Too many cooks

The content on here is controlled by the submissions/activity of members and what they select to view. No matter what the site does there's always someone who wants to change it or would like extra features, it's human nature. I've always found it easier to remove or ignore aspects of life/activity that annoys me and crack on with what I like. I don't really pay any attention to what others do or want, I leave that up to them. Makes life much easier.

I don't see how anything on forums would stop anyone networking unless it's a personality you don't like.

Members already speak of using multiple platforms to connect with others. Some may be here more for the forum than photographic networking , it's all part of the site.

I think the site could introduce more interactive features which boost networking or people being featured other than the FPI but maybe it's not for this site.

Edited by Lenswonder

Nothing has changed in the mechanics of the site at all—all they did was move half the games to their own address. This site stands out as unique; if it were the same as everywhere else, it wouldn’t stand out. And you’re here… so...... there’s that. :-)

Edited by ANDY00

It happened to everyone as we were all signed up to the new games group. I clicked the leave group button and everything went back to the way it was in a nano second. No dramas. 

I don't understand your reasoning, I'm afraid. Surely the whole point of splitting the Games group was to encourage networking by getting people to look at other people's portfolios?

MaristarOxley Is there anything which, to your way of thinking, would improve it as a strong networking platform?

Can't say I noticed anything tbh.

I thought this thread was gonna be about one of the most warped yet engrossing videos on YouTube!

https://youtu.be/QrGrOK8oZG8?si=fO1XOlce3ZcUq849

Edited by Starglider Photography

It was a definitely mistake to add everyone to the new group, and I should have filtered out those who had left the original games. I'll certainly apply a little more thought should we ever split a group into two in the future.

Still, at least you can leave PP groups that don't interest you, and you can also filter the groups to only show your favourite groups. Plus, you can hide individual posts, too.

I'm really not sure how this change has negatively affected networking on PP. Maybe someone can explain.

Edited by Russ Freeman

Less than 20 seconds to leave the group.

Can’t really understand the problem.

Russ Freeman said

It was a definitely mistake to add everyone to the new group, and I should have filtered out those who had left the original games. I'll certainly apply a little more thought should we ever split a group into two in the future.

Still, at least you can leave PP groups that don't interest you, and you can also filter the groups to only show your favourite groups. Plus, you can hide individual posts, too.

I'm really not sure how this change has negatively affected networking on PP. Maybe someone can explain.

Edited by Russ Freeman

Thanks for the add... ;) :) 

Russ Freeman said

It was a definitely mistake to add everyone to the new group, and I should have filtered out those who had left the original games. I'll certainly apply a little more thought should we ever split a group into two in the future.

Still, at least you can leave PP groups that don't interest you, and you can also filter the groups to only show your favourite groups. Plus, you can hide individual posts, too.

I'm really not sure how this change has negatively affected networking on PP. Maybe someone can explain.

Edited by Russ Freeman

I'm not so sure about that. They had left the group in its original form, but who's to say they might have left it because they didn't like the self-advertising posts?  At the end of the day you can't please everyone all of the time.

MaristarOxley said

Seeing that the Games sections have split ...

Russ Freeman said

It was a definitely mistake to add everyone to the new group, and I should have filtered out those who had left the original games. I'll certainly apply a little more thought ..

It was a good change.  I  have no strong opinion on the way it was done.  Thinking about them and possibly doing it differently according to the particular fissioning blob seems reasonable.

I always liked the inversion of the this famous saying: 'Too many brothels spoil the cook' 

Merry Christmas fellow PP'ers! 🎅