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sorry to reply to my own post. I do wish lugnet had an edit feature. I put in a double negative... I meant: I would say that it doesn't apply to all who have joined so far. That was my initial gut reaction to the rules though, especially with the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) my only real complaint so far is that I cannot find the scroll bars against the black background. Makes it hard to read longer threads (...) I have no problem following a set of rules that make sense and are orderly. (...) Oops, I didn't mean (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) There was really nothing to refute. I was merely expressing my OPINIONS about your guidelines. I was asking an honest question about rule #5 though. What does it mean and was it meant to be sarcastic. I have no problem following a set of rules (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Because a lot of cool people hang out there? I dunno how long I will keep my current activity level at CSF but I'm having fun... I think people should sit back and not worry. Diversity in discussion groups is good for the growth of the hobby. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) In fact many of these LUGNET lurkers are already feeling welcome enough to post, even with all the "evil" rules... I wonder why that is? (URL) Peace! -Jason (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) First, thanks for visiting. It's more than some others have admitted to doing. (...) Heh, humor. I love it. CSF's and yours. (...) This is very Andy Rooney-ish. But I should mention that rules aren't invalidated by humor. (...) This applies to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) People really are carping a lot about all this, aren't they? It's starting to give me a haddock. If we big fish are left to flounder, however will we salmon the strength to continue? All this crabbing doesn't really kelp matters anyway. Give (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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I'm not gonna bother refuting points in this one. One good point, I believe I'm going to change the word "rules" to "guidelines". They are just guidlines and it's totaly up to the mods to decide what violates those guidelines and what doesn't. The (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) All of these rules should be adhered without question. And just this once I shall explain to you the reasoning. "teh" is a commong term in most internet circles, It is also seen as "the" "t3h" and the little known "t3he". All of these refer to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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In lugnet.space, Tom McDonald wrote: snip (new forum announcement) I just went over and looked around. I read the rules for the space forum and the moc forum. Sounds rather unfriendly to me... don't know if I'll ever post there. (...) What the heck (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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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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