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James Stacey <james@minifig.co.uk> wrote:
> <playing devils advocate here>
> I think the main issue is fantastic resource tho it is, it is still a
> privately owned website. Despite the huge fan involvement in the site it
> remains private property.
> Todd is at total liberty to do as he wishes with the site, which is correct,
> it is his creation, his baby. I belive this is where the issue lies.
So, to, I guess, play the *other* devil's advocate:
I'm concerned about how this new thing will be *both* genuinely
community-run _and_ Official Lego Company Sponsored. I don't know the
details -- and may even be completely wrong, but it's my understanding
that in the past, there'd been some offers from Lego about making Lugnet
more "official", and Todd and Suz preferred to keep the site an
*independent* one. I see an inherent contradiction in being simultaneously
a totally democratic site and a corporate mouthpiece. One of those roles
seems destined to not work out so well.
But maybe I'm just being pessimistic. The site is currently showing a
domain registrar advertisement, so its completely vaporware. We'll have to
wait and see how it develops. I just hope that it isn't aimed at causing a
split in the Lego fan community -- I've been out of the scene for a couple
of years, and I come back, and the world is falling apart -- old, basic
colors are gone, racist minifigs are in, and now this. :)
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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| (...) There are a couple of reasons that there isn't more "corporate" presence on LUGNET. First and most important, the owners of the site have by and large declined it. Like you mentioned, the reason for this was to stay independent, and as far as (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !!
| | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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| [ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) Yes. (...) The devil seems to have plenty of legal representatives. :-) (...) It _is_ also something that is hard to do. And hopefully we can find a better solution than just depending on a LEGO sponsorship. We have already (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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| <playing devils advocate here> I think the main issue is fantastic resource tho it is, it is still a privately owned website. Despite the huge fan involvement in the site it remains private property. Todd is at total liberty to do as he wishes with (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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