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Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:39:16 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes:
> I for one would be interested to hear the details on this... neither Tomas
> or I are really sure what happened to cause this change.
Nothing really in particular. Yesterday's events were certainly a catalyst,
however.
> > Requiring that people post using a non lego ID to participate elsewhere
> > seems awkward <snip>
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> This is extremely awkward. When I first came to LEGO, I actually asked Todd
> about getting a secondary account setup so that I could have two identities
> on LUGNET. The response was that this was unnecessary and that if I wanted
> to separate the two, I could log in with a different email address...which I
> have tried and never really gotten to work very easily. Todd, I have noticed
> that you have used two different email addresses in the past, can you fill
> us in on how you can easily do that?
I filled out the news-posting setup form...
http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/
...once for each of my email addresses, and then I change the setup in my
newsreader (and then back again) if I need to post from the alternate
address.
> Additionally, I just tried to post a note about the LEGO Train Contest and
> was only allowed to post it to lego.direct, and not lego.trains... I don't
> know that this really helps anything. I know Tomas has been asked some
> specific questions in lugnet.technic.bionicle today. Where should the
> responses to those questions go? lego.direct only?
In one of the .lego.* groups, yes. Not necessarily .lego.direct, but it's
up to you.
> I am really confused about the direction you are wanting to take with this
> move. Are you not wanting LEGO employee/fans involved with the community
> except in an official capacity?
http://news.lugnet.com/admin/nntp/?n=386 (third paragraph)
> If you are wanting them involved, but under
> a different identity, can you help to make the process of posting from
> separate identities easier?
If your newsreader or web client supports multiple profiles, it's trivial.
But if not, wouldn't the official postings come from machine A at work and
the unofficial AFOL postings come from machine B at home anyway? Or are you
on a laptop?
> Basically, I think that all of the AFOLs at LEGO Direct are looking for a
> little more background on this move, as it sounds like several of the
> community members are as well.
http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=2185
http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=2189
http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=2201
http://news.lugnet.com/admin/nntp/?n=414
http://news.lugnet.com/admin/nntp/?n=436
--Todd
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| (...) was a Good Thing. Particularly in light of some of the less than rosy incidents that have occurred between TLC and LUGNET in the past[1]. You are right that TLC is a company and the things they do are for business purposes, not primarily the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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