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(...) It's not -just- that, though... It's also that we don't have any "on-topic" type of debate group, just as for the longest time we didn't have any "on-topic" fun group. Uhh, that doesn't come out right. OK, what Shiri Dori wrote here: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I'm still not a big fan of auctions. I think/find that auctions in general (and ebay in particular) give the appearance that the market & collectability aspects of the hobby are more important/prominant than the building/community aspects of (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) What about lugnet.general? That's a basic group for talking about LEGO. Human interaction (in an NNTP type forum) only comes in so many flavors, and debate is a big one. (...) Uh. I didn't say that everything else *was* an auction, I just said (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I'm concerned about seeing protracted debates in .general or other places. The .general group is (or should be) kept as "sacred" as possible as a friendly meeting spot. Well, .build should be even more sacred than general, for that matter, but (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Umm. I dunno. If that's the kind of traffic you want to unload, then certainly a lugnet.debate group is the way to go. (...) Oh, ok. Well, then, I am useless to you, because I have no ideas. :D lugnet.not-a-straight-sale is unweildly. I (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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Lorbaat wrote in message ... (...) in (...) Any (...) What about market.auction and market.nonauction. I of course would like to see market.auction.Ebay, market auction.nonebay, market.nonauction(sales?), or market.non auction sale.buy trade Rather (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I think that lugnet.debate would be useful for on-topic controversy (eg perennial faves "does Lego encourage violence?", "why are all minifigs yellow?", "how much does juniorisation suck?"). It should be a default skip-filter though, as should (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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