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Subject: 
Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:14:47 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Tony Priestman writes:
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Scott A (<Fr25sL.L2o@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:31:33

In lugnet.admin.general, Steve Bliss writes:

This would be a Bad Thing.  Quite possibly a Very Bad Thing.

On what basis?

There are some people who Really Don't Like Auctions.

They can't be filtered out from the web interface, which is used by a
lot of people.

Yes, but as the title will say it all - it will be plain to see what the post
is. Furthermore, I'm sure a prefernces switch could be invented for them.



To put auction announcements in, people would have to do something to
take them out, as opposed to them being put somewhere that those who
don't like them don't get to see them.

The themed groups are discussion groups, not announcement groups.
There's unlikely to be much (theme specific) discussion of an auction
announcement, so it's not adding any value to the group.

Private auctions are not all that common. 99% of auctions go straight to ebay.

Scott A


--
Tony Priestman



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  Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
 
(...) Try not to be so naive (no offense intended). A title which has the word "auction" in it -- in a non-market discussion group -- is disturbing and jarring to people; it's something to dread, not something simply to skip over. (...) Again, try (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
 
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Scott A (<Fr25sL.L2o@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:31:33 (...) There are some people who Really Don't Like Auctions. They can't be filtered out from the web interface, which is used by a lot of people. To put auction announcements in, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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