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Re: It's been ruminating...
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Mon, 4 Nov 2013 14:34:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeffrey Findley wrote:
I think you're rant is a bit off base.  The problem with Lugnet isn't that the
attitudes or posting style of its user changed.  The problem with Lugnet is that
Lugnet never changed.

When Lugnet first came out, it was one of the best Web based discussion forums
around.  It was a magnificent achievement, at the time, because so much of it
had to be hand-coded.  But times change, and Lugnet didn't.  Most Web forums now
use some sort of "off the shelf" software, so they all have a similar "look and
feel" which is far better than the, now antiquated, "look and feel" of Lugnet.

Holy crap, I should have typed "your" instead of "you're".  Need more coffee...



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(...) ... I think you're rant is a bit off base. The problem with Lugnet isn't that the attitudes or posting style of its user changed. The problem with Lugnet is that Lugnet never changed. When Lugnet first came out, it was one of the best Web (...) (11 years ago, 4-Nov-13, to lugnet.general)

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