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Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community
Date: 
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:01:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Main writes:
> Are there people out there that are interested in LEGO, have come by
> this site and been turned away?  ...What are some of the reasons that
> people have not stayed or gone away after experiencing this
> community?

From someone whose interest has waned...

Lugnet and the clubs that have formed through meeting here have a collective
personality, for better or worse. I find this community to be competitive,
opinionated and territorial. That's okay. I can be competitive, opinionated and
territorial, too. Particularly the opinionated part :-)  But my participation
is limited by how much I care to be involved in contests of will, and frankly,
I'm all tuckered out ;-)

Amy



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  Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
 
(...) I definitely concur on that point. (...) On many points, I hear ya there. I'm trying to bring discussions about the community out in the open, since my efforts behind the scenes and in personal projects have not been successful - partially due (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

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  Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community
 
(...) I've found this discussion to be one of the most interesting topics on LUGNET in a long time. Thanks, Tim, for bringing it up. There have been tons of thoughtful responses so far, which seems to suggest that there _is_ a community and that we (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

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