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Subject: 
Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
Newsgroups: 
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 (...) (27 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, (...) (27 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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