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Subject: 
Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:46:09 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Frank Filz writes:
> Lorbaat wrote:
> > I think this whole move is a Good Thing (tm).  Combined with the changes
> > Todd
> > was talking about concerning who could post/follow-up to the lugnet.lego.*
> > groups, I think it would be an Even Better Thing (tm).
> 
> Is it really a good thing if someone at TLC happens to have TLC records
> which allow them to answer one of the "Dear Gary" posts, and they are
> allowed to share that information, to not allow them to directly respond
> to the original question?

They can answer the question.  They just can't answer it in a fan forum.  Which
*is* a good thing, because when you see it there will be no doubt that it is
100% Official LEGO position.

> Are we saying that we ONLY want to see fan
> speculation?

No, I am saying that I would prefer to see fans only in the fan areas.

> Or are people not seeing a problem since with the web interface, a
> response is easily tied to the original post, no matter what group the
> response lands in?

I'm not seeing a problem because even in NNTP readers I can be subscribed to
lugnet.lego.* if I want to see official LEGO posts.

> Interestingly, TLC employees aren't even allowed to post in the .admin
> groups, so if they have a question about posting, they have to ask over
> in lugnet.lego.direct or whatever.

Or they can email the admins.

eric



Message has 1 Reply:
  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) Yes indeed. Of course it doesn't work 100% reliably (1), leaves no trace, and provides no opportunity for anyone else to comment, offer workarounds, etc. where that would be a helpful thing to do. Seriously... this blocking of posts to .admin (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) Is it really a good thing if someone at TLC happens to have TLC records which allow them to answer one of the "Dear Gary" posts, and they are allowed to share that information, to not allow them to directly respond to the original question? (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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