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Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Mar 2001 04:38:11 GMT
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"John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message
news:GAIqxs.73o@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman writes:

Can you imagine Brad Justus making
official statements from a yahoo.com mail account?

My imagination is apparently bigger than you imagine.  Sure.  To me, • content
is everything.  If the message contains an official statement it is • official
whether it is written on toilet paper or official Lego stationary. • Content
totally trumps conveyance.

Really?

So you put just as much value in an article that is published in the
Ridgemont High Student Newspaper as the New York Times?  The National
Enquirer vs Time magazine?  The Daily Show vs ABC News?

Come on, the conveyance has at least some influence on the reception of the
content.

Mike
-----
Mike Faunce
mike at faunce dot com



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) I think you're totally correct. In the general case, that is. Just not in this case In this case, if Jake, for example, posts something from a personal address and says "this is the real deal" I am only infinitesimally less likely to trust its (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) Conveyance, as I used it, is the mode of submission. Lugnet is the publisher of all posts herein. Posts may be submitted by authors on a variety of paper types (aka email address domains). The author of a piece determines credibility far more (...) (24 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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  Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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