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Re: Allocation of member #'s
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 7 Jul 1999 01:15:49 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Ed Jones writes:
> Well, I wouldn't call it a mountain, maybe a trash heap. :')
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> But is it just me, or is this whole clamoring for "prime" numbers getting
> just >a little out of hand. Who was the first to post? Who helped Todd
> the most? Yada Yada Yada Yada.
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> Folks, he's trying to run a service here, not immoratalize those who would
> be immortalized. I can see it now: "but in deja news it shows my post
> was before your posts so I should have gotten a lower number". "Yeah but
> I gave him advice on widgey widges that he's using to run LUGNET so I
> should have a lower number"
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> Todd, I could be wrong, but you could be opening up a whole can of
> kvetching here. I really don't think you started LUGNET to referee a
> fight for the low numbers.
No, that's right. If people get the number they want, that's really great.
But if they don't, I don't really care (much). But I *do* care (a lot) that
people be given the choice to -avoid- certain numbers that they don't want.
That is, I would never stick someone with 13 or 1313 or 666 if they didn't
want it. (And gosh, who knows, someone might even be too embarrassed to
get 69 or 99.) So that's really the gist and motivation behind making the
numberings non-100%-system-assigned. Definitely don't need this to turn
into a big fight for status-hood. Opening up the lowest 10000 numbers at
first (rather than the lower 100) is probably a good way to combat that --
because it's going to take a *long* time to fill up 10000 slots, and there's
no way that someone with the number 7 can claim they were here before someone
with the number 6075.
--Todd
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| A far easier numbering system would be to use segments, ie an ID could be made up of subparts that could be used for future Lugnet marketing purposes, give aways and localised promotions. For instance the segments could include: Country of Origin, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Allocation of member #'s
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| (...) Well, I wouldn't call it a mountain, maybe a trash heap. :') But is it just me, or is this whole clamoring for "prime" numbers getting just a little out of hand. Who was the first to post? Who helped Todd the most? Yada Yada Yada Yada. Folks, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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