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Here are a few ways to monetize the site. This may start a flame war but here are some ideas nonetheless. 1. Accept advertising on the site. This may make some people cringe, but there's probably no better place to reach LEGO(R) enthusiasts on the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: Ideas ready to be shot down
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Make that 4 attacks in three days... and I've probably read only a tiny proportion of your posts. Have you really nothing better to do? I’m certainly not going to waste time correcting the erroneous statements you make below. Scott A =+= Have you (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: Membership Math
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(...) I assume you meant to ask me why it should matter for me to know: (...) As for why it should matter? It shouldn't. But I find it easier to know who I'm talking to. It may help me to decide whether or not I should reply, how I should reply, or (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Membership Math
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David, I can understand most of this, but why should it matter if a person chooses to be a member or not? Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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Well said Kevin, it is just a pity nobody highlighted your message. ;) Scott A =+= Have you inspected Arthur’s Seat yet? (URL) reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) Why not just allow FUT the posters own e-mail address? Scott A (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) I guess the impetus for me would be the ability to see who's who rather than who's respected. Used to be I could recognize maybe 70% of the names on Lugnet-- now it's not so easy. Only helps me insofar as I can say "Is this person a newbie?" (...) (22 years ago, 8-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) I think a simple membership icon would be appropriate. But I am against public member ratings unless it were confined to that member's profile page. If people feel that they should be rated highly in order to be considered a "good" member this (...) (22 years ago, 7-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: Ideas ready to be shot down
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(...) or lugnet.bit-bucket???? (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: revisiting the plan
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(...) Disagree. BrickLink is making a good revenue stream by providing a subset of the Plan services in this area, without regard to eBay whatever. Commerce is more than auctions, much more. (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) That's TWO awesome ideas you put in so far, Cary! (1) LOVE this idea... offload the complexity of taking orders etc and of figuring out what to order away from LD which just receives bulk orders sans retail headaches. Who bursts and ships (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) Unfortunately for that plan, when eBay came into existence and prominence, the demand for the LUGNET auction services (AucZILLA) has pretty much disappeared. I don't think it would make much sense to pursue that plan anymore. A new method will (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) I think that were this idea (which I support) to be implemented, it would have to go along with a reorg of the .market groups. Certain market groups would have to be designated as *only* for ads by sellers, and the charters of the remaining (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | Re: revisiting the plan
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(...) Plan 8 puts me in mind of another possible revenue stream, which would require cooperation from LEGO Direct, but would not be outside of the realm of possibility. Grant LUGNET 'Modelshop' status. Just like the model shops in the theme parks, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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| | revisiting the plan
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It may be useful for people thinking about financial aspects of LUGNET to revisit the LUGNET plan, especially these sections: (URL) especially 8. Other venues have garnered some of the revenue streams at this point of course. (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance) !
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I'm breaking my resolution here for good reason, I think. (...) We differ there only in the impact of one post, it's a good thread. I seriously posted my suggestion in the spirit of the thread, as a thought starter. I doubt it would be implemented (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) I agree. I set these points up really just to try to feed the thinking of others. That is why I have not defended them in anyway. That said, I'm happy for Chris (or others) to pop away at them as they wish. I'm also happy for others to take (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) Larry, The thread you posted in was created by me to help the LUGNET community in a small way. Until your post I was very happy with the way it had grown. I count that you have now attacked me personally three times in three days on LUGNET. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) It is a bit confusing to determine what you're doing and when, there. But I think Kevin chose on the basis of price (as in, he gets more of the fee than if he went with a comparable service) rather than ease of use. I managed to figure it out (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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(...) Oh, I dunno... I think the idea has merit. How about if users vote on how much posters have to pay? Then the posters that most users find most annoying won't get to annoy us so much unless they have very deep pockets. Heck, if this went far (...) (22 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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