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Grex > Agorage > #6: Member initative: Allow members to host images | |
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cross
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response 175 of 183:
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Sep 26 23:07 UTC 2006 |
I forward-actively endorse this proposal, having just purchased a 3 month
membership.
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tod
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response 176 of 183:
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Sep 26 23:41 UTC 2006 |
I forward-actively endorse this proposal
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cross
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response 177 of 183:
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Sep 26 23:46 UTC 2006 |
So far, by my count, that's scholar, aruba, tod and cross that have endorsed
bringing the proposal to a vote. nharmon, are you a member?
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nharmon
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response 178 of 183:
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Sep 27 00:00 UTC 2006 |
I am now (having just purchased a one year membership 2 minutes ago). I
forward-actively endorse this proposal.
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cross
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response 179 of 183:
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Sep 27 00:33 UTC 2006 |
That's five. We need one more.
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gelinas
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response 180 of 183:
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Sep 27 04:03 UTC 2006 |
Of course, if the proposal can't even get enough endorsements to go to a vote,
that's a fairly plain statement that the membership isn't interested, isn't
it?
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scholar
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response 181 of 183:
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Sep 27 05:52 UTC 2006 |
We'll see how the vote goes, assuming there is one.
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naftee
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response 182 of 183:
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Sep 29 03:36 UTC 2006 |
I think this should go to vote. A five-member endorsement is pretty good.
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cross
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response 183 of 183:
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May 31 04:50 UTC 2017 |
Interestingly, as far as I know, this never went to a vote. But at
some point, apparently through a configuration slip-up, Grex started
allowing image hosting. Once the cat was out of the bag it stayed
out and we never went back to banning images, but it never became
an issue. Hordes of users didn't descend on the system to post porn,
and we never had any complaints or even questions about it, as far
as I can recall. It would seem the arguments against were a bit
specious.
One of the arguments raised against hosting images was that there
were better image hosting services out there (photobucket, flickr,
etc). However, seemingly no one foresaw the obvious corollary: that
those interested in hosting high-volume images would do so on some
site like that, not on dinky li'l 'ol Grex. And that seems to be
more or less what happened in the end.
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