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Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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Date: 
Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:25:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, William R. Ward writes:
Why allow them to spread marketing-type announcements all over Lugnet?
I don't get it.

Some people posted that they were annoyed that they'd have to read
lugnet.lego.direct in order to find announcements that had previously
been in the train or legoland groups.

Not necessarily.  If someone in the trains group (for example) feels that
something a LEGO employee posted about trains was relevant to a particular
train discussion, don't worry -- you'll still hear about it.  It's also a
lot more genuine buzz when your peers excitedly draw attention to something
outside your newsgroup than if a company puts it right there in your face.

--Todd

I was trying to address those
concerns.



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  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) That has to be the lamest excuse I have heard. No post can be "put in your face". People have a choice as to what threads they want to read and not to read. What is the difference between Jake posting a message and JimJoeBob posting the same (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) I think you're rationalising away the significant roadblocks you have erected. ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) Some people posted that they were annoyed that they'd have to read lugnet.lego.direct in order to find announcements that had previously been in the train or legoland groups. I was trying to address those concerns. FUT: lugnet.admin.nntp (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)

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