Reader Redesign Survey Results

<p>There are not many companies that ask their customers what they want. This survey is excellent; thanks! I saw excellent suggestions, things I had not thought about. I like the tutorials idea. </p>

<p>I have been on this site for maybe more than 10 years. Thanks for publishing the survey results. As for the conclusions of the survey, just my comments:</p>

<p>- I don't feel this forum is too old-looking (and i'm a software engineer, by the way). However, the forum needs a tool for searching inside a topic. This is important whenever one has a multi-page topic, like this one.</p>

<p>- I have never found any aggressive or uncivilized conversation in the forums.</p>

<p>- I do think that the rating system can be improved. I remember when we had the "originality" and "aesthetics" independent ratings. I think that was a better way to rate a pic.</p>

<p>- Yes, we do need the ability to upload larger photos. But you know what would be a killer feature that would set this forum apart? <strong>Automatic digital watermarking of the uploaded pics, </strong>so we can upload our high-res pics without worries.</p>

<p>Congratulations for years and years of great work! </p>

<p>I just recently renewed my subscription to photo.net after going inactive for some years. I didn't see much change from what I remember. This is really a wonderful site 'as is'. Any improvements are just more megapixels and better resolution. </p>

<p>In looking at the demographic here, I wonder if it might be a good idea to canvas the younger members, say 30 and younger. Ultimately, they'll be the future of the site. There's a generation or two that will be going away soon for one reason or another. Seems like cell phone snapshots might be replacing the art of photography. I'd be interested to know for sure how the younger-than-thirty folks see the future of photography.</p>

<p>Thanks again for your efforts.</p>

<p>Cara, Thank you for your excellent and concise compilation of the results of the survey. It's interesting to hear what other comments people had. Though I filled out the survey, there were some aspects I frankly didn't think about, but they were covered by others. Thanks for all your hard work!</p>

<p>Amazing and very interesting, thanks.</p>

<p>Looking good, hopefully executing any changes won't be too painful for you folks behind the scenes.</p>

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