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Subject:	Re: lugnet.announce is not for MOCs
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2002 23:49:41 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes: > May I suggest that if an .announce.moc group is set up that it does not > boost posts into the spotlight as currently happens with other .announce > groups? My somewhat cynical nature prompts me to observe that a lot more > MOCs started appearing in .announce after it became evident that it only > took a couple people highlighting it to reach the top of the charts... Not that my opinion counts for anything (since I haven't found the time to build a darn thing lately), but if I may, I would like to chime in with my support for the idea of lugnet.build.announce for strictly LUGNET-wide MOC announcements, for many of the reasons already discussed. But further, I think it would make an awesome addition to the LUGNET head page, similat to the Top Stories sidebar, if there were a "Recently Announced MOCs" section too. This would of course be cross-genré, and fairly well populated and rotated (giving the head page some of that fresh content folks are always talking about, without having to really "do" anything but have the articles be automatically forwarded there from the newsgroup). This would give newbies to LUGNET, especially those who just stumble across it, without learning what it's all about on the newsgroup side, the thing that they are usually looking for...access to pretty pictures of models made by fans. There could even be a little cross-promotion with a link to BrickShelf at the bottom of the sidebar (if desired). Whaddaya' think? Matt

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		Re: lugnet.announce is not for MOCs
"Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote in message news:GpDzIt.Ltw@lugnet.com... (...) fairly (...) content (...) across (...) made (...) Hey, I'm for it! -Tim (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Cool LUGNET MOC of the Week (was: lugnet.announce is not for MOCs)
(...) An addendum to this idea of mine (I can't shake it...it's a good idea, so it's rattling around in my head...): If there were a lugnet.build.announce, everyone with a new MOC of any genré would post their MOC announcement there and in their (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: lugnet.announce is not for MOCs
(...) IMHO, this would be the better choice, to meld well with the current architecture. .moc.announce is counter-intuitive with what's currently in place. May I suggest that if an .announce.moc group is set up that it does not boost posts into the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)

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