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Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:21:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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> I can't speak for FBTB, but BZPower was created specifically because the target
> audience didn't flock to Lugnet. The opportunity was there... Lugnet's Bionicle
> forum was the first place I visited in 2001. But it was anemic, and there was a
> level of hostility to the theme (since diluted) that made it difficult for
> people to want to post there. BZCommunity, later BZPower, was born as a direct
> result of Lugnet's lack of enticement for the core Bionicle audience - namely,
> children.
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> So today BZPower has 16,000+ members and has amassed a million and a half posts
> in the last 2 and a half years. It also has 2 million hits per DAY, with an
> average of 14,000 daily visitors from 80+ countries. The scope is obviously
> restricted to Bionicle, and in that sense it performs a service for both people
> who are interested in that theme, and those who would rather not be associated
> with it.
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> Lugnet, while serving the needs of the adult audience, obviously didn't fill
> those of a separate large audience. From that example, I'd say there is
> definitely room for a larger community, whether it's WorldLUG or LEGOFan.net or
> something else.
I do find it strange that this announcement was only posted to LUGNET and not
any of the other LEGO related boards. If this is meant to bring together all
online LEGO communities I would think that the announcement would be made on the
other sites as well so everyone in the LEGO online community could be in on the
topic.
jt
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