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Re: Announcing Classic-Space Forums
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:26:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Steve Runnels wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote:
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I still haven’t heard a good rationale for moderated forums other than “I
want to be the boss”. A good bit of the support for moderated forums seems
to come from moderators (or those who want to be moderators).
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You caught us. That’s the whole reason. Yup.
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I’m still waiting for that rationale...
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Is it that difficult to listen to people you don’t like or don’t agree with?
I mean, if you only want to hear from someone who agrees with you, why not
get off the internet and talk into a mirror?
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Just watch, see how often something will get moderated just because of
disagreements. I can almost guarrantee that’s not happening. On the other
hand, being moderated, we don’t have to put up with the whiners, complainers,
etc who have nothing worth while to say. That isn’t a huge issue on Lugnet,
it’s there, but not as much as it will be on a new site that is probably also
going to attract a different sort of crowd. But it’s for the best. It’s time
to grow.
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Aren’t the “whiners” and “complainers” just people you disagree with? I’m sure
they don’t see themselves as whiners and complainers.
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I will miss seeing all the great MOCs in .space, just as I lament the
diminished traffic in .castle. As I said the
last time this issue was
raised, I guess some people would rather be a big fish in a small pond.
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Firstly (assuming it does take off as much as we’re talking), you don’t have
to miss out on space MOCs. There is a dedicated forum for publishing MOCs,
and nothing else, here: http://classic-space.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
Also I’ve got a mod on the backburner to make the forums RSS capable, thus
you won’t even have to go there, you can just have the MOC forum aggregated
to the RSS reader of your choice.
And second, I’m glad you posted that link, otherwise I wouldn’t have found
Lenny’s response to you: http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=31857
Take the first part of his post and apply is to Space and you can easily see
why this is a good idea.
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You guys started the Classic Space forums to appeal to the 13-and-under crowd?
You don’t get enough posts on your MOCs in .space saying “Hey, that’s really
cool!”?
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And then take the second part of that same post about Lugnet: There have been
a few hints in that direction, but frankly, I haven’t seen enough to
rationalize waiting around any longer.
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So what exactly are your demands from LUGNET? Emoticons? Avatars? I’ve heard a
lot of griping about LUGNET, but few concrete grievances.
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The classic space forums actually existed shortly after that particular
thread. But it was left undeveloped, because we were (still are) waiting on
Lugnet to catch up. Have we jumped the gun? Is Lugnet’s true hayday just
around the corner? Perhaps, but until then we’re going to do whatever we’ve
got to do.
Another thing I’d like to add.. Perhaps the lego hobby (as we know it) is
growing fast enough, that we NEED these seperations. Just a thought, haven’t
really pondered it to a conclusion. At the same time we may need the
seperations, we most certainly need a central point of interaction. And I
expect Lugnet to fill that role for a long while to come.
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How many AFOLs are online? A few thousand? Do we really need umpteen different
forums for this little group of people to communicate with each other? If you
feel LUGNET is too big to handle, why not just add a bunch of newsgroups to your
skip-filter?
I love all the content at Classic-Castle.com - the contests, the archives of
building techniques, etc., and I’m sure I will enjoy that kind of stuff from
Classic-Space.com. But I can’t see the need for other forums when LUGNET does
that job so well - other than some people’s need to be an chief rather than an
indian.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote: But I can't see the need for other forums when LUGNET does (...) Actually LUGNet doesn't do the job well. The news post setup is far from intuitive, and if you register with LUGNet it might be days or (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
| | | Re: Announcing Classic-Space Forums
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| (...) Perhaps you are rather waiting for somebody to say, "You're right!"? (...) No, they're not. A forum with rational discussion is the intent with CSF, just like it is with lugnet.space. But when it doesn't happen, it's nice to be able steer it (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
| | | Re: Announcing Classic-Space Forums
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| (...) No, actually, We've disabled registering for anyone under 13. The only exception we've made is for Nik, and that's with the consent of his dad, Lar. I don't know how you got that idea anyway. :/ (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| (...) You caught us. That's the whole reason. Yup. (...) Just watch, see how often something will get moderated just because of disagreements. I can almost guarrantee that's not happening. On the other hand, being moderated, we don't have to put up (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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