 | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. — Jake McKee
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| | | (...) There are a couple of reasons that there isn't more "corporate" presence on LUGNET. First and most important, the owners of the site have by and large declined it. Like you mentioned, the reason for this was to stay independent, and as far as (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | (...) snip (...) I think you may be referring to a particular class of traffic here which (at least in the past) has caused a maximum of issues (i.e. cf [1]). Those types of messages *do* need to be moderated if you are operating in a sphere (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) My understanding is that LEGO would like to have a site that they can feel comfortable sending traffic (kids and adults), but which they don't control and aren't responsible for. This site (LEGOFan) could include content (such as offsite (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | [ -> .org ] (...) So what would be available to not-logged-in users? Greatest common factor? From a pragmatic standpoint, that seems like that'll dramatically chop the usefulness of the site -- imagine if Google only showed Kid-Safe-Verified sites (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | (...) Good idea. (...) That's a very good question; I don't remember if it's been discussed. (...) True. All of this needs to be worked out in detail, by the community. But I'd expect that many areas of LF will be generally open, with a relative few (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | (...) The Google image search does have a SafeSearch filter, which is on by default. It's not actively moderated, but it does keep most of the porn out of the results. (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.org)
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| | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Kelly McKiernan
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| | | | | (...) YES. Thank you, Jake. I have a problem with being too subtle, so I'll be more blunt: Lugnet is targeted to a particular audience, an adult audience. This is _not_ the ONLY audience interested in LEGO. For those whose online LEGO experience (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | In lugnet.build, Jake McKee wrote: Let me first trim down the newsgroup list - it was fine for the general annoucement, but would everyone responding take a moment to reduce the list to something more appropriate? (...) One of the tings that struck (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Community run (was Re: LEGOFan.net...) —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | (...) We already discussed most of this with Jake, and agreed we would have to have no strings attached. The LEGO company would be a welcome visitor and participant in the site, but they will NOT run it, or dictate how the site should be run. I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | | | | | | | Re: Community run (was Re: LEGOFan.net...) —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | | | | (...) Not really, not for me at least. It seems like there are a few different versions of what this site is going to be running around out there - and it seems that each version is based on what the persom being told wants to hear. I am sorry, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Community run (was Re: LEGOFan.net...) —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | | | | | | [ XFUT lugnet.org ] (...) What did you expect with nine people in the current working group and not much carved in stone yet? (...) That's not good. I would at least have hoped that each of us were consistent in our replies, even if the group as a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Community run (was Re: LEGOFan.net...) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | | | (...) that order in a domain name is not on its face a trademark violation or misuse nor something the Lego company has control over. (Some big-money decisions in the other direction notwithstanding.) The only reason people should avoid l-e-g-o (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Community run (was Re: LEGOFan.net...) —Benjamin Ellermann
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| | | | | | (...) This is not completely true. Classic Castle is run by a group of administrators (each with an equal vote) not by one individual. Yes, we have a webmaster. If he left, another admin could step into that position. Our funding is by one (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.general) !
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| | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | | Hello! (...) Well, most AFOLs already have been LEGO fans as kids and - after a periode of neglecting the brick, the so called 'dark ages' - found back to their old love. That means: For the purpose of growing hard core LEGO fans it's necassary to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !
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| | | | | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community. —Bryan Beckwith
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| | | | (...) - lots of snips - To me, several statements in this message show how TLC is on the wrong track. (...) I remember when well-designed sets served this function, not branded websites. Maybe kids have changed, but I don't really think so. (...) By (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego)
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