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(...) But since when has there been a ban on "marketing" posts in theme groups? Note that the post in question does not advertise any buying, selling, trading, or auctions--which are the activities typically prohibited from theme groups. The item (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Plz read
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(...) I don't think Paul is trying to organize desertion, I think he's well aware of some of the discontent that has been expressed lately and he's probably tired of it. Instead of simply telling everyone to take their disagreements elsewhere, he's (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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(...) I use NNTP at school, in fact, I have Outlook Newsreader open now, but something never works right so it downloads new headers automagically. At school it works, but I'm at home now and it doesn't. Anyways, that shows you that I'm lazier. :-) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Oh yea, the dreaded "thread has gotten so big the web interface is difficult to use" problem. That actually is one of the things which keeps me using NNTP - Netscape doesn't give up the ghost and stop threading when the thread reaches some (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
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(...) Well, if you're going to play around under the hood of a newsreader... :D (...) Hmm. Not to rain on anyone's parade, but it's not as though LD has really been all that forthcoming up to this point, anyway. IMHO. Questions asked in their (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I hear the sentiment but I have to come out and say this: You pay (to become a member) which gives you right to use LUGNET in whatever form or shape it is in, subject to your not violating the ToS, not for the right to influence that form or (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Unfortunately, me too. Did I me too this already? I forget...and since there are no convenient dots, I can't easily tell. -Tim (feeling rather lazy) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
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(...) I'm not sure any newsreaders (besides Lugnet's web interface) use that fact, but if the newsreader fully indexes the whole news spool, it could easily present the user with all the replies to a given post. (...) I doubt it. Mostly because I (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | Re: Plz read
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I've only been glancing at the thread, and i still say it's todd's call, whether we agree with it or not. and also, i'm not sure it's appropriate to try and organize a desertion on the very same community that some people seem to have a problem (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | My Point Of View !!!
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(...) Yes, the latest LEGO train posting might have been a marketing post, but it's been an extremely interesting one! I have never seen an uninteresting posting from any LD employee so far. And even it would be pure marketing, I'd still rather (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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