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Re: most popular newsgroups
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 5 Oct 2002 04:19:12 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
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> > Okay, this brings me to my big surprise - robotics at 35000. (!) I'd
> > thought of this as a relatively small niche of Lego builders. Twice as much
> > volume as Trains? or Space? or Castle? Are there really twice as many
> > people using Mindstorms than making spaceships (or castles, or whatever)?
> > Or do robotics people post twice as much? Any thoughts?
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> My understanding is you don't have to be part of Lugnet to post to .robotics
> so that group has a much bigger pool of readers/posters. James B. explained
> that that was why some of the names of the people posting to .robotics
> appear on the web interface in a light gray color-- they are posting from
> someplace outside Lugnet. That must have something to do with the numbers.
> See
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> http://news.lugnet.com/faq/?n=1212&t=f&v=a
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> Maggie C.
I think James Brown provides a reasonable explanation that most can
understand. I think this is why:
Note: The lugnet.robotics newsgroup and the lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
mailing lists are gatewayed with the lego-robotics@crynwr.com mailing list.
(See Russell Nelson’s LEGO Mindstorms Internals webpage for more details
about the lego-robotics@crynwr.com mailing list or how to unsubscribe from it.)
It is on the lugnet.robotics newsgroup page. There is a gateway link
between this group and lugnet.robotics. That is why there is a different
shade of color when they post. I think it is neet to see some branching.
I don't see why other common theme groups gateway (like FBTB, etc) to
gain a wider list of viewers...
I don't know that is my opinion. The moderators/web masters of those
boards/groups may not agree. I understand. I was just making an example.
Thanks,
Ben
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