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Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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Date: 
Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:38:27 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.admin.nntp, Eric Joslin writes:
[...]
Lugnet is for fans.  Lugnet is not a tool for LEGO.  If LEGO wants to
interact with fans on Lugnet, great!  They can have a whole area unto
themselves to do  it.  But to allow them to run rampant throughout
Lugnet dilutes the purpose for
which Lugnet was started- fans talking to fans.

Yes!  100%!  What Eric wrote above captures the essence of all of this
splendidly.  A true voice of reason.  I couldn't have said it better myself.
Eric gets it.  Thank you, Eric!  (And Eric Kingsley too, who also gets it
and has made many excellent points on this subject.)

"Voice of reason" or just a voice agreeing with you? ( I don't usually
associate rhetoric like "run rampant" (and "slime trail", not that Eric said
that) as the voice of reason, but hey, that's just me.)

Call the question.

I think the points have been made. The majority of users who have spoken up
have said they don't like the idea, but your mind appears to be made up.

Further discussion isn't likely to elicit new understanding.

Make a post saying "that's it, enough discussion, I'm not changing my mind
on this, or at least not in the next few days or weeks, and this is the way
it's gonna be"... sign it in your official capacity as LUGNET administrator
(or perhaps, post it with a different email address??? one that you've
badged as being your admin persona) so we know you're not just talking as
another user of LUGNET, and let's move on.

Time will tell whether this was a Terminally Dumb Idea(tm) that quashes TLC
involvement just as it was starting to bear fruit, or the thing that
restores the Sanctity and Purity of the Fan Experience(tm) from the big bad
marketeers, or (most probably) something in between but shaded one way or
the other.

Oh, ya... time and market forces, that is.

++Lar



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) I think it's already been called and answered. I wouldn't imagine that this is going to change, I don't see any reason or need for Todd to post yet again saying that just because you demand it of him. eric (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) Adding another voice, not that it will change things... (...) Todd, I think Larry is laying the rhetoric fairly thick here, but if you scrape it off, I have to agree with him. I'm still of two minds wether or not it "matters" that LEGO people (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) Yes! 100%! What Eric wrote above captures the essence of all of this splendidly. A true voice of reason. I couldn't have said it better myself. Eric gets it. Thank you, Eric! (And Eric Kingsley too, who also gets it and has made many excellent (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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