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  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
"Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H9IBtF.L51@lugnet.com... (...) poorly (...) Look, I'm just callin it like I see it. About a month after Geekshelf started up it was flooded with what is, in my opinion, "poorly drawn anime (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.general) ! 
 
  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
(...) I agree with Jon here. Most of the stuff on Geekshelf is of NO interest to me whatsoever. If people want a free site to host their images, there's plenty of those out there. If Geekshelf is drawing upon resources for Brickshelf, then I don't (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
(...) Please show us some of those. I am sure many will find them useful. (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
(...) Just to clear things up, I was referring to web hosting places: Geocities, Angelfire, Tripod, etc. They have banners & ads, but they're free so you can't complain. -Bryan (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
(...) I can. One of the greatest things about [Brick,Geek]Shelf is that you can host *images* which can be linked to, and loaded from, your other sites. Those free sites are great for small amounts of html and a few images, but provide nothing close (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
(...) The only problem is, someone has to pay for that. That's precisely why services like this can't continue forever without some means of the user paying -- be it through advertising or subscriptions, or they can't continue (barring unique (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.publish)
 
  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
Jon, I agree that geekshelf has too much anime but I disagree that geekshelf is not a valueable resource. I have used it to store images of my college work so that it is easily accessable to my friends and family. (URL) this service can not be (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Geekshelf is going to disappear soon
 
Agreed. A friend of mine used it for hosting pictures during her stay here. (URL) is useful, but other wise I do not find geekshelf interesting (those travelling picture are interesting though) S Benjamin Ellermann <ben_289@hotmail.com> wrote in (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)

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