject: Re: CSIPGA Holiday Extravaganza Is Coming
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On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:58:27 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>Woohoo! Are you going to post in our Steam's group too?

If I do, it will be secondary. The primary goal... well, one of the
primary goals... that is, one of the many goals I am striving for...

    [Wait, let me start again. I wasn't expecting an Inquisition]

One of the reasons behind these give-aways was to drive traffic to
CSIPGA on Usenet. That's why I was never incredibly worried about
lurkers swiping the keys; if they're getting it, at least it means
people are reading the newsgroup. 

    [Although if you are a lurker and grab a key, take it as 
     an opportunity to come and say hi. We won't bite. Well, 
     except for maybe Ant, but they're tiny so you'll barely feel 
     it.]

I feel if I only gave the keys out on the Steam forum, it would limit
the readership. Free stuff --and the traffic the promise of free stuff
generates-- makes the newsgroup look more lively. I like lively. ;-)

So if I suspect that if I post to the Steam group, it will mostly be
as a pointer back to here.

    [In case you're wondering, the other goals are to make 
     the holidays more cheerful, and to get rid of all these
     excess keys I have cluttering up the place. Oh, and its an
     opportunity for me to sing in public without people chasing
     me away with torches and pitchforks]