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Subject: 
Re: Is Brickshelf slow for anyone else lately?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 2 Dec 2002 03:46:06 GMT
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Kevin -- any feedback on this?

-Tim

In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch writes:
> 
> > We are re-negotiating with our bandwidth supplier as well
> > as soliciting corporate sponsorships.  This may
> > mean the re-appearance of ads, though I am trying to have
> > them take the form of text rather than graphics (google style).
> 
> I would MUCH rather see a paid subscription service, than to see Brickshelf
> succumb to corporate sponsors. Especially if they're sponsors that have
> nothing to do with the LEGO hobby. Please Kevin, allow users to pay you
> something like $10/yr, and in exchange view NO ads, and be able to view all
> folders (even unmoderated ones).
> 
> I want my web browsing experience to NOT contain advertising. While I can
> filter out 98% of them, I don't think I can filter out text ads, except
> based on the URL they link to. Brickshelf would lose a LOT of value for me
> if it contained text ads, where I can easily filter out image ads.
> 
> -Tim



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  Re: Is Brickshelf slow for anyone else lately?
 
(...) I would MUCH rather see a paid subscription service, than to see Brickshelf succumb to corporate sponsors. Especially if they're sponsors that have nothing to do with the LEGO hobby. Please Kevin, allow users to pay you something like $10/yr, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.general) !! 

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