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Re: Brickshelf going away???
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:43:02 GMT
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My comments for now:
ALE - it is not here - http://www.lugnet.com/~88/acronym_faq/all
no 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 account "free"?
That would also be an option for new users to try it.
Later, when "addicted", one can pay and get more - e.g. statistics etc.
Maybe a limitation for what kind of files can be accepted?
Larger limit for picture sizes?
Maybe only 10 pictures per folder? And max 5 folders? That gives quite many
options.
I still believe, there should be paid by the file sizes
I strongly agree that we should have pictures on a central place, it is easy to
browse etc. Looking for 352345234 pages on the net is not what I want.
I have a site myself (http://my.tele2.ee/sonnich/lego/ ), but for later projects
I have preferred to upload to bricklink and link to them.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=sonnich
I would not be agains paying for hosting my pictures as long as it is a small
amount, and it is by the file size.
I have a limited amount of pictures (but 3+ mocs to be added), so it would not
kill me. And, I would have to host them elsewhere, if it was not for BS.
I wrote it, and here it is again - I wonder how much disk space can be saved, if
all of us would resize pictures. Pictures 2048x1536 takes app. 10 times as much
as 640x480. My point - limit your pictures and leave room for e.g. instruction
scannings.
I would like to know from Kevin whether my theory holds water :-)
Best regards
Sonnich
In lugnet.general, Samarth Moray wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Bryan Wong wrote:
> > Charging users to upload (with file size limits) would do the following two
> > things (at least):
> >
> > 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
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> 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 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) It's a new acronym that's being tossed around to replace 'AFOL'-- ALE = "Adult Lego Enthusiast" (...) I don't think disk space is really the issue so much as bandwidth. IIRC he filled up 2 T1's easily, which ain't cheap. People use BrickShelf (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | what is ALE? (was Re: Brickshelf going away???)
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| (...) ALE is Adult Lego Enthusiast, a newer (and preferred by at least some) term over AFOL. It's easier to pronounce as an acronym, sounds less stilted when you say it in words, and is generally more accurate too. See (URL) for the thread where it (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
| | | RE: What is ALE?
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| (...) I thought ALE was a particular type of alcoholic libation. I don't drink much, so I don't know the difference between, say.. Stout, Ale, Beer, etc.. Scott (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Brickshelf going away???
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| (...) 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, (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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