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Re: Revitalizing or Replacing BrickShelf In Some Form
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:46:41 GMT
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It looks like the situation could be getting complicated...there are all sorts
of things happening. None, to me, look like Brickshelf successors. Eric's
frankness as to the economic feasability is sound, however, the irony is this:
if you charge for the service, you'll never have the 900GB and high traffic to
worry about.
Personally I would gladly pay, but if everyone else must also do so, then it
will NEVER be Brickshelf. If fees are involved, then it will steer people
towards other free sites, thus splintering the resources of pictures, and thus
the "new brickshelf" won't be worth paying for at all.
I am not trying to be negative, and I'm not saying that anybody should have to
pay out of their own pocket to host "the new Brickshelf" for free. I'm saying
there are conflicting realities to be dealt with if we are to see a true
Brickshelf successor. But perhaps a compromise can be made?
Firstly and most important, as much as I hate to say it, the new site MUST allow
for the FREE viewing and uploading of LEGO pictures. Without this, you might as
well not bother trying to make it like the old 'shelf. That said, I put a few
ideas on the table: though simply creating a gallery and uploading is free, fees
will accrue once you go past a data threshold of both storage space and/or total
bandwidth of accessed images in your gallery. This way, anybody can take a few
pictures of their new MOC and toss it online, while the people who really use
the site for hosting many pictures and linking them from forums pay. I realize
this isnt perfect and there are a lot of kinks, particularly the problem of
getting people to pay up only after they have exceeded certain free limits. I
don't think asking for a credit card upon account creation is acceptable, so
this could be an issue.
Any other ideas? I really don't want Brickshelf, or what it meant, to go away.
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| (...) For the record, I am hosting some LEGO club sites in exchange for links back to the main Northstar page. I also host a number of LEGO-related sites (including bricklink.com) on a paid basis. brickshelf.com requires massive resources that (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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