Forum topic suggestions

[Alan Gage]

I like how the forums are broken up into the different categories (digital, M/LF, SLR, rangefinder) but that are also times I find it quite limiting that there isn't a little more unity to the forums. It could be nice to just have a general equipment forum. There are many photography related topics that aren't just for SLR's, rangefinders, digital, etc. and there's not really a good place to put them. I put them in the digital forum because that's where I hang out the most but someone else might put it in the rangefinder forum since that's where they hang out. They may never visit the digital forum to see my post and I'd likely miss their post in the rangefinder forum.

While I'm at it; a general "photo sharing" forum might be nice too instead of people just posting to the forum dealing with whatever camera took the photo when the point of the pictures isn't just to show off a particular camera.

Haven't we been segregated long enough? :-)

Just a suggestion for next time you feel like switching up the forums (if ever).

Alan

[cenelson]

Further distilling the brew has been on my mind. Along the same lines as you, I've been contemplating creation of a single, all-encompassing gear forum with sub-forums for those who prefer to stay in their own pool. Would look like:

General -> Subforums= Digital, MF, LF, etc.

As well, the general posting spot for images is sound. Again, housing the Critiquing forum with the W/NW under master forum of Image Sharing (for sake of argument).

Thanks for the feedback, Alan.

Craig

[P C Headland]

I quite like the way it is now. The risk is that if you have one image posting forum, things disappear quickly off the front page.  I quite like seeing what took what pictures.  If you just want to post pictures, the W/NW and critiquing forums are available.

Is it possible to retain the current structure (or very similar), but also have a flat structure too - i.e. different views of the same info?

[Alan Gage]

If you just want to post pictures, the W/NW and critiquing forums are available.

If the W/NW forum is intended to be used like that then that's cool and solves some of the problem. I haven't posted general picks to that forum because I've always understood W/NW posts to be about starting a theme where everyone adds their own photos to the thread.

Alan

[cenelson]

I'm usually pretty sharp when it comes to economy of design, but I admit some redundancy and bad form when it comes to these forums.

I'm ciphering solutions, but my mind has been bent at odd angles lately and I'm working through some personal bottlenecks, so best to say I've not been able to address the forums issues as I would prefer. I got so pissed at everything last week that I yanked down my entire Flickr upload and stripped Blogger of my past however-many-months worth of posts.

I go through these rebirthing/renewal periods now and again. They're not fun. It'll all get sorted.

C.

[cenelson]

We've also had a sudden influx of wannabe spammers. Not sure where it's coming from, but I'm dealing with it as I find it. One slipped through - had him banned as secondary, not primary, but cleaned him out good and quick.