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Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:38:35 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:
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> Money. They're a business. Don't ever forget it.
Todd, you make it sound as if you think that is evil. "Never forget they're
after your money." You are after our money too. You aren't evil. Maybe
they want us to play with and enjoy owning Lego bricks. Would you prefer
they were a non-profit organization? The curator of a Lego Museum with free
entry for all?
Lar++ would probably be very happy if each of us bought several of his
custom train sets. In that way he, too, is "after our money". He doesn't
have to post using a different email address or refrain from mentioning his
business in his signature. Suppose he held a Lego Train Car design contest
(or someone held a Robot design contest) with prizes for the best entry.
Such posts are allowed in theme groups.
Posts from Lego employees about Bionicle masks in the bionicle newsgroup
harm no one and help many.
Posts from Lego employees about a Lego-sponsored Train design contest in the
.train group harm no one and help many.
If these posts harmed anyone, please explain the manner in which they harmed
you.
There's something very odd about connecting a company provided email address
with any sort of "official" company position. Anyone who has used
newsgroups or the internet for any length of time has seen hundreds of
thousands of posts in a wide variety of contexts by people using a company
email address. Only in extremely rare instances do these people speak in
any official capacity. IMHO, the same situation applies here.
Any post by a Lego employee, regardless of the email address they use to
post, should be considered an unofficial "fan" posting unless the post is in
one of the .lego groups.
John Hansen
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