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Re: Allocation of member #'s
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 2 Jul 1999 03:09:09 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
> [...]
> Whether this would result in a thriving black market in "Lugnet ID
> Numbers" would remain to be seen. For instance, Wes De Beer could
> successfully bid US$231 on ID number 1 then sell it a year later to say
> Eve Asian for US$541.
> [...]
LOL! :)
BTW, I realize from your final paragraph that you weren't 100% serious, but
it's worth reiterating something anyway for anyone following along... The
ID#'s won't be transferrable, so whatever number you pick is with you for
life. In fact, that's the whole reason for them in the first place: to
have permanent, uniquely individual ID#'s -- one per person -- for things
like voting, auction feedback, etc. So, it won't be possible for someone
to give up or trade in or sell their ID#. And if we lose anyone, their
ID# doesn't get recycled.
However, there will definitely be other things which are transferrable --
and so we might conceivably see person-to-person sales, swaps, or auctions
of those popping up. (One example might be house locations on the community
map.)
--Todd
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 | | Re: Allocation of member #'s
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| Along the lines of the community map, I suggest starting each of the numbers with some type of classifying attribute. In other words beginning all member numbers with the year of birth, or year they started reading rtl, they year they signed up to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Allocation of member #'s
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| You could end up with a bidding war similar to personalised car licence plates. Numbers like 1, 13 and dare I say it 69 may raise a lot of interest. Then again this could be a good thing if people are prepared to pay for these numbers via an auction (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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