Instead of making several single photo posts a day why don't you just start a "photos of the day or week" thread.
One of the problems of the single photo threads is that a small number of people dominate the front page of the forum. When I had a few pictures I wanted to post recently, I had to use the single image approach, otherwise my thread would be buried within a couple of hours, with no feedback.
I do not think people realize how much they dominate the forum with their multiple threads. One evening I saw that within 12 hours one person posted 7-8 threads I cannot remember the exact number. He pushed everyone else almost out of sight.
Why can’t you just scroll past any posts you do not want to see to the ones you do want to see, no matter how old they are? It’s not like you can only view recent posts on top. Or, if you think someone posts too much, put them on ignore and avoid them altogether.
The software also lets you know, by highlighting, which post you have seen or haven’t seen.
This really doesn’t seem like a big issue. I’d much prefer to see single photo posts I can choose to look at or not, than one post with loads of photos which make it diffuse to focus and comment.
I do not think you understood my point. My point is that when people post 10 images in 10 different threads they bury other people's work. Most people do not really scroll beyond the first 20-30 threads so if one person if occupying 5-10 of the top 20-30 threads he/she stops other people showing their work. We should try to aim more for quality and not quantity.
Sorry, you’re correct, I don’t understand your point. Every post goes to the top, it’s easy enough to scroll past 10-20 threads to go down as far as you like. What device are you viewing - a phone? On my ipad it’s a touch of the finger. On computer, a touch of the scroll wheel. One can avoid any user and scroll to any post one wants to see. I look at most posts, skip users I may not want to look at or avoid till later.
You still do not understand... It is not about you or me, is about posts getting lost because they move down the queue and eventually disappear before many people had a chance to see them
No, I do not understand - I have no trouble scrolling as far as I need to to see older posts. I don’t know what you mean by “buried”. No posts “disappear’ - you can go back to previous pages if you want.
What one can do and what actually happens is not the same. Most people do not scroll beyond the first 20-30 threads, I do not know how many times I have to write the same things....
For me, yes unfortunately I had to put people in the ignore list to clear the list (for me). How am I supposed to know which posts I am interested in if I do not see them. So at the end I had to filter by people unfortunately.
Don’t really see your issue. Scrolling is too difficult?
Seriously, is this the level of interaction that you want? You are asking me if I can scroll? Seriously? Have you thought that maybe this style of communication creates the wrong vibes in this forum?
I seriously do not understand what your issue is. Perhaps you can specify or explain further about why you have difficulty - instead of being defensive.
Sam, you seem to enjoy arguing with people. I explained multiple times what is the issue and you keep trying to make it personal. And I am defensive? You are the one asking me if I can scroll, I did not make any comments on you and your abilities.
I am not enjoying this, but trying to figure out why you are so upset with the forum. You are “arguing” as much as I am.
I am not actually upset, I made a suggestion, and the catalyst was that one day I saw someone posting 6-7 threads with the space of a few hours.
“I am one of the few people ...trying to comment on threads that are worth and have been ignored by the forum because someone posted mutliple threads and pushed them down the queue”
I may have misread this, you are saying -other- posters have been ignored and you are one of the few who do not ignore these people. Sorry.
I was trying to let you know that I make an effort to read all posts and respond even to posts that are further back in the queue
FYI, I am happy with my engagement with the forum, I have no personal issues. That does not mean that I cannot identify something that I in my opinion can be improved.
Are you suggesting people wait till they have a week’s worth of images, and post them all at once in one post? There are “photos of the week on many camera forums:
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63118047
...but a photo forum is different. We mainly post photos, not discussing gear.
Yes, I would expect people to post a thread with 2-3 images rather than one image at a time. It does not have to be once a week, but definitely not multiple threads per day.
So you want us to post 2-3 images at a time, at what intervals? Should we make a rule regarding your individual preferences? Maybe you have to just accept that people have different posting styles, and that some are more prolific than other in photos, comments, and posts about photography? In general there is a smaller group that posts more than others, but that is not preventing anyone from posting as much as they want. Some people post nothing and just peruse, others are more active. Thats just the way it is. Some may be introverts, others extroverts.
I hope I made my point clear. I know you like to post single images, so please continue to do as you like.
Not really clear. Some post more than others. Some post many in a day, some don’t. I usually post a bunch after culling a few days worth, and then none for a while. I won’t post in groups unless it’s a connected series, as I prefer that people view one photo at a time without distraction, and then respond to that one photo. An arbitrary group obfuscates that process. YMMV
What can I say. I feel you do not want to understand the point but you are happy to argue all day long... I think as a long term member of the forum you should have more responsibility for the quality of your interactions.
I am truly putting in effort trying to understand why you have these issues and others do not. But in my eyes, you are being defensive and making it personal, not me.
Seriously, how did you arrive at this conclusion? You questioned my ability to scroll, you said that I am unhappy with my engagement with the forum (not true), that I try to change people's posting patterns to get more engagement, that I am defensive etc
I said nothing about you, I told you to do what you like doing... How am I the one making it personal?
Why not just try to clarify your point instead of accusing me of “liking to argue”?
I believe I stated my point/suggestion. I am not upset or anything, it is just a suggestion, that is all. The internet does not help these types of discussions, too many misunderstandings and assumptions about what someone is trying to say.
So lets leave it please.
