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Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:15:01 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes:
> "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message
> > A quick look at .announce shows that the group consistently receives
> > highlighted posts:
> > http://news.lugnet.com/announce/?n=,-100&v=c
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> I have also just noticed that 8/10 of the "top stories" are from .announce.
Messages posted to a .announce group show up in the "top stories" much more
quickly than mssages not in an .announce group. My cynical nature suggests
to me that this is at least partly the reason it is posted to
(inappropriately) so often.
HTH
James
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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| (...) Right. The algorithm for determining the entries into top stories automatically gives heavier weight to stuff posted into .announce... a fine example of the law of unintended consequences, subclass "you get what you measure for"... ++Lar (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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| (...) It appears that you are more cynical than I. However, even a cynic has to admit that 8/10 is a good strike rate... Scott A (who is not one bit cynical) (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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| "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GpErx5.HCE@lugnet.com... (...) NNTP I (...) ago, it (...) in a (...) with a (...) then (...) Scott A (...) it (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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