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[Lurkalot]

Originally Posted by ABERS

At least on the old site one never felt restricted in calling a spade a spade, like saying that you thought that a picture had the artistic merit and aesthetics of a cold rice pudding. That's part of the problem with this site, everybody tip-toes around frightened to death of ruffling a few feathers when it comes to commenting.

That might have something to do with the fact, I was the only moderator at DCM, and I also like the idea of calling a spade a spade.

We now have a combo of sixteen admins and mods.

[ABERS]

Mick, isn't there something about too many cooks and broth?1

[donoreo]

Originally Posted by Lurkalot

That might have something to do with the fact, I was the only moderator at DCM, and I also like the idea of calling a spade a spade.

We now have a combo of sixteen admins and mods.

I noticed that last week. That is a lot of moderators! That sounds oppressive like the man is trying to keep us down

<-- One of sixteen

[Dagwood]

Originally Posted by ABERS

Bring back Shelfy he'd liven things up! Mind you he's doing a good job at that elsewhere.

Where's that Abers?
Dagwood

[DigiDiva]

sorry to spoil ya fun but......why is this forum not about the title anymore :0(

[Sue Allen]

well - as the earliest anyone could join this incarnation of the forum was was July 2009 that sort of answered the original question in one go. No probs ...better start another thread if anyone wants to chat then...

[DigiDiva]

No, sorry, don't be offended, it's just that Im fairly new here, and trying to suss who's who on here, who's been here ages, who's new....The thread seemed to have taken a turn to memory lane and I couldn't really follow or comment...it's ok, you all seem to be enjoying so go ahead. Sorry

[OldBoy]

Originally Posted by DigiDiva

No, sorry, don't be offended, it's just that Im fairly new here, and trying to suss who's who on here, who's been here ages, who's new....The thread seemed to have taken a turn to memory lane and I couldn't really follow or comment...it's ok, you all seem to be enjoying so go ahead. Sorry

Nobody is offended and it's a fair question. This site is an upgrade of the old DCM site, so the oldest members on here would stem from there. If you look at the stats at the bottom of the main forum page, then you will see that almost 137,000 people have joined but only about 2,000 are regular users, but this might include people who have joined in the last six months, but haven't posted in a forum.

[Sue Allen]

no-one's offended - it's just that threads often meander and go along a different route...

Originally Posted by Dagwood

. I remember a fair number of posts on DCMag where things were getting out of hand and that does not seem anywhere like as bad with PhotoRadar, however..... I do feel something is lacking with this forum. Trouble is I cannot put my finger on it. Are there too many categories and the usefulness of posts gets diluted? Do we miss the tension created by rude and/or grumpy old gits? Have we just lost some of the "characters" that we got to know so well? Are they still with us but just frustrated? For sure there are still heaps of peeps willing to answer questions and give advice but it seems to take longer and there just don't seem to be as many. Or is it just me getting past 50? (Ed.- well 16years past 50 to be precise!!)joimnin
I'd love to know what others think.
Dagwood

I think a lot of forums of all sorts are less active than they used to be - possibly due in part to them being seen as old hat with the rise of 'tweeting' and facebook etc.
This site is a commercial exercise and as such is no doubt successful - lots of information and news to keep those interested in such things coming back and a yearly photo contest designed for huge entries bringing lots of clicks to keep advertisers happy. [surely no-one would run a photo contest in the way the DCMag POTY is structured if they wanted it to be hassle free!].
Without raking up old things again, a lot of people did leave the forums at the time of the change for a number of reasons. Some return occasionally - many don't. What's needed to keep a forum active is subjects designed to provoke controversy or stimulate debate - plenty of healthy argument and discussion that does'nt resort to personal attack.

[ABERS]

Originally Posted by Dagwood

Where's that Abers?
Dagwood

You can find Chris's flickr pages on http://www.flickr.com/photos/shelfman/

The banter he has with those that comment on his images, and the fun he has 'making' images is worth a look.