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Subject: 
Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion...
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lugnet.general, lugnet.publish
Date: 
Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:12:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford writes:
In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
I wonder how much bandwidth would be freed up if BrickShelf
prevented off-site linking?

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

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



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion...
 
(...) 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)
  Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion...
 
(...) 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)
  Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion...
 
(...) 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of money to Brickshelf even though I don't use it for my own pictures (sure, I have an rather filled account but it's outdated and all new material goes to my site only, someday I'll remove all pics but one and (...)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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  Re: One last BrickShelf suggestion...
 
(...) 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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