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Re: SPECIAL ANNOUCEMENT FOR THE LEGO SPACE FORCE!!!
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Date: 
Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:11:15 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
   In lugnet.space, Matt Hein wrote:
   In lugnet.space, Dean R. Hennen wrote:

   Then what would I do if the post was 80 posts back?

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.

(*sigh*) You’re right. = =”

   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.

Hm?

   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.

(*bows head*) = =’

   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.

I see.

   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. ;)

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 probably revolutionize me. Yup, I really need the bulk and stuff so I WILL be able to make a “Galaxy Enforcer” with wings and a heck of a lot of stuff.

   best

LFB (creeeak)

Cheers (*salutes*)

Dismissed Spc. Ops. Captain Hennen



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(...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.space)

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