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In lugnet.loc.uk, carbon60@bigfoot.com (Carbon 60) writes:
> 2) I don't want newbies going to local groups seeing that no-one posts
> there and therefore thinking that there is no UK LEGO Community and not
> using the local groups. [...]
[Pardon me for the apparent harsh tone -- it's not actually harsh -- what
follows is a very serious question, not a wise-crack...]
How could someone possibly find a tiny local group and manage to post to it,
yet not realise that there is a main UK group? How could someone thereby
come to the false impression that there is no UK LEGO community?
If this question has any answer other than "it's not possible," then we have
a problem that needs to be solved with some careful thought, so let's first
figure out why/how they would miss seeing the main UK group and then let's
figure out how to help them find it -- while at the same time making sure
that they understand it's still OK to post to a tiny loc group if that's the
most appropriate place.
Keep in mind, all messages do not necessarily have to be read/noticed by
everyone. Those people who truly feel like they have to read all 250+
messages a day which fly through this system are encouraged to subscribe via
e-mail to any/all groups that they don't read directly via NNTP -- it really
works quite wonderfully.
--Todd
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| (...) Very easily I'd say - that's happened to me at first. When I was new to lugnet one of the first things I did was look for local groups near to me - I found the section for my part of the UK - I think it was the London list and found it was (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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| Taking just a small part of Todd's post... On Thu, 13 May 1999 06:24:16 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] I fully imagine that someone will eventually work out that lugnet.loc.uk is the place to be, but it can take (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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| Taking just a small part of Todd's post... On Thu, 13 May 1999 06:24:16 GMT, lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) wrote: [snip] (...) [snip] I fully imagine that someone will eventually work out that lugnet.loc.uk is the place to be, but it can take (...) (26 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) 1) It's not SPAM - that's unsolicited commercial e-mail, this has no monetary value whatsoever. 2) I don't want newbies going to local groups seeing that no-one posts there and therefore thinking that there is no UK LEGO Community and not (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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