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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 04:05:00 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> I just popped in a few minutes ago and checked out some of the threads
> people mentioned...for example the |||||| Mindstorms thread. Wow. I just
> haven't been reading RTL closely for a while...and I have to agree that it
> has gone downhill in some way which is difficult to quantify, but in any
> case it seems a bit less friendly.
>
> What's going on there? Is it because the old-timers have either left or
> decided to participate less and a new set of "new timers" have popped up and
> populated the group with a newer philosophy on flamage? Or is it just a
> tense time because everyone is antsy to hear about the 1999 stuff?
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> It's kind of frightening...I really don't feel comfortable there anymore.
> :-( :-(
>
> --Todd
I think part of it is that some of the more civil voices are gone. A
lot of the
recent flames seem to be about the same things over and over. The same
people
come on and spam the same thing day after day and that starts things all
over
again. I'm starting to suspect that there is a large group of people
who post
for sale/wanted/auction/whatever posts to RTL but those same people
never actually
read RTL and only reply when something is emailed to them.
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html
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| (...) OK, fair enough. What I meant by it not being designed as a barrier was that its original intent was not to be a barrier, even though in practice it is of course a small barrier. I hate to see it tossed about AS a barrier as if that were its (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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