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Re: Update news on BrickShelf.com
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:38:26 GMT
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"Tedward" <tgodwin@victoriaSPAM-BLOCK.tc.ca> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.general, Tony Kilaras wrote:
> > Kevin made the point that needed to be made in a short, sweet and
> > effective
> > way. Rather brilliant on his part, I must say.
>
> What point was that?
That Brickshelf is unique, needed and valuable, but it costs money to run.
Hopefully, we learned something about of the how valuable Brickshelf is to
the community, even if it we had to learn it the hard way.
> That a single individual can control so much of the online LEGO world?
And how is Kevin responsible for that?
> That as the sole owner and operator of a web service of huge importance to
> the
> AFOL community he has neither tact nor the ability to communicate?
I've been using Brickshelf since its inception ( I forget the name it had
prior to Brickshelf), and Kevin has NEVER been very communicative. Why that
is I don't know, but it is nothing new or surprising.
> That he can make people sweat and stress and argue for DAYS when the point
> could
> have been made with a 12-24 hour "outage"?
It would not have been effective. Everyone would have shrugged it off.
> That he can retroactively declare a malicious act a publicity stunt?
I would hardly call what he did malicious.
> I don't know the guy and I have always loved BrickShelf but frankly unless
> it
> passes into the control of a consortium of AFOL's I am not at all assured
> one
> day it won't just turn off again for good. No amount of reassurances from
> the
> current owner or any of his supporters is likely to change that opinion
> right
> now.
Even if we assume that the above scenario materializes, at $5/month how much
would you really lose? This discussion is getting a little ridiculous.
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| (...) I have never said anything about the money aspect. The amount is a little high when Flickr allows unlimited use for $25/yr but that is not the main problem. The only thing clear is that this person cannot be trusted with such a crucial role in (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) What point was that? That a single individual can control so much of the online LEGO world? That as the sole owner and operator of a web service of huge importance to the AFOL community he has neither tact nor the ability to communicate? That (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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