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Re: My Santa Fe Train Kit Theories // ignorance in lugnet.trains?
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:48:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Paul S. D'Urbano writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> > I think noone is ignored by the 'old train experts', but the online community
> > of Lego fans has grown to a size, where we older ones are not too • enthusiastic
> > any longer, if a newbie pops up out of the nowhere and that may apear
> > like ignorance sometimes.....
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> Hi Ben,
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> Thanks for your insightful response. When I placed my original post I
> wondered if anyone would reply at all. I assumed that it would only depend
> on the content of my post being something people cared to comment on.
> Bert's comment suggested that the experts would deliberately ignore me,
> regardless of the content, which was disappointing since the amazing things
> that these same experts have achieved with LEGO trains is what inspired me
> to try to participate in this community in the first place. From reading
> your response I understand now how the complex social dynamics of a group
> like this (of humans in general) could give the impression that we're being
> ignored when in fact there's nothing deliberate going on. I've never been
> involved with an online or fan community to any great extent so I've never
> considered how the community evolves in the way you described. It all makes
> sense.
I too learned a lot from a quite eloquent lecture on the dynamics of this
community. I guess I was just hoping that more people would respond to Paul's
post. The questions Paul raised were similar to my own. After reading Ben's
remarks I realized that my response was presumptuous. I also noticed that Paul
had posted only a few hours before I made the comment.
Thanks Ben and I think you had a great first posting Paul!
Bert Waters
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