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Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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lugnet.admin.nntp
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:59:01 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, Mike Faunce writes:
> "John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote:
> > Content
> > totally trumps conveyance.
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> Really?
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> 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?
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> Come on, the conveyance has at least some influence on the reception of the
> content.
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 veracity than if it was posted with his settings set to lego.com
Yes, there is the chance of spoofing, but it's there in either case.
I would say that if the intent is that "official pronouncements" should not
be made outside the lego hierarchy, that's what the rule should say. The
implementation mechanism of restricting where posts come from may not be the
best way to achieve this goal. But there may not be a better one available
that doesn't require moderating posts.
Note carefully that I have said nothing about whether the policy is a good
idea or not. We *had* that discussion, it's over.
This merely comments on whether the current mechanism achieves the policy.
I previously sugggested (while somewhat spun up) that the LEGO folk just
leave their settings set to personal all the time, and add some text at the
bottom when they wanted to make "official pronouncements".
On reflection, while that stays within the technical limitations in place, I
think it violates the spirit of what Todd intended.
I'm not sure, though, and would welcome clarification of intent from Todd.
++Lar
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| "John Hansen" <JohnBinder@aol.com> wrote in message news:GAIqxs.73o@lugnet.com... (...) content (...) official (...) Content (...) Really? So you put just as much value in an article that is published in the Ridgemont High Student Newspaper as the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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