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Re: Brickshelf going away???
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 31 May 2005 18:18:47 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bryan Wong wrote:
> Charging users to upload (with file size limits) would do the following two
> things (at least):
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> 1) Make users think twice about uploading out of focus (or poorly taken)
> pictures, or huge pictures (both in file size and dimensions). Files that don't
> meet the restrictions will be force users to resize and/or convert them.
I think that this is a very important point. IMHO big images are just a waste of
bandwidth (people get frustruated anyway when they realise the dimensions of the
image, and hit back in disgust) as well as space.
Also, delete unused accounts, after a set period of time.
> I think that switching over to a pay to upload system would simply "weed out"
> the not-so-serious AFOLs/ALEs. Hopefully, it would encourage Brickshelf users
I don't think the point here is to weed people out. If some relative unknown has
a one-off cool idea he wants to share (and, I want to see), he's highly unlikely
to pay for it.
I think a system similar to the one on LUGNET would be great. (Where you can
post messages for free, but by becoming a full member you get a lot of
additional perks.) You could for example, lay down a rules that limit the size
of the picture, and are more stringent toward quality for those who are 'free'
members, and ask for a nominal fee from the rest.
> to transfer/exchange more "standardized" and better quality files. For those
> that are unwilling to pay to use this service, there are other (free) hosting
> services and picture hosting sites out there...
True, but I don't want to have to go through a hundred other sites to find one
cool MOC a day. A centralised place is much better.
Legoswami
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) Hmm that's a good point. But I wasn't really trying to "weed people out" so I may have sent the wrong message! (...) Yeah that's a possibility - but the key point is that LUGNET memberships are lifetime memberships (if I remember correctly). (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) This has already happened. More and more, when people get serious about the online community, they get their own website(1). In order to keep up-to-date on MOCs, etc, I usually check four or five websites a day. -Lenny (1)= For example, (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) I agree, but for a slightly different reason. Try living where broadband simply isn't available. There are still places in the US (and other countries I'm sure) that have not yet received broadband rollout. Try clicking on one of those (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| My comments for now: ALE - it is not here - (URL) idea what ALE is, I do know what a AFOL is. How about a free account with a certain amount of free pictures? That way one can have some few pictures there, and sort them if one wants to keep the (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) Yes I would also support a free to view, pay to upload system on Brickshelf. I don't know how much work it would take to implement this, but you could have a monthly, quarterly, and/or annual subscription fee that may give you (un)limited (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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