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Thomas Main wrote:
> I love LUGNET and don't know what I would do without the many resources it
> provides...not the least of which is a feeling of community and commonality.
> But there are trends within the community that disturb me...the creation of the
> council group, the article rating system, the self-appointed "police" of LUGNET
> who monitor appropriate use of the server (although I fully support the
> sanction of members who break the TOS...I just feel that there is an
> appropriate authority that should enforce the TOS) and the air of
> self-righteousness that I feel some members of the group have and use to make
> others feel less worthy.
These are some serious concerns, and a while ago, I was on the verge of
leaving Lugnet. I think things have taken a turn for the better. Now
that Todd has clarified that the purpose of the council is not to be a
panel of judges, but to be a place where issues with the T&C can be
hashed out (with a specific invitation to a group of people Todd
respects to help him do that hashing out, but not closing the discussion
to others).
I do agree that the self-appointed "police" is a problem. I have
occaisionally called for people to refrain from this, and e-mail Todd if
they see a problem. Of course, just yesterday, I called out a post in
lugnet.admin.council, but that was to open a discussion (and I chose to
only post to council so that it didn't appear as a public condemnation).
Lugnet is Todd's creation, but by his intent, it is also a community
place, and being that, people need to be involved in how it's run. Todd
has set some parameters for how that involvement happens, which is good,
even if they perhaps need refinement. Note also that currently, only
Todd can enforce the T&C, although anyone can make noise about a
perceived offender.
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Frank Filz
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| (...) In an ideal world all the groups could self police, and Todd's intervention would not really be needed.... but then in a ideal world there would never be any problems. The problem with LUGNET is that it is the noise makers who shape things to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| In lugnet.lego.direct, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) The rating system has seriously made me (and perhaps others?) consider returning my LUGNET membership card. It seems to me that a few people enjoy rating the "newsworthiness" of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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