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Tonight there is a new newsgroup area on LUGNET dedicated to discussions about LEGO as a company and to being an "online communication-to-LEGO channel." It is starting out small, with the option to grow it as needed over the coming months/years. (A (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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| | Re: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company
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This all sounds great, I just have one question: (...) So who gets posting privileges to this one? Must a TLC employee/r contact you to get posting privileges...? Or are the privileges given to everyone but it should be understood that the average (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Currently, no. (...) Currently, yes. Subject to change if it's abused. (...) Right. --Todd (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Some more background and clarification (Important): This new .lego.* area (especially .lego.direct) is intended more as a "community dialogue with the LEGO Company -- for courteous and concise discussion" than as a regular traffic discussion (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company
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(...) ...sounds like a great idea. Perhaps an idea to keep the signal to noise ratio high is to require follow-ups go to a diff group (similar to lugnet.announce) except for certain people (like Brad). Perhaps create lego.followup to direct most (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company
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(...) Thank's for the clarifications. (...) This one certainly doesn't belong in lugnet.lego.direct, but probably is reasonable for lugnet.lego (and in the future, it is possible that there might be a lugnet.lego.legal, which would then be the most (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) 'Course, if Brad or another Lego rep continues the pattern they've set so far, meaning drop in once a quarter, mention how wonderfully interested they are in what we have to say (while responding to almost nothing that has been said), make (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company
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(...) The word you're looking for is "pithy" :) -- Asher (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company
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(...) I would love to see a lugnet.lego.legal in the future, but it'll have to depend on TLC Legal actually being willing to participate. :) (...) Brad will probably be able to offer some ideas later, if/when LEGO Direct is set up to take such (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) far, (...) in (...) said), (...) That'll be good. It'll mean they're probably hard at work rather than news surfing like the rest of us..... ;-) Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yikes -- well, that sure didn't take very long, did it... (URL) it'll need to have a filter on it which only lets certain pre-approved (...) OK, this filter is now in effect. 6 people (3 from LEGO, plus Suzanne, me, and Chet Corbin) currently (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: New newsgroups for LEGO Direct and the LEGO Company
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(...) OK, this has changed. Posting privileges to lugnet.lego.announce are now disabled by default. (...) Still true, but now managed by the server, in case someone forgets or ignores the charter. --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)
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