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Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:27:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
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)
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> HTH
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> James
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| In lugnet.admin.general, Scott Arthur writes: <snip> From: (URL) precedence is given to announcements and lower to administravia, market, and off-topic messages. " 8 out of 10 proves only that the algorithm is working as designed, and boosting (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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| (...) 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. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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