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Re: Bloviate (was Re: Warnings( was: WAKE UP!))
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Date: 
Tue, 4 Apr 2006 02:13:02 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, David Koudys wrote:

> And then the people with the "LUGNET has to improve!!  We think it sucks!!"  If
> there are people who have chips on their shoulder because LUGNET isn't runing
> the way they want it to be run, then by all means, go start another NG.
> Bionicle did it.  Supposedly that's a terrific NG.  I dunno--never been there,
> nor do I plan on actually going there.  I love my bionicle sets, but this is the
> NG I'll talk about 'em (if I ever decide to...)

Personally, I don't think that's fair. That's the same thing as telling people
who disagree with a governmental policy in a certain country to like it or leave
it. That doesn't benefit anyone - things only get better when people standup and
make change happen.

Or perhaps you're simply making the case that you don't agree that there are
problems here at LUGNET?

Jake
---
Jake McKee
Private Citizen
Webmaster - BIP



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Bloviate (was Re: Warnings( was: WAKE UP!))
 
(...) That's not quite a good analogy. A government is imposed upon you. LUGNET is a free service that you use (yes, I know there are memberships, but they're structured more like donations). It's sort of like complaining about, say, Google or (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Bloviate (was Re: Warnings( was: WAKE UP!))
 
(...) Hi Jake! I didn't make the point as clear as maybe I should have. I'll try to keep it concise-- Constructive criticism = good Example-- "Maybe we should think about enabling a new message interface so we can put pictures and stuff in our (...) (21 years ago, 4-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Bloviate (was Re: Warnings( was: WAKE UP!))
 
In lugnet.admin.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote: <snip> (...) There are a few more things that warnings, proper adminship and the like are contingent on-- That the admins are not a bunch of bloviating blowhards (that leaves me out of the admin (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-06, to lugnet.admin.general)

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