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Re: New group suggestion
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:43:58 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> ...
> If the basic idea is to get info out to people as quickly and as focused as
> possible -- so that they can also take advantage of the sale/deal as quickly
> as posible -- then I'm all for it if there aren't major objections -- but
> let's brainstorm a bunch of possible names...
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> lugnet.market.shopping.fotw
> lugnet.market.shopping.sales
> lugnet.market.shopping.notable
> lugnet.market.shopping.hot
> lugnet.market.shopping.sizzlers
> lugnet.market.shopping.get-it-while-you-can ;-)
> ...other possibilities...?
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> And some things we'd need to decide are:
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> - Whether or not it would be appropriate for retailers themselves (for example
> DYA) to post notices here. (IMHO, it should be wide-open initially -- only
> restricted if it's being abused.)
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> - Would it be an quick-info-dispersal group (a la .announce) or would it also
> be a discussion group? (This is basically just a bit set to 1 or 0 on the
> server saying whether or not the 'Followup-To:' field must be set to another
> group when posting to it.)
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> Opinions/concerns/thoughts?
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> --Todd
I very much like the idea of lugnet.market.shopping.sales - this would be the
group to quickly check before going shopping to see if anyone has found a sale
going on at the moment. I've wished for this for some time, since currently
it takes considerably more time to search to find the same information. Also,
having a specific group would probably make people more likely to post sales
that they've found, helping everyone.
--
David Schilling
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| (...) Hmm, the rationale being what? (Not disagreeing, just unclear on the motivation behind it.) To increase (encourage) more FOTW posts? To make FOTW's easier to find? To make FOTW's come and find you (by subscribing to the group via e-mail?) I'm (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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