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Re: Um, so why this new server?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 30 Sep 1998 17:49:22 GMT
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This is exactly why I like this better. I will tend to not even join
discussions if I have to wade through so many posts to read the responses.
Thanks, again, Todd.
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( o o ) Carolyn http://home.att.net/~cdrebert/
> ~ < • Todd Lehman wrote in message <36105799.34945374@lugnet.com>...
> rueger@io.com (Tim Rueger) writes:
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> > I know Todd's obviously put a lot of work into this,
> > but from a content standpoint, how is this to be
> > different from rec.toys.lego?
>
> It's our belief that many people have drifted away from RTL over the years
> as it shifted slowly away from good old-fashioned building discussions
> (1993-94) into a more commercial/marketplace/auctions type of atmosphere
> (1995-98).
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> We'd like to see an alternative area on the net that people can call home,
> and where they can have the opportunity to return to smaller focus groups
> but still be able to wander out into the greater community for a fresh
> change of scenery. I love RTL, but I think it's outgrown itself.
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> > I can see the organizational benefit, but I also like
> > the "one big mess" aspect of browsing r.t.l.
> >
> > Just asking...
> > -Tim
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> One thing we noticed in the alpha-testing of the newsserver was a very
> large output per person per unit of time compared to RTL. (And it wasn't
> just because MikeS and LarryP were there. :-) I think this is in part
> because of the instantaneous turnaround time in posting (no waiting for
> propagation across Usenet) and as Sarah Heacock pointed out, it felt like
> there was more room to stretch one's wings when there were half a dozen
> people compared to hundreds or thousands. It felt closer -- and less like
> any given message would be ignored by a zillion people -- so it felt
> friendlier in a weird sort of way.
>
> I believe the local city/country groups will also help nurture and restore
> the feeling of a closer community, this time a fractal community, and I
> also suspect there are many more people per locality than is commonly
> believed.
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> Time will tell if this is a good idea or not, and whether people accept it
> or not. It's not really designed as a replacement for RTL, but rather to
> augment it or to provide an alternate haven for those who feel RTL is too
> hostile or impure (i.e., non-building-oriented).
>
> --Todd
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