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| | | (...) Well, I for one would abandon BS if this happened, unless links from LUGNET pages were allowed (and I'd probably remove my LUGNET pages too, as they'd be even more boring without the BS pics). ROSCO (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | (...) I think I'd have to agree. I really do wonder how to host pictures. I tried on my personal web site, but it just isn't practical. One time I posted someone else's pictures, but had to take them down after a few days because my personal web (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | | (...) Hmm...I just noticed that some of my images no longer show up on my FTX site, and that Brickshelf.com didn't register on my broswer at all. (The search turned up negative. Does anyone else have trouble loading the page?) Perhaps it's just my (...) (22 years ago, 16-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | | | I have all of my Lego content at (URL) which is hosted by DixieSys. I pay a whopping $4/mo for my space/BW. I managed to get in on a 2-for-1 sale, so I have 6Gigs/mo for that $4. Registering vfaq.org cost me less than $20. You can easily create a (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Tim Courtney
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| | | | (...) If BrickShelf started making you pay for the service of off-site deep linking, would you abandon it as well? There are (much faster, more reliable) image hosting services out there, they just cost money. -Tim (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) I'd have to compare the fee and services provided against other hosts. In general I have no problem paying for a good service. Currently, aside from the bandwidth problem, Brickshelf provides all the services I need, for the best price. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) Personally, I think if BrickShelf became yet another pay-for-webhosting site, it wouldn't be what it is. People put their images on BrickShelf BECAUSE it's free, and because it's nicely unlimited (save moderation). If Kevin made it a pay site, (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | (...) And nothing stops it from being a free AND paid site. Different levels of access, and the paid accounts help offset the costs of maintaining the server and connection. (...) Stuff can't be free forever. I'm not advocating BrickShelf going 100% (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) Why not? (And that's a serious question). (...) Fine. I'll choose to be in the free section. (...) I think that any reply from Kevin would only net him more criticism. He took a lot of criticism when the building instructions went down...but (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | (...) Well, its certainly not a proven fact, but its an observed trend. See: (URL) not going to debate you on that, though, that's for sure. (...) Doesn't bother me any. (...) If it was a respectful reply, adequately addressing the concerns of those (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> (...) Leaving aside whether the suggestions are actually 'helpful' or not... Part of the community, definitely. Representative of the community, probably not. Speaking on behalf of the community, definitely not. <snip> Richie (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion... —Tobbe Arnesson
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| | | | (...) I'd gladly donor a small amount of money to Brickshelf even though I don't use it for my own pictures (sure, I have an rather filled account but it's outdated and all new material goes to my site only, someday I'll remove all pics but one and (...) (22 years ago, 17-Dec-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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