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Re: Bulk Lego Auctions
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 3 Jan 2002 03:42:25 GMT
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"Allan Bedford" <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@altavista.net> wrote in message
news:GpCC0F.EHF@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > there. (overuse of .announce groups is one of my many pet peeves.. :-) )
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> Hello Larry,
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> As someone who thinks the .announce groups are in good shape, I'm • sincerely
> curious why you believe them to be overused.
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> In fact, if you take a look at the web interface of the newsgroups you'll
> notice that by volume, the .announce groups don't even rank in the Top 20
> most posted to groups on LUGNET:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/
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> While it can *perhaps* be argued that some misplaced postings find their • way
> to the .announce groups, I think it can also be suggested that this isn't • by
> any means an epidemic.
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> After all, the .off-topic groups get more than 18 times as many posts as
> .announce. Perhaps one of the problems with LUGNET right now is that too
> many people are posting stuff that has not a lot to do with LEGO, and not
> announcing enough things that do. :)
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> I'm really interested in your take on this Larry. I'm not looking to • spark
> an argument, just to give you a chance to explain your feelings.
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> Best regards,
> Allan B.
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> (Who has posted to .announce recently, but is setting follow-up on this
> message to .debate, since it has nothing to do with either
> market.buy-sell-trade or .announce.) :)
I'll throw in my $0.02 worth on this topic because I agree with Larry (I
think I do anyway). I don't think messages of the type "Hey, I updated my
web site, take a look!" belong in .announce. I am of the opinion that the
.announce news group should be low traffic and only significant announcement
messages belong there. What defines significant? That is a hard question
to answer but the "Hey - I updated my web site!" messages are certainly not
significant. Something like announcing the dates for Brickfest would
qualify.
Mike
--
Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.carolinatrainbuilders - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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| (...) Hello Larry, As someone who thinks the .announce groups are in good shape, I'm sincerely curious why you believe them to be overused. In fact, if you take a look at the web interface of the newsgroups you'll notice that by volume, the (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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