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Re: MOCpages, now a Brickshelf alternative
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lugnet.publish
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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:31:36 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Sean Kenney wrote:
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Hi, everyone...
With the looming shut-down of Brickshelf, I would like to offer
MOCpages as a safe alternative for everyone to
continue posting their LEGO creations. In light of this, MOCpages now offers
free image hosting.
Of course, you can also always use MOCpages with flickr, photobucket, maj, or
any other popular image hosting service... it supports full HTML in your
pages (and there are some tips on the help pages if you don’t know HTML.)
Now that Brickshelf is going I would be very sad if there weren’t a place for
everyone to gather and see what’s new. MOCpages has that great
one-stop-shopping, and I’m actively working on making it even better for
everyone (kids and adults alike). My vision has always been for the site to
be a place where people can share their ideas with each other and learn from
each other.
Over the past 4 years, MOCpages has grown, a lot... it currently gets about
20% the visitors that Brickshelf does. In anticipation of the new image
hosting and of lots of new users, MOCpages is getting a spiffy new web server
tomorrow (that kicks the pants off the old one). They’ll both run together
to balance the site’s traffic. I also am interested in recruiting some
moderators to help keep posts, uploads, and other user-generated content
appropriate. Anyone interested?
I want to assure you that MOCpages won’t suffer the same fate as Brickshelf.
MOCpages has been covering its costs for a few years now, and I plan on
implementing new revenue streams to keep the site running strong with the new
added services. I’d like to implement a (quota/capped) free hosting service,
coupled with a subscription service for greater (or unlimited) service. (a
la flickr). Right now the new image hosting service is free... but that’s
just because I wanted to get it ready for everyone as quickly as possible! :)
The subscription service will be supplemented with sponsorhip and other
partnerships to keep revenue balanced. LEGO activities are my full time job,
and MOCpages is a major chunk of my business operations. It’s not going
anywhere, and neither am I.
Sean
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MOCpages admin
LEGO Certified Professional
guy on LUGNET since 1997
Friend
And lots more I’m sure...
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Sean, You’re a hero. I’ve had most of my stuff on MOCpages for a few years now,
and while comments people write about my MOCs sometimes annoy me, overall I’ve
been really happy with it. Being able to add a little information to the
pictures and being able to get some feedback is just great.
I was very worried that the demise of brickshelf would have a knock-on effect on
MOCpages as well. Fortunately it hasn’t. Thanks to your quick actions, my
creations are still safe on MOCpages and available for everybody to see:
http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/2168
Many thanks,
Ralph
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