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Re: Newsgroup structure: some tough decisions
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Tue, 6 Mar 2001 04:54:31 GMT
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TWS Garrison wrote in message ...
My personal view/wish:  I think the whole .bst/.auction area should be • replaced
with theme-specific market groups.  Little advertised fact:  not everyone • on
LUGNET is a generalist!   I do not read .bst or .auction despite knowing • that
I'll be missing stuff I might want, simply because I don't want to have to • deal
with the noise.  I realize that some people want to know if some obscure • Town
or Duplo set is available.  Fine for them, but it matters not to me.

I like the idea of theme-specific market groups, though not to replace the
general ones. Cross posting might not be so terrible: if something really is
relevant to several theme groups (eg sabers in Western, Pirate and
Adventurers) it should be allowed in them - and crossposted to
market.general or whatever it turns out to be.

A market.technic group might be especially useful since lots of system
people aren't interested in Technic stuff at all, and Technic types might
like a place where all they will see is Technic stuff for sale instead of
having to wade through everything else.

Kevin
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(...) My personal view/wish: I think the whole .bst/.auction area should be replaced with theme-specific market groups. Little advertised fact: not everyone on LUGNET is a generalist! I do not read .bst or .auction despite knowing that I'll be (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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