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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Well, as much as it pains me to say it, unless Lugnet changes the way it runs
> the forums (i.e. signup easy and intuitive, no authorization emails), I think we
> may need to change venues to avoid the potential alienation of new
> users/contributers. Thoughts on this? I have a replacement prepped but I'd
> like have some discussion before anything happens.
>
> -Orion
It would be great if fans decided to overhaul all of the lugnet forums to a new
format.
(The current forum should be saved somewhere as an archive of past fan
activity.)
The PHPbb forum format seems to be the most widely used type across the spectrum
of fan sites.
A new lugnet forum should retain several key features of this site:
1. Real Names - A fan has to take recognition for their posts and not hide
behind a screen name.
2. Limited use of images - The lack of avatars, emoticons, and image signatures
keep the focus on intelligent AFOL discussion.
3. Age requirements - AFOLs need a forum for intelligent conversation without
being overwhelmed with posts from 13 year old fan boys.
All three of these points could be ignored, but then this site would be
EuroBricks.
On the other hand, EB likely would create subforum for ldraw if you asked.
Ben
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| (...) I'm a strong opponent of the non-threaded BB style. (...) Agreed. (...) Thanks but I have the ability to add this to the site so it would be located at LDraw.org. -Orion (14 years ago, 28-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) But that doesn't have an NNTP port, does it? Or email digests? I find reading lugnet through a news reader (Outlook Express, XanaNews, whatever) is a much better experience than trying to read EuroBricks, for example. There's a much better (...) (14 years ago, 28-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) #1 This might seem like a good idea, but it is a hard thing to enforce. How do admins *know* what they're getting is a real name? Better that admins be active and enforce the rules by warning and banning posters, when appropriate. #2 I (...) (14 years ago, 1-Nov-10, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi all, Well, as much as it pains me to say it, unless Lugnet changes the way it runs the forums (i.e. signup easy and intuitive, no authorization emails), I think we may need to change venues to avoid the potential alienation of new (...) (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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