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Re: Whiners Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:54:08 GMT
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Now, after seeing the reaction here and elsewhere, I am rapidly starting not
to care if you whiney vultures ever get your photos back.
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You expected rounds of applause?
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Kevin provided a basically free service to everyone for YEARS. Everyone used
it without much thought tot he costs involved. Sure, he could have handled
this latest episode better, but for now none of us know the circumstances
involved. I know that *I* would certainly have grown tired of supporting a
site for a bunch of ungrateful users.
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The people who used Brickshelf were very grateful for it - at no point, even
now, have we become “ungrateful”. The whole reason we are angry and disappointed
is because it was a site we cared about. Most people were aware of the costs
involved, but there were ads on the site to cover the cost and if he needed more
money all he had to do was ask. Yes it was a free service, but even a free
service needs to be able to be relied upon or nobody would ever use it in the
first place.
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And as for the supposed “Lego Community”? Useless. Instead of being a true
community and banding together to help save a pillar of the community, what to
we get? Personal attacks on Kevin and a bunch of whining.
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Kevin, as far as we know, is the only person responsible for Brickshelf, so it
makes sense to direct questions and frustrations at him.
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Do something or quit your complaining.
Troy
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For most of us there is nothing we can do except vent our frustration - perhaps
you have a server that could be used or you’ve spoken to Kevin so you feel less
powerless and let down, but to tell people to put up or shut up isn’t going to
help the situation, it’s just going to make people more resentful.
In all, that was a particularly nasty tirade that completely misjudged the
reasons for why people are upset. We are upset because we cared about the
site, not because we are at all ungrateful. You talk about the Lego community
being “useless” while spitting venom at AFOLs here and defending someone who has
harmed the Lego community more than anything else I can think of.
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Whiners Re: Problems with Brickshelf?
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| This is not directed at Tim, but rather some of the whiners that responed to his post above... When I first saw that BrickShelf was down, I was all gung-ho to see what I could do to help bring it back up. As the host for Classic-Castle, I do have (...) (17 years ago, 15-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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