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Re: SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT FOR THE LEGO SPACE FORCE!!!
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:48:35 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Matt Hein wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Dean R. Hennen wrote:
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> > Then what would I do if the post was 80 posts back?
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> It's a very similar scenerio, but bumping is not the
> answer whether it be 40, 80 or 200 posts backwards.
> Unless you posted your creation when the server crashed
> or a war started overseas, the code of honor here is
> to avoid bumping as much as possible. In my opinion,
> it's just poor etiquette, no offense.
As an old-timer so old, in fact, that this
FTX thing just plain scares me (and annoys
me by taking yaway my USENET/VAX three-space
"PAY ATTENTION TO ME" indent), I can see a
second point that explains Dean's behavior
and obstinacy regarding it.
A lot, and I do mean a LOT, of online fora
use messageboard systems that rate "threads"
based on the last post. It's possible to
lose important or deserving threads in those
more generic tpes of discussion boards a
lot more easily than on LUGNET, and being
new, he doesn't realize just how different
the architecture is. In the majority of
online discussion systems bumping is common
and accepted; LUGNET predates those fora
but is heavily outnumbered by them, so our
accepted practices may seem indefensibly
quaint or idiosyncratic.
That said, bumping one's *own* thread is in the
same category as trying to second one's own
motion; not only is it ineffective (or disallowed
as per Robert's Rules of Order), but it looks
like unbridled egotism on the part of the poster
and an accusation of carelessness on the part
of the readership. Both are not flattering to
the poster in the eyes of others.
Just have faith that your works will get their
attention as you create and post more, and that
not every MOC gets a response. That's the way
things work, and if it were acceptable to bump
one's own thread, then half the posts here might
be "bumps". That's not fun to read when you're
paying per minute to read this stuff from the
tail end of the Earth.
The main point, though, is: Welcome to .space,
Dean! This is a really friendly and sociable
bunch, unless you create a ship called the "Galaxy
Enforcer" without wings. Then it's a font of
comedy. ;)
ObSig:
> {M. Aaron Hein}
Matt, when did you start doing this F. Scott
Fitzgerald/R. Lee Ermey (who have nothing else
in common with one another, naturally) thing?
best
LFB (creeeak)
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| (...) (*sigh*) You're right. = =" (...) Hm? (...) (*bows head*) = =' (...) I see. (...) Thank you for the nice welcome. Unfortunately, I'm leaving at the moment and will probably be back in 3-11 months. Or when I get my bulk and kit wave that will (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote: <snipped, but the point makes sense> Okay, the notion you set was pretty much the message I was trying to state, although mine was at best, brief. (...) Please elaborate on the above, LFB. My (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) It's a very similar scenerio, but bumping is not the answer whether it be 40, 80 or 200 posts backwards. Unless you posted your creation when the server crashed or a war started overseas, the code of honor here is to avoid bumping as much as (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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