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Re: Marketplace & Terms of Use (was: Re: UPDATE: UNOPENED GERMAN CASTLE SETS TO SELL)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:36:28 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, "James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com>
> writes: • <snip>
> A clarification here:
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> The Discussion Group Terms and Conditions (specifically, point #11, quoted
> above) cover auction announcements, updates, and listings, but they don't
> cover non-auction stuff like FS's or WTT's or WTB's (those have been left
> undefined in the Terms of Use document).
Oh. <blink blink> Right then. I'll return to gentle nudging. ;)
> So technically, FS's and WTT's and WTB's can appear anywhere. But since
> these tend to annoy and upset people, I usually (if I see one) write the
> poster and ask them to keep those sorts of things to the .buy-sell-trade
> group. Also, in a post a couple months ago, I asked everyone to help in
> remind people (gently) that .buy-sell-trade is the best place for FS & WTB
> posts:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=2907
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> yet while it's hoped that things continue to gravitate toward the .market.*
> groups naturally, it needs to be pointed out that it is *not* a requirement
> of the Terms of Use per se that all FS's and WTT's and WTB's be posted only
> in .market.buy-sell-trade. This is probably why newbies are posting those
> sorts of things in the "wrong" place -- because it's not against the written
> rules, only against the community's sort-of unwritten rules. I think this
> is a "disconnect" that needs to be addressed somehow, either by making non-
> auction market stuff explicitly verboten outside of .market.* or by making
> it more explicit that they're not verboten.
I still think that keeping market stuff restricted to market.* is a Good Idea.
> The reason that auction announcements/updates/listings are restricted by the
> Terms of Use to the .market.auction group is because of the much larger
> relative bandwidth and waves caused by auctions as compared to other market
> activities.
Understood. In my brain, they all clasify as "intruding adverts", but like I
said, I'm probably more vehement than most - I hang up on phone solicitors,
close the door on salesmen in mid-pitch, and frequently remind clerks and
store salesmen that their job is to answer questions I have, not to pre-empt
me.
Thanks for the clarification, I will respond to such posts more appropriately
in the future.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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