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Re: Compromised Functionality on Lugnet and Brickshelf?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:41:43 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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Of course, the easiest way to see what people want highlighted would be to
count the number of highlights.
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I agree! IF everyone that cared about what hits the spotlight list
consistently highlighted (or didn’t highlight) things, you would be
absolutely correct.
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But the admins don’t see it that way, I guess.
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Right... We don’t.
BECAUSE, based on user comments, which we listen to carefully, we have reason
to believe that the actual highlights undercount what people are interested
in. Not everyone that has an interest can, or does, highlight.
That’s not a bad thing, it’s just the way it is. Some people aren’t members
and thus can’t highlight at all,
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I see this as being a key distinction. It’s a perk of membership. If a person
wants to be able to influence the focus of spotlights, they should become a
member, otherwise the general lay visitor is stuck with what the members feel is
spotlight-worthy.
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some people read but don’t highlight, etc.
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I view this as akin to those who don’t vote, but gripe about government policy.
If the functionality is available, use it. I highlight when I feel that it is
warrented, when the view expressed closely corresponds to my own or when I feel
the information (i.e. MOC) is of exceptional quality that the entire community
could benefit.
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Could be we’re wrong about what the users are telling us in their comments
though. But if we were, how would we know? All we can go on is what people
say.
Hope that helps.
XFUT to JUST .admin.general... I am not seeing this as a suggestion topic,
is it?
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I think that it might be time to brush up the LUGNET
Plan. I used to think that we were well on
our way to the end state when thinking of LUGNET, BRICKSHELF, BRICKLINK and
PEERON as parts of a whole. Now I view LUGNET as more of a gateway to those
companion sites rather than the community that was originally envisioned. The
community content seems to have migrated to other specialized forums. It seems
that the momentum of LUGNET’s growth has stalled and that the synergistic effect
of integrating LUGNET and the data repositories and marketplaces above has
lessened, but I digress.
I think the admins need to seriously reflect upon what rights and priviledges
distinguish members from
non-members. I would wager that for
the vast majority of visitors the perception is that the only benefit to be
gained by becoming a member is the ability to speed up the posting process. I
would be surprised if many people even remember that there is a
polling feature on LUGNET for members.
I suggest that the admins take a closer look at spotlighting as it relates to
members vs. non-members. Who is the core audience? What does it mean to
spotlight/highlight?
-Duane
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