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In lugnet.castle, David Eaton writes:
> I notice that you also posted to buy-sell-trade before posting to
> lugnet.castle... What I'd probably recommend (I don't THINK it's against the
> terms of use... I checked again briefly) is to simply cross post your message
> to both buy-sell-trade AND any relavent groups (I notice you also posted to
> several other pertinent groups: castle, pirates, etc.). That cuts down on
> messages, and on the amount of work YOU have to do...
It is actually against the terms of use:
DISCUSSION GROUP TERMS AND CONDITIONS
LUGNET includes discussion groups which allow feedback and
interaction between users. LUGNET and its owners and/or operators
do not control or censor messages, information, or files delivered
to discussion groups. It is a condition of your use of the
discussion groups that you do not:
<snipped 1..10>
11. Post auction announcements, updates, or listings in discussion
groups which do not explicitly welcome their presence.
That's pretty explicit. I also happen to think it's a Good Idea. One of the
reasons I stopped reading and posting to RTL is the sheer volume of BST and
auction notices and updates I'd have to wade through. Having a focused
market.* heirarchy gives a much better environment for that stuff to show up -
and having those messages show up elsewhere doesn't help anyone, and annoys
people.
When I have money, or am looking for something, I monitor market.*, and when
I'm not interested, I don't want to see it, and it bugs me.
Note: I know the following doesn't apply in this case, but it does in others.
<RANT>
It bugs me even MORE when someone says 'I know this isn't the right place, but'
I have no problem flaming these people. They're being sleazy, and slapping
Todd & Suzanne in the face. They're also calling all of us idiots.
What? Aren't we smart enough to look in the market groups when we want
something? Hello? Oh wait - you want to reach the people who don't "know"
they want what you're selling. What a load of crap. You can't weasel out of
this with that educating the public line. We KNOW that the market heirarchy
exists. You don't have to let us in on your "special deal" ok? We're all
grown up now, we can check ourselves. And you know what? If we don't, it
just might mean WE AREN'T INTERESTED! Keep your market posts to the market
group ok? And by blatantly ingoring the Terms and Conditions you're seriously
dumping on Todd & Suzanne. What - the hours and days they've put into LUGnet
are nothing? Are you too good for their rules? Where do you get off? How
can you go around using their system when it suits you, and just ignoring it
when it's not convenient? Holy hypocritical, Batman.
</RANT>
Well, just in case my position isn't clear enough: First offenders should get
warned - especially if it appears to be offense through ignorance - and repeat
offenders should get slammed hard, maybe even dumped until they're willing to
respect the T&C.
On the other hand, I imagine I'm more vehement about this than most folks are.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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