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In lugnet.build, Matthew Miller wrote:
> 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.
I think that this is a real problem with the proposed new site. What are the
chances that a site with official TLC backing will allow discussion of pictures
in dealer catalogs? Or 'leaks'? Who knows if such a site would even allow
criticism of TLC policies? The discussion forum on the official TLC site
doesn't.
Even if TLC doesn't directly ban these kinds of actions, chances are that the
fans running the site will. They will see themselves as enforcers for TLC, and
feel that they have to act 'more LEGO than LEGO'. It will become like From
Bricks To Bothans, where a group of TLC-cheerleading mods enforces "respect for
the brick" by stopping discussion.
I prefer the freedom-bordering-on-anarchy of LUGNET to a place where you can say
anything you want, as long as it's nice to TLC.
Marc Nelson Jr.
> 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. :)
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| (...) Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the current forum on www.LEGO.com have a pretty hefty amount of modding? I remember reading when I first went there that no links to outside websites would be allowed, and all forum posts would be edited (...) (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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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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| (...) 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 (...) (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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