comapedrosa Posted July 14, 2006 Author Share #21 Posted July 14, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) LCT, ?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 14, 2006 Posted July 14, 2006 Hi comapedrosa, Take a look here Why the new forum?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ptomsu Posted July 15, 2006 Share #22 Posted July 15, 2006 I see from the reactions that payment (even flat rate) does not get great acceptance. But think about the benefits - it must not be huge, say $20 a year and would at least put a certain minimal barrier of just getting on the forum for and posting whatever one wants to express. It would at least need someone to go through a more detailed registration and paying some mony, so I would hope only more serious users (as some) would participate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bernd Banken Posted July 15, 2006 Share #23 Posted July 15, 2006 it's too complicated. Someone must collect the money, profit/loss statements, etc.. On the other hand it's a legal question. More and more the handling and supervising of an open forum has some riscs because the responsibility must be covered. It's a logically decision to apart the company Leica and the owner of this forum. The forum software which is in use here has much more options as we can see at the moment. The same software works at the Nikon forum of Germany, you ca see Member pics sorted by genre, you can qote pic, you may express your "thank" for posts etc. Let's wait and see what the near future will bring here. Regards Bernd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
templar Posted July 15, 2006 Share #24 Posted July 15, 2006 The new forum is manifestly more interactive than the old forum. Additionally, the software being used on the new forum allows for many more intersting possibilites. Have a look here: http://www.northamericanmotoring.com/ North American Motoring uses the same software as the new forum and one can see how they have been able to leverage it. William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted July 15, 2006 Share #25 Posted July 15, 2006 What the heck... Who is talking about paying for forum membership? Did anyone at Leica or I mention that in any way? There will never be fees for normal membership in the Leica Forum. Period. Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 15, 2006 Share #26 Posted July 15, 2006 I would NOT moderate a forum with silver, gold, platinum memberships - be serious, we are not AMEX. Aren´t Leicas "shiny" enough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 15, 2006 Share #27 Posted July 15, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) What next? A limitation on sexy, female single-members under 25 with blond hair and an academic degree? I would moderate this, if we have minimum twelve forum-meetings per year :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 15, 2006 Share #28 Posted July 15, 2006 What next? A limitation on sexy, female single-members under 25 with blond hair and an academic degree? I would moderate this, if we have minimum twelve forum-meetings per year :D Would volunteer too Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 15, 2006 Share #29 Posted July 15, 2006 What the heck... Who is talking about paying for forum membership? Did anyone at Leica or I mention that in any way? There will never be fees for normal membership in the Leica Forum. Period. Andreas It was just an idea Andreas, not more! It is obviously clear, that you as an admin can determin how this shall work. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 15, 2006 Share #30 Posted July 15, 2006 ...It would at least need someone to go through a more detailed registration... This has been discussed at length on the previous forum. Not everybody is willing to disclose their real name on the world's face for whatever personal or professional reasons. Principle of confidentiality set forth in European Law prescribes "minimising the processing of personal data and (...) using anonymous or pseudonymous data where possible." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 16, 2006 Share #31 Posted July 16, 2006 This has been discussed at length on the previous forum.Not everybody is willing to disclose their real name on the world's face for whatever personal or professional reasons. Principle of confidentiality set forth in European Law prescribes "minimising the processing of personal data and (...) using anonymous or pseudonymous data where possible." I do not care if this was discussed or not. I only care for the quality here in the forum and my feeling is that since the intro of the new forum the quality and the stile really decreased. An option could be (I said COULD) to have to pay a sign on fee, as this can be seen from several other fora, like the Nikonians. If someone is really interested he (she) would not mind to pay this fee, on the other hand you would not everybody have just posting for free without caring for whatever they say or argue. Anyway this has been discussed (several times) - so as we learnt it shall not be discussed further and there shall not be any possible improvements or changes in the future. Good luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 16, 2006 Share #32 Posted July 16, 2006 There was not a single word on fees in my post, Peter, but i don't mind to discuss on this if you like. Do you know any photo, car, hi-fi or whatever high-end brand asking for fees as you suggest? Just curious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 16, 2006 Share #33 Posted July 16, 2006 Anyway this has been discussed (several times) - so as we learnt it shall not be discussed further and there shall not be any possible improvements or changes in the future. Good luck. Peter, i hope this was only unhappely worded by you ("there shall not be any possible improvements or changes in the future."). But i can´t help myself, i get the feeling you try to copy some stress you have with the german forum into the international forum. I hope I´m wrong. Best, Ronald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris_h Posted July 16, 2006 Share #34 Posted July 16, 2006 Yeah - the windmills of our minds ... To answer the question: Because, the old forum was not enough ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth_c Posted July 16, 2006 Share #35 Posted July 16, 2006 ...would at least put a certain minimal barrier of just getting on the forum for and posting whatever one wants to express. Wow, do so many posts really offend you? I often think twice before posting as I wonder to the reaction my text or picture will get but I generally do it in the hope to receive feedback. Funny though that so few of the 'old guard' can often find the time to bother to provide it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 16, 2006 Share #36 Posted July 16, 2006 Peter, i hope this was only unhappely worded by you ("there shall not be any possible improvements or changes in the future."). But i can´t help myself, i get the feeling you try to copy some stress you have with the german forum into the international forum. I hope I´m wrong. Best, Ronald Ronald, I do not find to have any stress in the german forum, nor do I want to copy any stress. The question was "why the new forum" and many people wrote down their thoughts about this. And one suggestion was to maybe think about a registration fee, but many members including the admin are against it. So it will not happen. Period. Anyway I think it should have been at least considered, especially if one always hears the arguments about funding etc., so I think that not even considering this just shows one more time that change is not what most people want in here - right? I am participating in this forum for fun and if I would have stress I would definitely stop, this is by no means the intention of this forum for me. I dont know about others. Best Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris_h Posted July 16, 2006 Share #37 Posted July 16, 2006 Peter - some like it stressy ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 16, 2006 Share #38 Posted July 16, 2006 Peter - some like it stressy ... And some ask for a "time-out" to relax Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 17, 2006 Share #39 Posted July 17, 2006 And some ask for a "time-out" to relax Isn't that stress for moderators ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUF Admin Posted July 17, 2006 Share #40 Posted July 17, 2006 Isn't that stress for moderators ? Not any more. Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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