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Has Babylon Fallen?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:56:10 GMT
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Once there was a place whose inhabitants all spoke a common language. As a
unified community, their combined strength gave them such confidence that they
challenged God Himself. They lost, and were scattered to the four corners of
the earth, no longer able to understand what each other were saying.
As one who recently returned from self-imposed exile, I can't help but notice
that LUGNET has suffered a similar fate. New MOC announcements trickle in at a
turtle's pace. Not much ongoing discussion except in the most insular of the
.loc groups. It's been a full week since the last post to o.t.d. And where, oh
where, is lar?
I can think of some reasons why this probably happened, which I won't mention
here for fear of stirring up old soup. And the emergence of other, more
specialized LEGO discussion boards has certainly drained the pool, I am sure.
But I am shocked at how much LUGNET has changed in just a couple short years.
Am I the only one who feels this way? Hello?? Is anyone still out there???
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) And they spread throughout the world. With new lands to fill their populations grew. Facing new challenges as they lived in new environments, they had to learn to innovate. Finding new resources, they enriched themselves. As the new societies (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hi Chris! (Come to a NELUG meeting!) Yeah, it's changed a lot. There's probably scads of reasons why LUGNET isn't what it once was. Offhand, I'd say: 1) It's more work to post at LUGNET - Have to apply for posting privilages - Post (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, there seems to be a few of us still here…. I think if nothing else keeps LUGNET (tm) going, it will be people complaining that LUGNET is in decline/has failed/has (URL) jumped the shark> or whatever. I think LUGNET has come a long way in (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| I think there are two main issues, one technical and one social. The technical. The need to confirm all the postings was introduced at a time when there was a problem of people posting under other people's identities. Maybe then this heavy-handed (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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