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Re: Whiners Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:05:03 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Troy Cefaratti wrote:
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Do something or quit your complaining.
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While I respect the direction you have steered this conversation, I have to say
I disagree with some of your comments Troy.
First of all, many of the replies here have simply voiced frustration or concern
over the possible loss to the online community - and a decade of images and
links IS a loss no matter how many of us saved locally. Such replies are valid
comments to share and neither attack the admins of BS nor should they be readily
dismissed as “whining”.
Second, you suggest this might not have happened if only users had been willing
to support BS. Posts that come below yours in the orginal thread have mixed
evidence that perhaps BS was surviving financially on the ads alone. Further, I
see mention that some members had indeed made donations. It seems possible the
site went down for more than just financial reasons. But if finances were a
factor, I for one would have been okay with it being a pay site. ...As one
poster mentioned here, it’s rather amazing Lugnet is only $10 plus an ocassional
donation campaign. (I’d be willing to pay more here too!)
Third, you ask for people to take action rather than complain. But what action
can most of us take? While most could forgo that extra $20 S@H set each year to
afford a subscription to a paysite, few of us have computer servers laying
around our living rooms, nor is everone who posts here savvy with the networks,
hardware, or software involved. (Maybe I’m wrong about that - but I certainly
don’t/am not. I can hardly manage the webspace I have for my little 100MB site!
And other than being an end-user, I stopped learning new stuff about computer
science when the Commodore 128 was still in use.) Further, we are spread out
across the globe, and several of us lead busy lives. So other than donating
money (which we are willing but no longer able), donating skills (which not all
of us have), or dontating time (which not all of us have), what is this
“something” you think we can do? Other than simply HOPE the community has more
benevolent tech-savvy server-owners, I’m out of ideas.
-Hendo
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| Hendo, I will reply here to your post, but will try to cover everything above it as well. Please do not think that everything is pointed at you. (...) Please not that my original post specifically said "SOME" and not "ALL" replies. I can certainly (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Message is in Reply To:
| | Whiners Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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| This is not directed at Tim, but rather some of the whiners that responed to his post above... When I first saw that BrickShelf was down, I was all gung-ho to see what I could do to help bring it back up. As the host for Classic-Castle, I do have (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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