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Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:16:05 GMT
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David Koudys wrote:
> I know of no direct replacement out there.
Neither do I, but for example the discussion groups at Embarcadero (current
owners of the former Borland Delphi programming tool) are AFAIK using a
standard product, and are usable both on the web and via nntp.
http://edn.embarcadero.com/delphi
> which means I see all the latest posts in all threads (mostly just
> lugnet automatic updates now 'cause I don't use any filters, either).
> But then I can go into my groups, or space or whatever and just read
> those... In any PHPBB or whatever, I have to go into each category
> and catch up.
Most every web based board have a page for 'Unread posts' and 'Unread
responses to me' nowadays, but you need to be logged in, of course.
www.eurobricks.com/forum/ is just one example, www.swebrick.se is another.
> Moreover, there as no other single website that encompasses all
> aspects of the hobby and the AFOL.
> Now all these other sites are
> 'niche'. I get that--I mean if you're a star wars fan, why do you
> want to hear about robots and such...
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> However, a single point of contact for fans of all genres and all
> aspects of this hobby is non-existant now, really.
I'd say neither Eurobricks nor swebrick are 'niche', as far as the content
is concerned. swebrick is definitely niche with respect to language...
A Merry Lego Christmas from Sweden!
--
Anders Isaksson
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| (...) Yep. Many points for improvement (admins are presumably working on it), but I know of no direct replacement out there. I've been to most of the major LEGO discussion groups out there and none of them have the same functionality/versatility and (...) (11 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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