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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, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general
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Date: 
Sat, 17 Mar 2001 18:19:49 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Mark Papenfuss writes:
[...] And as far as the Fort L. set goes -they did not have
to tell us here to sell the sets - and according to Todd, it would have been
more _cool_ and would have had a bigger _buzz_ if we read it on the lego
webpage. That is just plain fiction.

Mark, in the future when you misquote me and completely mischaracterize what
I said and meant, I would really appreciate it if you would be courteous
enough to provide a link to what I actually said.  For example:

   http://news.lugnet.com/admin/nntp/?n=448

What I said was that it is "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 didn't say it would be more
cool, I didn't say it would be a bigger buzz, and I didn't say anything
about a LEGO webpage.  I said the buzz would be more genuine.

Thanks,
--Todd



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  Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
 
(...) Ok, I can understand that, but the way I generally parse the sentence is "a lot more buzz, which happens to be genuine" rather than your intended parsing of "buzz which is a lot more genuine". Do you see the subtle difference? If someone seems (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
 
(...) So, Can we all take a look at the study you have done on all lego employees? I have yet to see any examples of how they clutter, dilute or otherwise do anything negative in any way. Jake is a fan, if I am not mistaken he is a member of Lugnet. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)

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