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Re: Thanks a lot, guys, you've made me hate LUGNET.
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Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:53:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeremiah VanderMark wrote:
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(As much as I hate big dramatic “Look at me, I quit” posts, I truly feel the
need to say this, not to bring attention to myself, but to get this off my
chest.)
When I was in high school (and all through college, for that matter), LUGNET
was around to remind me why I still played with plastic blocks - They were
still cool to someone, and that’s all I needed. I used to spend hours lurking
around the various newsgroups, just checking out others’ ideas and
occasionally piping up with a suggestion or MOC of my own. If I wanted to
read an interesting discussion or get some cool building ideas, LUGNET was my
first stop.
Lately, I’ve been reading and posting a lot less, and this week I finally
admitted something to myself:
I hate LUGNET now.
That’s right, the place I and many others found as a place to share ideas and
talk about the brick has become a source of anger and frustration for me. I
shouldn’t have to tell anyone why; look through any of the newsgroups’ posts
within the last year and you’ll find nothing but bickering, backbiting, and a
general lack of everything I used to like about this place. Frankly, I can’t
stand to read most of the tripe that gets posted anymore, and it’s become too
daunting a task to dig through it for the real content. It seems like the
only people left talking about what should be a fulfilling hobby are the ones
who hate it.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s been turned off by this change, and I’m
sure many others more optimistic (or stubborn) than myself will hold out
longer, but I can’t handle it any more. Don’t get me wrong; I’ll still be
building, and I’ll still love to look at other people’s work, but I just
won’t be doing it through this particular community until I see a reason to
come back.
OK, that’s what I came here to say. Hopefully this can start a civil,
constructive discussion, but if you feel the need to continue LUGNET’s more
recent stellar attitude and want someone to berate, my E-mail address is at
the top of this post.
-jeremiah-
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Jeremiah, while I would intend to agree with you on many of your points, I can
make at least two suggestions.
First: Stop reading all the posts that pertain to the color change. I did, and I
am much happier.
Second: Start over with .rtltoronto. That group of AFOL’s still knows how to
have fun, and you will find a lot of humor in the posts. They poke fun at each
other, other AFOL’s, and themselves without taking themselves to seriously. They
truely know how to have fun.
So, if you need a laugh every once in a while, limit yourself to rtltoronto.
And keep in mind, not everyone here is bickering or backbiting. I save that for
work.
Steven Weiser
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| (As much as I hate big dramatic "Look at me, I quit" posts, I truly feel the need to say this, not to bring attention to myself, but to get this off my chest.) When I was in high school (and all through college, for that matter), LUGNET was around (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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