unangelino

<p><strong><em>@ Lex</em></strong></p> <p>I agree with much of what you say but the question still remains; what (if anything) do the PNET powers that be want to do with the site?</p> <p>They either have a new site in beta or they don't. That new site may be better or worse (read more or less popular) than the current one. The problem is that those same powers are so reclusive that these sorts of threads do end up approximating voices muttering in the wind. After a while the thread-related interest will fall away. The result is that the PNET powers that be have, yet again, largely wasted an opportunity to learn what at least a segment of their subscribers would like in an improved site. Their willingness to miss such an opportunity eludes me. I would think they would be motivated to get new visitors to subscribe and existing subscribers to continue but I see little evidence of this.</p> <p> </p>

<p><strong>@ Fred</strong></p> <p>At Flickr I have a portfolio of 600 images or so and enjoy participating in four or five groups regularly, in addition to the group I started (Grand Vistas).</p> <p>The thrust of my agreement with the quote I cited was over the lack of a sense of community here at PNET.</p> <p>I reiterate my sense on this point yet I continue to support PNET with my annual subscription fee. (Hint: It's the unique and wonderful <em>No Words</em> group that keeps me here).</p> <p>The question for me and others is, for how long?<br> <br> Cheers.</p> <p>Paul</p> <p>P.S. <br> As an aside, PNET's lack of a Macro group after all this time is inexplicable.</p>

<blockquote> <p><strong><em>Is my use of 'whom' grammatically correct? I never am sure.</em></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Correct.</p> <p>Who is a subject pronoun:</p> <p>He hit me! <em>Who hit you?</em></p> <p>Whom is an object pronoun:</p> <p>I hit him! <em>You hit whom?</em></p>

<p>Back in July, I got a PM from member of pnet's <em>powers that be</em> saying the new site was going into beta in two weeks.</p> <p>I've seen or heard nothing since then.</p> <blockquote> <p><em>For me, critiques are very important. But posting on Photo.net is like tossing that photo into a big black hole. I'm not very good as a photographer, but I am enthusiastic as a photographer. There is no sense of real community. </em><br /><br /><em>I get far more input from my Flickr account than I ever got here. And what little feedback I would get on Photo.net was the sort of advice along the lines of I should never forget or violate the rule of thirds, or that my photography properly belongs on Deviant Art. Really? Deviant Art? There is a strong feel of a BBS for a 1950's Camera Club on this site, if ever such a thing did or could occur.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>This says it all for me...</p>

<p>Still summer in the Eastern Sierra, but just barely; snow flurries forecast for Mammoth Lakes this weekend.<br /> <br /> <a title="Mt Whitney by Unangelino, on Flickr" href=" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/14919477568_c47c48c60f_z.jpg" alt="Mt Whitney" width="478" height="640" /></a><br> Mt Whitney from Lone Pine</p>

<div></div>

<div></div>

<div></div>

<div></div>