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(...) No dice. I logged in and the content still shuffles. Maybe if you are a PAYING member, the functionality is suppressed? (URL) I know that it suppresses the ads though. -Duane (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, that suggests a test... what happens if you're logged in? Logging in suppresses ads I thought, so MAYBE suppresses shuffle too? (...) Nod. I expect that's a common feeling. (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I find it especially bothersome when there has been one or two new additions and the page gets shuffled. The one or two additions get lost in all of the "old" thumbnails. It creates the illusion among the uninitiated that there is a lot of new (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Hey, Just wanted to second the idea of excluding unreviewed posts from making the highlight lists. A couple of times recently I have posted MOCs and then been pleasantly surprised to see them on the highlight list the next time I went to Lugnet. But (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I just now noticed this for myself. It used to be that the position of the add on each page would sequentially shuffle the order of the thumbnails depending on which frame it appeared in, but now the order seems random. I would bet that what (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Um, I encourage people to spotlight posts every chance I get... (...) Adjusting spotlight weights isn't changing the whole scheme, though, is it? Spotlight weights have been around for a very long time and they get periodically adjusted. (...) (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Point taken. There are a number of issues that LUGNET is struggling with, but this certainly is one of them. (...) Left that dangling... I agree that it doesn't. Personally I think it might be desireable to not consider posts that didn't get (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) I agree that people not highlighting isn't necessarily a bad thing, UNLESS those people then complain about what shows up in the spotlight. Instead of encouraging those dissatisfied people to highlight more often, the admins rejiggered the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) That's not really actionable, sorry. At least not for me anyway. (...) Great suggestions. However, they weren't clear to me, no... That is, they didn't jump out at me AS SUGGESTIONS at all. I've asked that posts that should be tracked as (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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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. (...) Right... We don't. BECAUSE, based on user comments, which we listen to carefully, (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, Marc. That helps my understanding of the current scheme ... Shaun (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Again - in my opinion - yes. Lugnet has already been besieged by some serious challenges in the past 18 months, most of which were natural and forseeable consequences of a community that loved its small-village feel enough that it did (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Actually, having the spotlight feature honor the skip filter would resolve the highlighting issue, but unfortunately that won't happen. -Duane (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) snip You can get the justification for the Spotlight weights (URL) here> and (URL) here>. This bit strikes me as particularly absurd: These can be tweaked as necessary. And will be, if we can't get spotlighting to highlight what we believe (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Seriously jeopardised? (...) It's not the only thing that matters, no, but posts to .announce.* and in particular, posts to announce.moc get an upweighting, and posts to .admin.* and .off-topic.* get a downweighting. That was spoecifically in (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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Frustrated Comments Ahead: Is there any summary information available to try and understand how some of the major AFOL resources are now being administered? Both Lugnet and Brickshelf seem to have undergone major practical changes in the last few (...) (19 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX) !!
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(...) No, it isn't. (...) something (...) links to (...) to (...) something. Hmm. I agree. Thank you for your help, Mr. Pieniazek. This will help tremendously, because I can subscribe to the two groups I frequent (Robotics and Technic), and not have (...) (19 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IEnsro.1DM@lugnet.com... (snip) (...) be (...) How about adding 'Getting Started' to the links on the home page: Newsgroups | Spotlight | Events | Links | Guide | Shop | (...) (19 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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