Stiga
Veteran
- Location
- Near Perthg, Scotland
About a week ago, Kevin challenged me to explain in detail, detail, detail why, after being at Cameraderie member for 18 months, I still had problems with navigation. (Link to Kevin’s request)
After exploring Cameraderie extensively over the past week, it dawned on me that the main reason for my problems was that I was looking for things that are not there. One phrase that you quoted was “At the moment there is hardly enough bird posts to warrant it's own dedicated sub-forum. “ Frankly, I find this incredible. Every forum I have experience of has a Birds sub forum – except Cameraderie. Kevin, this is a chicken and egg situation; if you don’t have a dedicated space for bird photos, folk will not post their masterpieces here, they will go elsewhere. There is evidence of this currently on POTN where birders are migrating to Photo Talk. As an aside, I note they are not happy there. So this is a big opportunity for Cameraderie to attract new members. You should be proactive rather than reactive.
I have looked at the whole of Cameraderie during the past week despite some of it not having much of interest to me and Have come up with a new draft structure for discussion. It is an Excel 97 spreadsheet and you can find it here. It only deals with the photography threads. Non-photo topics are only presented as heading and the core photo topics have large font
To wind up I would like to say there is a lot I like on Cameraderie. I have found everyone to be friendly, I have encountered no spam or bulling and I love the landing page. The latter often takes me to places I would not otherwise visit and, usually, enhances my experience here.
Lastly, please interpret my comments as constructive, that is what I mean them to be.
After exploring Cameraderie extensively over the past week, it dawned on me that the main reason for my problems was that I was looking for things that are not there. One phrase that you quoted was “At the moment there is hardly enough bird posts to warrant it's own dedicated sub-forum. “ Frankly, I find this incredible. Every forum I have experience of has a Birds sub forum – except Cameraderie. Kevin, this is a chicken and egg situation; if you don’t have a dedicated space for bird photos, folk will not post their masterpieces here, they will go elsewhere. There is evidence of this currently on POTN where birders are migrating to Photo Talk. As an aside, I note they are not happy there. So this is a big opportunity for Cameraderie to attract new members. You should be proactive rather than reactive.
I have looked at the whole of Cameraderie during the past week despite some of it not having much of interest to me and Have come up with a new draft structure for discussion. It is an Excel 97 spreadsheet and you can find it here. It only deals with the photography threads. Non-photo topics are only presented as heading and the core photo topics have large font
To wind up I would like to say there is a lot I like on Cameraderie. I have found everyone to be friendly, I have encountered no spam or bulling and I love the landing page. The latter often takes me to places I would not otherwise visit and, usually, enhances my experience here.
Lastly, please interpret my comments as constructive, that is what I mean them to be.