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Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:34:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tim Courtney writes:
> Though I don't find advertiser supported services objectionable (I'm working
> on developing one), principles Yahoo has used here have disgusted me, and also
> their littering of the internet with their brand has as well.
This being .debate, I'm going to continue to ask you to be more specific.
What exactly is it that bothers you about Yahoo? I don't see buying up
services and systems in order to extend the reach of what Yahoo is able to
offer Yahoo users as bad, per se. Rather, I see it as a good thing. Good for
Yahoo, good for Yahoo users, and good for Yahoo stockholders. But then, I like
vertically integrated companies when it makes sense for them to be vertical.
Further, I'm not sure what to make of "littering of the internet".
Are you saying that you have a problem with people advertising to build brand
awareness? Or are you saying that after Yahoo buys a company they shouldn't
rebrand it? Or what?
Make sure you align your statement with your recent statement that you're part
of a pre-IPO company that you're hoping big things of. :-)
In any case, why? Be specific. Or else I think you're being a teeny bit
irrational. Not a big deal, but this *is* .debate after all... where we strain
at gnats and pass elephants with ease.
> > If Todd chooses to implement a ring for Tim and the other ring members
> > bully for him, it's his choice and if we don't like it the only recourse
> > we have is to not use LUGNET.
> Explain the comment 'bully for him' - I don't quite understand.
It means "good for him!" or in Aussie "Good onya, mate...", that is, "if it
feels good, do it".
> > > Would you have users pay during the maintenance period to help offset the
> > > implementation, only to have it "paid off" shortly? If so, would you then
> > > discontinue user fees, as they are no longer needed?
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> No one will be paying for this service, it will be integrated into Lugnet as
> far as I understand in the same manner that the rest of the site is a service
> to AFOLs.
Reread about what a free community really is (that is, not free). Everything
gets paid for somehow.
> As far as the ring/new Lugnet feature is concerned, both Todd and I believe
> that people will be pleased with what we come up with. We also discussed the
> possibility of someone else taking over the Yahoo ring - authorized or
> unauthorized, and the effects of such. I suppose I won't have a problem with
> someone running the ring on Yahoo if I work with them during the transition to
> Lugnet. But would this really be beneficial/necessary??
My opinion is no. One ring to bind them all, as Jeremy quoted.
++Lar
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 | | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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| (...) I'm having some minor trouble passing this gnat. I was hinting that Yahoo was the One Ring to bind all, etc. Communities like LUGNET, OTOH, would be the rag-tag army of light to eventually defeat Sauron and his minions. :-, re: gnats & (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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| (...) Alrighty. (...) My problems with Yahoo are as follows: 1) Moral issues - I haven't experienced the porn banner ads personally, but from Jeremy's description its abhorring to me and I want nothing to to with a company who shoves smut down (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Though I don't find advertiser supported services objectionable (I'm working on developing one), principles Yahoo has used here have disgusted me, and also their littering of the internet with their brand has as well. That's all my opinion, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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