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Re: Whiners Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:24:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jeff Stembel wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Troy Cefaratti wrote:
> > >
> > > Do something or quit your complaining.
> >
> > Pardon me, but if you provide a MAJOR service to a community that a huge number
> > of people use, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS FREE OR NOT, it is pure politeness
> > and respect to GIVE WARNING BEFORE YOU DISCONTINUE SERVICE. Honestly, to do
> > otherwise says that you don't give a shit about the community members who used
> > the service.
>
> It says nothing of the sort. As a JLUG admin we had a similar decision to make
> very recently, and chose the same path. We had no obligation to warn anyone,
> even though we had a picture gallery with pics people may not have kept a copy
> of. That's just the way things go sometimes. Heck, I even helped Kevin with
> monetary support on a couple of occasions and I still don't feel I had any right
> to expect a warning.
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> While I will miss Brickshelf as a resource, and just the occasional random
> browse, my main issue is fixing my pages that relied on it. But I should never
> have relied on it, so that's my fault anyway, not Kevin's.
>
> And like Troy said, the best thing is to do something instead of just
> complaining - the JLUG regulars had a new forum up within hours, and chat within
> a few days. And people here called them community misfits.
>
> ROSCO
So how do we fix lugnet post links?
Tim
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| (...) It says nothing of the sort. As a JLUG admin we had a similar decision to make very recently, and chose the same path. We had no obligation to warn anyone, even though we had a picture gallery with pics people may not have kept a copy of. (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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