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I have not posted until now because there was too much uncertainty about how (or if) this was going to work out. Due to financial reasons, Brickshelf was no longer in a viable position to continue operating. As our costs are billed monthly, any (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.brickshelf) !!
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Thanks for posting and your concern! God Bless, Nathan (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Cool beans Kevin! I while I enjoy things for free I also don't mind paying my share to keep resources like Brickshelf up and running. jt (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Kevin, Our LUG (The Hungarian LUG) was still in the process of collecting signatures for a Thank You note we wanted to send to zou to express our appreciation for running BrickShelf. This is how we worded it: "Dear Kevin, Thank You for running (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think people are somewhat more open to paying for Internet content than they used to be. While it's easy to shrug off requests for donations, $5/month is pretty nominal. (...) Will paying users be able to customize their accounts? I posted a (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Kevin, it's really good to hear from you, but please don't shock us like that again. Some thoughts and suggestions: Remember you don't have to shoulder all the burden of running Brickshelf yourself - if it's becoming difficult then send out a call (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Hi Kevin You certainly got your message through! As I've said (URL) elsewhere>, I'm not personally one of those people that clog up your badwidth, because I have way too little time surfing for lego, and because I upload most of my pictures to my (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Kevin: I don't know about other AFOLs, but right now I have very little trust in Brickshelf's continued viability, and certainly not enough to give you $60 a year. I don't expect to get things for free - I just spent $25 to upgrade to a (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hey Kevin, First up, thank you so much for Brickshelf, both for the last decade and for it's continuance. I don't know if you hear enough how great a resource this is for the whole community. I'm really sorry if the massive downloads over the past (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I agree with JT. I am ready to pay my share. Five bucks a month seems like peanuts for a service so useful. I have never been a big user of Brickshelf, but I have used it for years without contributing one nickel. Just the idea of not having (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (snip) Awesome. Thanks Kevin for all your efforts! I can barely imagine how much work or how much of a strain on resources running a site that big might be. But you can count me in along with those who have emailed you as one who will put his (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks for coming up, and for not shutting down our LEGO® image bank. I wish you and BS the best. Julián. (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Kevin, While I've forgotten my password (and thus, don't upload to my account), I do not have a problem paying a bit to keep brickshelf up and running. I don't use it extensively, but I think it's worth some money to keep it going. Scott (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.announce.brickshelf, Kevin Loch wrote: ...snipped...> (...) ...snipped... Kevin, I will renew my offer to purchase Brickshelf from you again, this time publicly. I'm concerned my initial offer may have been lost in the flood of email I'm (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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(...) I have faith in Brickshelf; enough to pay $60/year. So at least now you know about one AFOL.... (...) Really? Looks to me like you never ever bothered to contribute to Brickshelf. Why not? Maybe because it was free? (...) (URL) Flickr Pro (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm willing to give $60 to help keep Brickshelf going, not only do I enjoy using it to host my images, I think of all the LUGNET post with links to Brickshelf that I reference constantly while building my MOCs. The idea of such valuable (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Is this helping or hurting? Jude (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Okay, you're right. I just got a little perturbed. JOHN (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Kevin, Thank you, first and foremost. BrickShelf is a key part of the community. I apologize for my part in the download spike from FBTB users. Is grabbing one folder download per week excessive? I would accept file/picture size limits. I would not (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe things could have been handled differently, and it's hard not to have similar concerns, but speaking personally, Brickshelf has been a big part of my online life for a long time. Once I feel like I've made even a dent in paying back for (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Why haven't I contributed to Brickshelf? The owner has threatened to shut it down several times (this last time without any notice), does not respond to emails or posts, and can shut it down again at any time without consulting anyone. It just (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) So, in fact, you do expect to get things for free. (...) No, to be consistent with your "I don't expect to get things for free" statement. JOHN (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well said, Mike. JOHN (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Not to ride on your back (well ; ) I also emailed to offer to buy out BS. I think there is probably a group/at least a few individuals who would be interested in restructuring BS for the long term if you don't want the burden Kevin! God Bless, (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Kevin Thank you sincerely for your statement! I translated yours into Japanese, and talk to J-FOL. Also in Japan, many LEGO friends had been worried about BS-files, ideal "Brickshelf", and you, Kevin. I'm glad to hear your decision. No mods? No (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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I second that. "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:JLHvu6.97K@lugnet.com... (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Marc, John is right. I won't even look at MOCs on Flickr. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't think Flickr is very good for viewing and downloading MOCs. "Marc Nelson Jr." <marcnelsonjr@gmail.com> wrote in message news:JLHsvt.E4y@lugnet.com... (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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Kevin, Thanks for resonding publicly. I've enjoyed BS for many years now and in the past year or two I have finally gotten around to posting my own MOCs there. I certainly appreciate the service you've provided, and look forward to see what benefits (...) (17 years ago, 22-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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Start here: (URL) have been several LEGO groups that are theme specific already set up for browsing. --Mike. (...) (17 years ago, 23-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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I'm fairly sure the first part of this post has already been mentioned in this discussion, but I'll echo it with different words. Restricting images to non-.bmp formats will save a lot of space for starters, as will pixel limits. I have images that (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Kevin's utter lack of communication with the community is unforgivable. It's time to sell BS to someone who gives a damn. (17 years ago, 29-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) snippp (...) i'm just wondering if there is any update on this. i'm curious to see the features of this paid program and get to using it. ondrew (17 years ago, 4-Aug-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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(...) 6 days and no reply......... hummmmmm ondrew (17 years ago, 11-Aug-07, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Maybe you could ask the Ambassadors to help. (17 years ago, 13-Aug-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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(...) it's been well over a month now, what gives? ondrew (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors) !
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(...) Well, there have been (URL) issues>, and a vacation in the between time.... Patience, grasshopper. :-) JOHN (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) What gives is that this is Kevin Loch we're talking about. Use Flickr. Brickshelf is a waste of time and energy. (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors)
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(...) Show some respect and exercise some restraint. Sheesh. JOHN (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Respect, what for? Kevin has disrespected the LEGO community for years. He rarely if ever replies to any inquiries about the site, has not added any new features in years, and then suddenly threatens to pull the plug this summer. Now he is (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Apparently you're forgetting that all those years of providing free hosting have somehow put him beyond any criticism in some people's eyes. I wonder how they'll feel when they're paying for more of the same. (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) "Whom". (...) You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. (...) Get thee to a dictionary. (...) If anything is clear, it is that the whole situation is markedly unclear. You really have no idea what you're talking (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) No interest in providing a useful service? ...apart from the providing free image hosting, unlimited accounts, unlimited access to images, unlimited directories, thumbnails, fast moderation, unobtrusive moderation, deeplinks (even before (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) No interest in providing a useful service? ...apart from the providing free image hosting, unlimited accounts, unlimited access to images, unlimited directories, thumbnails, fast moderation, unobtrusive moderation, deeplinks (even before (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Once upon a time, it was a very special and unique thing to offer free image hosting. Once upon a time Kevin was a regular participant on LUGNET and an active member of the AFOL community. And once upon a time, Brickshelf was a state of the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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