je ne regrette rien Posted January 28, 2023 Posted January 28, 2023 I see a main focus on functions and therefore the user experience (UX). There may be another thing to consider: how to design a photo platform in 2023. What do photo enthusiasts desire? what do they want to discuss? Does somebody still need to know whether horizons need to be straight or not? Is somebody still interested whether "rules" are the way to make good photographs? Or whether rules make sense or not at all? I don't know. The crossroads photo.net is at may be related to the overall lifecycle of photoforums as a whole and of forums in general. I appreciate the smart conversations here and there; very powerful threads as well. The gallery may not be exactly what it could be in terms of quality of pictures. 1
bruce_z._li2 Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 If the photo.net community is decreasing, one radical proposal might be to merge with photrio (which itself was the merge of three forums, but mostly APUG). Thus we will have enough membership for at least one big community. Photrio has similar forum format, and the developers seem to be quite active and competent to keep the site refreshed and updated regularly.
John Peri Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) To all useful purposes, I can still only see the first 44 pictures in my portfolio, the remainder remains filtered and no way offered to change the settings. Edited January 29, 2023 by John Peri
John Peri Posted January 29, 2023 Posted January 29, 2023 6 minutes ago, John Peri said: To all useful purposes, I can still only see the first 44 pictures in my portfolio, the remainder remains filtered and no way offered to change the settings. Incidentally, I discover that this only applies to photos posted in the "nude category".
LineMartel Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 The home page is definitely not reflecting a serious place to come. I am trying to participate just to keep this site alive. But I think the home page will not attract new serious members. This is what I see today on the home page... SECOND IMAGE REMOVED DUE TO POSSIBLE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND VIOLATION OF COMMUNITY STANDARDS--TGOPS
gary green Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 This is what happens when the owners/admins advertise to the world, via this forum, that they have "defunded the police". 1
mikemorrellNL Posted January 30, 2023 Posted January 30, 2023 Just a reminder to @SiteHelp that I'm up for supporting the current PN mods. I sent a positive response to a PM from @SiteHelp more than a week ago and I've had as yet no reply.
Mudita Posted January 31, 2023 Author Posted January 31, 2023 Stay tuned for further updates @mikemorrellNL! 1
The Ghost Of Phils Society Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 We are aware of the incredible spam problem coming out of India. Use your discretion in posting screen shots that contain nudity as one such example may possibly have contained child pornography. 1
mickeysimpson Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 1/23/2023 at 11:39 AM, SiteHelp said: PhotoNet has existed for over 30 years. For much of that time it was one of the premier photographic communities on the web. Things began to change with the first migration of the platform in early 2017. Two more “migrations” later resulted in much damage to its reputation, loss of membership, and participation in PhotoNet. T... We are soliciting your thoughts on things you would like to see, and your vision for the future of this community! Please let us know! I have sent many suggestions and have received no responses whatsoever. My last message to the PN Admins/Help was a request to permanently delete all my photos. I find 39 pages (sometimes 40 pages) of photos when I select my name at the top right of the screen, select Profile, and select Images. These are images that I have deleted from PN multiple times. I cannot do anything with these images, not view or delete. Is it any wonder why more people are leaving when you have removed the ability of a PN contributor to manage their own images? Permanently delete all my images.
The Ghost Of Phils Society Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 No suggestions have been discarded. Everything is under consideration and is being assessed for inclusion in a new general management plan--and in many instances recently deployed. As has been clearly and definitively stated in another thread, discussion or argument over PhotoNet management or moderation is not allowed in forum threads. Such complaint or inquire should be directed to @TGOPS or @Sandy Vongries. A proviso to that should be clearly understood. We are willing to hear your complaint--but not bound to address it in any way that would lead to misunderstanding or discord to the community. Management is open to suggestions and ideas. This is why threads are created to solicit such response--and staff addresses "fixes" as they are reasonable and possible. We will continue down this road because we are now part of this community also. Because of failures within the Invision (IPS) Community platform, moderators and administrators are unable to delete images that were present before the October migration debacle. For many users we cannot delete images aside from "one at a time" instances. This is not something that we are going to do for hundreds (and in the case of some, thousands of images). What should work as a selectable "bulk" deletion does not work--nor has action on the part of Invision Community administrators to fix it succeeded. Here is what we can do. Your account (or anyone elses) can be completely deleted, ala GDPR style. The choice is whether a member who requests that is to move on, or create a new account on PhotoNet. Please advise at your earliest convenience. 1
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