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Re: Gods Monopoly
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 00:21:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes:
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> Perhaps the top page should not consolidate the off-topic hierarchy (I'd
> also suggest it not consolidate the admin hierarchy if this comes into
> play).
This came up once before. Inasmuch as off-topic threads flare up from time
to time and clog the overall stream of messages for a few hours, they _are_
part of the community, and to hide them from the top level of the group
hierarchy would be to deny that.
To hide the .off-topic.* hierarchy from the top page would also be to violate
the orthogonality of the software design by introducing special cases. And
while it might solve the problem for people who don't want to see those
messages, it would create a new problem for people who -do- want to see the
messages.
Again, the purpose of the top-level page is to show _all_ articles coming
through the system -- for someone who wants to get the latest on everything --
not to filter it and show only LEGO stuff or only stuff in English. If,
say, some day, one of the .loc groups has a massive flurry of several dozen
non-English messages, that's OK too.
The main page isn't (and wasn't meant as) a newsreader. It's only to show
what's passing through the system at that moment in time.
> Now I see why you are looking at this channel stuff, that would allow
> people to create a top page which consolidates the areas of interest,
> and overcome the fact that the lugnet hierarchy can never be perfect.
Ya.
--Todd
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| (...) I think you're spot-on there, Frank. I received a sobering email from a community member tonight outlining his discontent and frustration with the way the tone of things has turned lately. As a user of the web interface (not really by choice (...) (24 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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