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Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Mon, 24 Jul 2000 20:20:06 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz writes:
I was just thinking that everyonce in a while I post something which I
don't expect any replies to, it would be neat if there was a
lugnet.dev.null or lugnet.trashbin or something which we could set
followups to. The group could either actually discard the posts, or keep
the posts. It would be nice if they didn't show up in the web interface
as replies, at least by default.

How different is .off-topic.debate from that already?  How many net-savvy
people who wanted to post a real reply would simply change the ng line prior
to posting?  What would newbies think when they posted a reply not knowing
where they reply was going, and their reply never showed up?

--Todd



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  Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch
 
(...) Well, there's precedent in alt.dev.null [1]. But really, I can't think of very many things that couldn't either go to one of the .off-topic groups (not just .debate!) or just be left unsaid. [1] what fun! (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch
 
(...) I would expect a net-savvy person to be posting something which actually was worthwhile, and to chose an appropriate group. The concern of mine which brought this up is the recent tendency for discussions to get crossposted to a bunch of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: lugnet.dev.null or somesuch
 
(...) Than a trashbin? Well, quite a bit different I would hope, at least the participants would like to think so. What are you trying to say here? (...) I'm net savvy and I forget somewhere between 10 and 25 percent of the time. Setting followups (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  lugnet.dev.null or somesuch
 
I was just thinking that everyonce in a while I post something which I don't expect any replies to, it would be neat if there was a lugnet.dev.null or lugnet.trashbin or something which we could set followups to. The group could either actually (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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