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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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(...) Yes hello, I like putting my foot in my own mouth because I don't like other people. Yeah, sometimes they do stuff that only affects them or their friends, and I feel the need to step in and tell them they are fascist nazis and the have little (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX) !
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(...) Hey Tom, Thanks for posting this. The discussion has gone as I imagined it would. Perhaps others were even expecting this sort of post from me. I wouldn't want to dissappoint. Please excuse me if you find the following too prescriptive. Hey (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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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)
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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)
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(...) I'm still waiting for that rationale... (...) Aren't the "whiners" and "complainers" just people you disagree with? I'm sure they don't see themselves as whiners and complainers. (...) You guys started the Classic Space forums to appeal to the (...) (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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(...) 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). Is it that difficult to listen (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Absolutely. The mods will rule with unjust elitism! But seriously, the mods we have are well suited at making their points clear. If honesty is a bad thing, then so be it. (...) Well, perhaps that's not the best way to word it. And, after (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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Collecting is fun, not an investment. That is what it means to me. I collect many things from 3 3/4" G.I.Joe figures from the 80's to today, comic books, to Star Trek and Star Wars Hallmark ornaments. Being a toy collector, I have seen, "Limited (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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