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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, David Eaton writes:
> Huh-- I had actually thought that posting setup was that way by design. I
> recall way back when Auczilla was around, someone saying that it was
> specifically designed to be tricky to sign up for. Hence, only people who
> were "truly serious" about it would have the perseverance to actually get on
> the Auczilla list. And I was under the impression that Lugnet was the same
> way-- it's not immediately obvious how to sign up, meaning that only "real
> fans" will sign up and post.
Even if that had been the intent, it would always hold the possibility
of backfiring. I've been a read-only lurker for almost two years now, and
every once in a while I'd e-mail someone a response to their LUGNET post if
I felt it was important enough. I didn't sign up for membership, however,
because one of my two main LEGO interests is Bionicle, and I was not at all
okay with the idea of paying even $10 to sign up on a list where I'd
probably be instantly villified for running a major Bionicle news site. If
I'd known it was possible to sign up for posting privs without having to pay
for a membership, I would have done so a long time ago. In fact, the idea
that you can post without being an official "member", or being listed as a
"guest" is a bit counterintuitive.
Another problem with that would be that there's a very good reason for
wanting to do something like that with an auction website, since scammers
are more likely to be turned away by overly restrictive sign-up
requirements, but doing it with an online LEGO fan community has the
negative side effect of making it seem like it's a group of elitist snobs,
and that can only hurt the overall LEGO fan community by putting them at
odds with each other instead of encouraging them to cooperate.
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| (...) Nope! Nothing could be further from the truth, actually. To get on the AucZILLA list, all you had to do was submit a bid -- or reply to any public auction announcement posting. If someone forgot to include their name, I wrote them and asked. I (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| (...) And of course that's precisely why I'm leery of the system. I can see the logic behind it, but it runs the risk of excluding people who misinterpret the system. It's been a long-standing problem where people have been confused about how to (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| (...) Huh-- I had actually thought that posting setup was that way by design. I recall way back when Auczilla was around, someone saying that it was specifically designed to be tricky to sign up for. Hence, only people who were "truly serious" about (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-03, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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