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Re: Ideas ready to be shot down
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lugnet.admin.finance
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Fri, 5 Apr 2002 06:33:11 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.finance, Scott Arthur writes:
> Ideas ready to be shot down:
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> 1. Perhaps a good start would be to state what is out of the question?
> Pop-ups anyone? Banner ads? I could live with the latter.
Banners I could live with, but pop-ups are very bad. BANG.
> 3. What about paying-per-post - high posters pay higher fees?
BANG. Bad idea IMO. While clearing out a lot of the noise (good thing),
this will in effect make 99% post less, so LUGNET will seem dead most times.
Again, IMO. BANG. (for good measure)
> 4. How about charging companies who post their ads here - e.g. DYA in the
> past, or LD now?
This doesn't sound too bad. Right now, it's all free advertising. One must
think that LD gets a LOT of service out of us LUGNETters, so why not chip in
a bit to keep the community going.
> 5. How about charging for all market ads - e.g. posts for ebay auctions or
> bricklink shops - $10 for 100 anyone?
This also sounds like an interesting idea...same reasons as #4.
> 6. Is there scope for publishing an AFOL book based on our combined
> knowledge? Reviews of themes/sets? Building ideas? MOCs? Reviews of LEGO
> related rare objects? Weird LEGO finds and tales?
Now *this* is interesting. I have absolutely nothing to add to Scott's
initial suggestion other than I like it.
-Chris
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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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| Ideas ready to be shot down: 1. Perhaps a good start would be to state what is out of the question? Pop-ups anyone? Banner ads? I could live with the latter. 2. It may also be good to know what the running costs are right now, and how this will (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.finance)
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