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Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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Date: 
Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:50:25 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:
> 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.

I think you're rationalising away the significant roadblocks you have erected.
++Lar



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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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