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Subject: 
Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:52:18 GMT
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In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, James Trobaugh wrote:
> > > In lugnet.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I can't speak for FBTB, but BZPower was created specifically because the target
> > > > audience didn't flock to Lugnet. The opportunity was there... Lugnet's Bionicle
> > > > forum was the first place I visited in 2001. But it was anemic, and there was a
> > > > level of hostility to the theme (since diluted) that made it difficult for
> > > > people to want to post there. BZCommunity, later BZPower, was born as a direct
> > > > result of Lugnet's lack of enticement for the core Bionicle audience - namely,
> > > > children.
> > > 
> > > I do find it strange that this announcement was only posted to LUGNET and not
> > > any of the other LEGO related boards. If this is meant to bring together all
> > > online LEGO communities I would think that the announcement would be made on the
> > > other sites as well so everyone in the LEGO online community could be in on the
> > > topic.
> > 
> > Maybe they assumed we'd see it here. I can kind of see the first announcement
> > being here, since Lugnet does act as a de facto hub, but future developments
> > will require a lot of serious outreach before anything goes much further - from
> > whatever group continues the process. By their very nature, these initiatives
> > require substantial buy-in from a variety of people in the community.
> 
> 
> I think getting the buy-in should happen very early or else people in the other
> groups are going to feel as if they are second class citizens in the process.

I completely agree.

> I think the fact that it was only posted to LUGNET just highlights the fact that
> LUGNET already is the hub of the LEGO online community.

Well, Lugnet serves as A hub, certainly - for a subset of the total online LEGO
audience. That's not to say there couldn't be a more comprehensive one created.

Right now all I've seen are fairly vague proposals... I think a lot of things
will firm up once (if) specifics are developed and shared with the communities
involved. I like the _idea_ of a hub and connected sites, but it all depends on
the implementation and level of community involvement.

- Kelly



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  Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
 
(...) I think getting the buy-in should happen very early or else people in the other groups are going to feel as if they are second class citizens in the process. I think the fact that it was only posted to LUGNET just highlights the fact that (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)  

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