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Subject:	Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Tue, 7 Mar 2000 21:09:52 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes: > 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. 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. > Private auctions are not all that common. 99% of auctions go straight to > ebay. Again, try not to be so naive (again, no offense intended). Current percentages have nothing to do with what a new rule could do to tip those percentages. If theme discussion groups allowed private auctions, there would simply be more private auctions. --Todd

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		Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
(...) Also, (some) sellers posting to theme-discussion groups would avoid putting a clear label on their auction announcements, because they would then avoid auction-filters, and get more people to read their spam-posts. So it would not be easy (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: Suggested Change in Charter for ALL Lugnet Theme Groups.
(...) 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. (...) Private auctions are not all that common. 99% of auctions go straight to ebay. Scott (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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