unanswered posts!!!

Mart wrote:

The first step is to open an account with an image hosting site. I've just signed up with IMGUR and that seems pretty good.

https://imgur.com/

Thanks Mart ... I'll look into that one. I used to be with Picasa (google owned) but they closed down their image hosting service.

There is one big advantage I like about having a third-party image hosting account of my own.

If you ever want to remove an image you've posted on a forum you can just move or delete the image on the image hosting site and the broken link effectively removes it.
Whereas, on the forum itself ... once your post is past it's editing time it is stuck there.
I like the idea of more personal control.

meerkat12 wrote:

To complicated for me, tried it and got the app but then confusion.

I'm going to sign up and give it a whirl ... I'll let you know how I get on.
Mind you .. I'm not using an Ipad so wouldn't need the app.

It hadn't better be headbender stuff or I'm sunk.

I'm still getting used parts of IMGUR but the basic uploading, linking to and posting seems fairly straightforward. There is the option to create separate albums, which I have done. Also to post images for the whole IMGUR community to see and rate. I'm not too familiar with that yet and may not bother anyway.

I like the ability to control images too but I know of one forum that insists that images are uploaded to their forum so that members can't move them later. The reason being that it is a forum dedicated to image discussion, creation and display and it would ruin the threads if people moved images about.

Not a forum anything like this one so I hope mentioning it is OK. It's 'Talk Graphics' where the members live eat and breathe image creation, mostly using a program called Xara Photo & Graphics Designer.

well we are doing well so far now:

Mal has described in no uncertain words his own frustrations of running this site sometimes and how he would like more harmony and cooperation from all - " it is his site but our forum"

he had a very able bodied moderator with a wiggly tail who IMO did a great job - glad she is still  here and

we now have a new moderator with a tin head - he looks great!

BUT what keeps this site alive and growing is an increase in membership which I haven't seen lately are we al pulling our weight even the ambassador?? and postings - even if you are not interested in a topic you could at least say so

SO IMO this site is about membership [increasing] and increased posting all around otherwise I agree with Mal - why not walk away ??

Good post Dave....everyone should try to recruit a member or two in order to ensure the survival of the forum, you are doing a great job keeping the place alive with all your posts

well in all fairness people do come and go - pumiestone who is an excellent poster has disappeared but his son was involved in some bad weather conditions in Queensland so I hope all is well there - we have lost a valuable poster on another site who we cherished and are hoping it's not for the worst but these things do happen in our age group.  OK will gird up me loins again and go hunting members.

Davo : You look well kitted up for hunting according to your avatar

trouble is I keep shooting them accidentally!!

Hunting tigers out in Africa  :;smile:

Which is the more disappointing the unanswered post or the unposted question.?

As in .. both of them can present a mystery .... that's deep catgate, very deep.

AlanHo wrote:

I would respond if sags hugged me....

I would prefer her to donate a pork chop or two.

catgate wrote:

Which is the more disappointing the unanswered post or the unposted question.?

Hmm!.. I'd have to ponder on that for a long time. Time that could have been spent answering an unanswered post.

think of it this way perhaps - one of our dear and welcomed members makes a post " this is like saying Hi everyone good to see you all again what do you think about this?" and guess what we all just stand there and look elsewhere and no one makes a comment - pretty rude I would say particularly to one of our members who we have originally welcomed into the club??

Mind you I could have got this wrong - what do uz all fink??

I fink that there is no rule that we have to comment on every post that members make. It would be possible to spend several hours a day on here if we did that,and most of us have lives away from our computers. There is no point in making comments on threads that are of no interest to us. For example I never get involved these days with forum games,I no longer have the time,I have to do a lot more since !Er indoors had a bad back. No offence,but that is my opinion