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Re: About auctions and newsgroups
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:44:23 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Ray Sanders writes:
> lugnet.market.auction- Auction announcements, updates,
> listings, and analysis; NOTE: this group is the ONLY group where
> auction announcements or updates are appropriate
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> Note that 'discussion' is not present. Discussion may fall under
> analysis, but I'm not sure. [...]
Ya, discussion was always meant to fall under analysis. I'm not sure what
kind of auction discussions aren't analytical of the auctions, but I suppose
it should be added just for clarity's sake.
OK, it now says:
lugnet.market.auction - Auction announcements, updates, listings,
discussions, and analysis; NOTE: this group is the ONLY group where
auction announcements or updates are appropriate
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> o there is no anointed place to discuss an third parties auction
> (unless analysis covers this)
> [...]
Yes, certainly! If you're discussing the auction per se. In very rare cases
like the Modulex auction a few months ago, discussing it in .general might
make the most sense if you're discussing Modulex per se and not the auction
per se.
> o discussions will most likely get lost in the parade of one-shot
> announcements
I think that depends on how interesting the discussion is. An uninteresting
discussion can get lost in any relatively high-traffic group. In fact, a
discussion thread in a group like .market.auction where most threads are
one-shots probably stands out even more there (which is probably good for the
discussion).
--Todd
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