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Heh! I agree with both of you guys!
BTW Larry, who made you LUGNET's policeman? You just wish you had as much
creativity and talent as Eric.
:-P
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mladenpejic/
In lugnet.general, Geordan Hankinson writes:
> I agree with everything said here Eric,
>
> In lugnet.general, Eric Sophie writes:
> > Nick, and all, I too see this and wish it could be better, of course we all
> > know that with thousands of members and dozens of threads, indeed it's
> > difficult to keep up. But at the same time I think we could do better.
> >
> > We almost need a post outlining good post ediquet. I was disapointed many
> > times when I made posts. I never wanted to complain because hey, you get
> > what you get and be happy with it, and frankly I did'nt want to come off as
> > whineing.
> >
> > Truth is there are some people who reply to threads and just spout off
> > opinions, I spend alot of my time perfecting MOC's and I get only a few
> > cherished replies, then I look around and everybody is jumping into debate
> > and opinion posts rather than giving to a post where someone actually made
> > something and is eager to hear from people about his or her efforts.
> >
> > That really bugs me, I spend $5000 on a Robot and I get 3 replies.
> > I will always build for myself and always have, I don't need a pat on the
> > back, but then again it is nice right?
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > The Lego company did a story about me and a few others in the Build section.
> >
> > These are the only cherished replies:
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/people/?n=2427
>
> Truth be told, I only saw this recently, a few weeks ago, I meant to pass on
> my congrats through e-mail but forgot completely, sorry. :-(
>
> > Now you gotta figure that for a Lugnet Member and a Lego nut in general to
> > make onto the official Lego web-site is like the ultimate acheivement and
> > yet I felt so un-noticed by my fellow Lugnet'ers. Again, I don't need
> > anyones approval but it is nice when I get replies.
> >
> > This post got no replies whatso ever:
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=16280
> >
> > Is this subject matter over everyones heads or is nobody interested?
> > Either way for me to respond to my own post asking why nobody replied is bad
> > form.
> >
> > I wish people did the following:
> >
> > 1. When a person makes a post about a MOC give some feedback!
>
> Amen!
>
> when I was just getting started with showing off my MOC's etc, I almost
> never got replies, see this post:http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=11051
>
> Granted, I was still devoping my style, and now, with the help of Many (Eric
> being one of them) I'm starting to produce MOC's that are original, and
> interesting, so I'm starting to garner more replies, but when I was stilll
> getting started, I would have enjoyed much more feedback than I got, which
> was little to none,
>
> > 2. If the MOC isn't your favorite building style, still respond! give credit
> > to the way Lego was used in the creation, don't let the theme or style
> > dictate your responce, fact is it's Lego and that's all that should matter
> > and not that it's a Mech or a Train or Castle...if the way the parts were
> > used are a clever technique then jump in and say somthing if you like it!
> > 3. When you make a post about a MOC and someone replies to the post you
> > oughta reply with a thank you! If you take a look in .Mecha almost all of us
> > have a double line going straight down the thread: reply to the original
> > post and a thank you for the reply in return. Think of it like if you were
> > standing right in front of someone and you said hey! good job and they look
> > right at you and say nothing.
>
> IMO, mecha is simply THE best group on LUGNET, I think nearly every MOC
> posted gets at least one or two replies,
>
> > 4. When you reply to a MOC take a sentence or two to talk about what and how
> > the parts are used, a simple "hey that's cool" is nice, but we all know that
> > the beauty lies within the system and perhaps we should look a little more
> > at the process and encourage the way in which we build and not so much
> > merely that we build in general.
> > 5. One thing that always bugs me is that when someone makes a MOC and
> > another person jumps in to excersise their opinion about some point in the
> > thread that has nothing to do with the MOC or evan aknowlegding the original
> > message.
> >
> > Sorry but as much as I like Larry P. he was guilty of that here:
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/admin/terms/?n=332
> >
> > (sorry Larry but I gotta call you on this)
> >
> > I got now aknowledgement just an intrusion into my thread without praise to
> > the original reason the whole post was made in the first place.
> >
> > Also, I was really upset by this as well:
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/build/mecha/?n=3456
> >
> > I posted this to .michlug because I like and respect the group and admire
> > their club, I happen to think there are alot of good builders out there and
> > that's why I cross posted the story, I don't abuse the crosspost rule and I
> > felt really shocked that I got dissed like that. That story was so important
> > to me and it mattered to me a great deal. The real underlying meaning of the
> > story was lost and that's a shame. Well at least to Amy it was.
> >
> > Hey Amy why'd you dis me! I was giving your lug group props!
>
> That whole thing really ticked me off,
>
> This whole crossposting rule, IMHO is crap, people should not be considered
> attention getters just for sharing their models to many groups, they are
> actually contributing, and allowing even more people to see their creations
> and be inspired.
>
> > 7. I don't know this for sure but it seems like certain groups don't post
> > outside their own forums, it seems like if the post isn't in thier group it
> > doesn't matter to them. Of course there is the issue of the quantity of
> > threads and it being difficult to reply to them all, however, I still see
> > close nit groups with no care for others outside of their own forums.
> >
> > 8. Having a "contest" between groups to see how many posts that group is up
> > on another is silly, of course group pride runs strong and that's cool, but
> > again different groups can come off as exclusionary when they don't seem to
> > pay attention to the groups around it. (ahh this point is kinda
> > flakey...nevermind)
> >
> > Well, there is my take on Ediquet and posting. I wish we all could talk more
> > and I know we all have different priorities.
> >
> > Just remember the person that works hard loves a little praise.
> > and reply to the compliments with a thank you.
> > Keep in mind that just because we don't phyically see each other we all
> > still deserve a little courtesy.
>
> I try my best to reply to as many messages(MOC's) as I can, but I know that
> I'm not as good as I could be,
>
> I think I'll take this opportunity to agknowledge someone who is though,
>
> Gary Blessing! You reply to almost every MOC out there, you take the time to
> drop a friendly note as you go, Way to go Gary!
>
> Thanks for the insightful opinions Eric, I'm hoping that this will caus ea
> giant chain reaction of replies to MOC"s from this point forward.
>
> > In closing I'm releived that you broached this subject, it's difficult to
> > point out short commings without seeming like we are complaining, truth is
> > we are just striving to become better.
> >
> > Sincerly,
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > www.mylegomaster.com
> >
> > Waaa Waaaa check out my new web site and PLMKWYT!!!!!
> >
> > http://news.lugnet.com/announce/?n=1336
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > snip
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