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Re: the latest news
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Sat, 8 Apr 2000 07:25:48 GMT
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Thomas Main wrote:
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> I love LUGNET and don't know what I would do without the many resources it
> provides...not the least of which is a feeling of community and commonality.
> But there are trends within the community that disturb me...the creation of the
> council group, the article rating system, the self-appointed "police" of LUGNET
> who monitor appropriate use of the server (although I fully support the
> sanction of members who break the TOS...I just feel that there is an
> appropriate authority that should enforce the TOS) and the air of
> self-righteousness that I feel some members of the group have and use to make
> others feel less worthy.
You perfectly expressed my feelings. Actually, I don't use web interface
and never care about rating someone's post and/or ratings of my posts,
and Todd made clear several day ago what the council is for, but they
all made me feel sad. It all smells elitism IMHO, which is not so a good
thing.
Selçuk
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 | | Re: the latest news
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| In lugnet.lego.direct, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) The rating system has seriously made me (and perhaps others?) consider returning my LUGNET membership card. It seems to me that a few people enjoy rating the "newsworthiness" of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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