| |
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Simon Robinson wrote:
> > Sorry, I guess this is a bit off-topic. That's me tending to
> > use lugnet.general as the all-purpose place for any general
> > chats with people I know from lugnet that don't fit in anywhere
> > else.
lugnet.general is for general _LEGO-related_ stuff that doesn't fit anywhere
else...but not for general non-LEGO stuff. Here again is the charter of
lugnet.general:
General community discussion of LEGO® sets, themes, promotions, characters,
business units, parks, histories, future plans, catalogs, item pricing and
availability, etc.; also, community-wide discussion of experiences and
ideas (set collection, educational usage, observations, original stories,
games, holiday fun, rumors, musings, weird dreams, etc.)
So yes, a thread about spam is wildly off-topic for lugnet.general (unless
you got some LEGO spam (e.g., from TLG), in which case it would have been
quite *on*-topic! :)
> > And as Larry and you have pointed out - there doesn't
> > seem to be anywhere better for this thread.
> >
> > Perhaps we need a lugnet.off-topic.chat for threads that
> > are serious, not Lego related, and not debate-oriented :)
>
> No we don't!
The word "chat" these days is ruined anyway... People see the word "chat"
and immediately think synchronous word-based N-to-N communication (as opposed
to netnews, which is a form asynchronous word-based N-to-N communication).
> There, now we can talk about it in .debate
>
> (or .fun, depending on whether you think it was or wasn't a python
> reference)
>
> [...]
> Seriously, maybe we DO need a "chat" if the .fun charter isn't broad
> enough. That makes it an admin question so I cross posted there.
Maybe something like .off-topic.rant or (as someone once suggested)
.off-topic.kvetch or .off-topic.diatribe ?
We've got .fun for fun and upbeat things (solo or group), .debate for
arguments (takes 2+ to debate, I guess), .geek for geeking out (solo or
group), but no group for non-fun, non-upbeat, non-geeking, non-debating
things. Also no group for pure frivolousness (a la Sproat's & TomMcD's
excellent bs sessions), although .fun seems to work OK for those.
The spam thread could probably squeeze into .off-topic.geek or .publish
better than .off-topic.fun, but .off-topic.rant would be primo for this
sort of thing. Have we had many rants in the past?
--Todd
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
Message is in Reply To:
14 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
