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Re: BZP hits 7,000th member-Lugnet is lagging behind.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 29 May 2003 13:43:27 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Papenfuss wrote:
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“I was thinking that Lugnet should make a few changes which would improve
posting and membership.”
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Don’t forget to look at the title of this thread...
“BZP hits 7,000th member-Lugnet is lagging behind.”
Which indicates a sort of compitition.
I know that the topic of Lugnet member posts is a very old, beat up topic, but I
guess we might as well refresh it here.
The purpose of the email-posting gig is security. Anybody can just hack your
computer, type a post and click the send button. But they (hopefully) can’t
access their email.
The Lugnet membership allows you to create more definate ‘sessions-’ the admin
knows it has to be you and you can post without fear.
I remember that a few years back, there were a few cases of identity-hacking,
but it’ll probably take a lot of time to dig it up. Identity hacking is a much
bigger problem on Lugnet then on other places, because the hacker actually takes
up the identity of a real name, that belongs to a real person, not just a silly
little sig-name. And many of the people here on Lugnet are involved personally
in meetings and such- you can’t have hackers doing this kind of stuff.
The owners of Lugnet could of just opted an ‘all or nothing policy,’ in which
you need to be a Lugnet member to post.
The only alternative to email-posting I can see would be to create a
password-type cookie that allows you to post after logging in. But that’s a bit
close to the Lugnet membership... remember that Lugnet is a service, not a
privilage.
-JHK
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Indeed. (...) Plus, Todd and Suz are working on improving this system. Additionally, I point out that we cannot really compare these two forums based on number of members anyway. The two of them cater to different audiences and do not (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Some might like to view it as a friendly competition, but that's as far as I think it should go. I think we should be more oriented towards sharing resources in the community than trying to beat each other out for who's best, biggest, etc. I (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Most people are likely to leave their e-mail password always-on, so they don't have to bother with it whenever they want to check for new messages. If you have access to the computer, you probably have access to the e-mail as well. The only (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BZP hits 7,000th member-Lugnet is lagging behind.
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| (...) -snip- (...) So what? Sorry Dave, you are just coming off as bitter here. BZP is a great place to hang out. And yes, it _is_ one of, if not the most popular Lego site out there - and yes even more popular than.... Mask Of Destiny (gasp!). (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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