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Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:27:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, John Hansen writes:
> The problem this email address filter does not (and cannot) solve and
> actually exacerbates is the "is this an official voice of TLC or not"
> problem.
That's hard to judge until a few months have passed. I have a very good
feeling about this.
> Presuming it becomes simple for Jake and Tomas to post using their
> secret AFOL identities as opposed to their superhero TLC identities, at what
> point does the *content* of a post actually come into play when deciding
> whether the voice is official or not.
It's impossible to answer that question completely, since it's a fuzzy
thing. However, we should trust that Brad and his people will do the right
thing so as not to cause confusion.
Note that there are certain signature requirements here (name, rank, serial
number :-) for when making official posts; no one should sit around
wondering if a given post is official or unofficial.
> If mild mannered Jake@yahoo.com says,
> "To the bat cave, Tomas" is he really Bruce Wayne or is he Batman? Is any
> mention of the train contest by Jake an "official voice" regardless of his
> email address?
I certainly wouldn't recommend assuming that.
Here's a good metric: If it comes from lego.com and it's signed Jacob McKee
Senior Product LEGO Direct, you can be darn sure that the post is official.
> If Tomas ever mentions Bionicles in the Bionicle newsgroups
> (regardless of his email address) don't you think it's just about as
> official as it would be when he posts via his lego.com address?
Think of a lego.com (or bionicle.com, legomindstorms.com, etc.) email
address like official stationery.
> If you simply say "an official voice is one posting from a lego.com address"
> then Tomas and Jake are free to post messages containing the identical
> content of their previous messages from their personal email addresses.
> Isn't it the content of a message that is important?
It wouldn't carry the same weight. Can you imagine Brad Justus making
official statements from a yahoo.com mail account?
> Isn't it content that
> concerns you? Had Jake and Tomas posted in response to the latest MOC a
> "that's so cool" message using their lego.com address would a "yesterday's
> events" of that sort have caused this precipitation?
Perhaps even more so. Yes.
--Todd
> That seems unlikely to me.
>
> Just some thoughts from another 13 year old screaming lunatic fan,
> John Hansen
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| (...) An official post requires a certain stationary (aka email address domain) and a particular signature with specific elements in it. Have I understood you correctly? Is this actually documented anywhere? This would seem to suggest that lacking a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| (...) [...] (...) The problem this email address filter does not (and cannot) solve and actually exacerbates is the "is this an official voice of TLC or not" problem. Presuming it becomes simple for Jake and Tomas to post using their secret AFOL (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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