[Feedback] Random _________ Photos

Calina

magicbastarder wrote: »

'subscribe'='buy a mod a mojito'

'problem' = 'find an admin instead'

challengemaster

Tallon wrote: »

Not really, it's feedback on the splitting up of the random photo thread into different catagories, not the mods modding skills, or things that have gone on in the past

That's a kind of tip-toe around the source, as Ireland loves doing....

The thread didn't split itself....

magicbastarder

Calina wrote: »

'problem' = 'find an admin instead'

no wonder all my efforts have failed.

Tallon

challengemaster wrote: »

That's a kind of tip-toe around the source, as Ireland loves doing....

The thread didn't split itself....

Huh? The random photo thread?

sNarah

I don't see how the animal and sports thread are any other to similar threads that were rather succesfull: Happy Bokeh thread, The Simple Things thread, the "does-my-head in" flower thread, etc.

As for the sports thread not allowing comments, yes, perhaps it would be better to leave room for feedback, set-up comments and specifications, but I did believe that Calina started this thread more so as a "user" and not as a "mod", in the same fashion you or me would have started that thread. Sort-of "My thread, My rules".

The Random one then.
I agree with the fewer comments the better. I *love* opening that thread every single morning, it's the first thing I do. I think it completely serves it's purpose and support the rule that general chat should be discouraged. Questions à la "Where was that shot taken" and "How did you create that shot" + answers to those questions I don't mind, but when it evolves into a full grown discussion, it pisses me off. I do however understand that it is hard to make a clear distinction between what chat is allowed and when it starts derailing too much, seeing as I do also appreciate some of the "funny comments" that are thrown in between.

So, I thought the decision to move the animal stuff to a seperate thread (albeit named wrongly) was a good one, as it allowed for the discussion that derived from some picturesto take place. A debate - which I felt - had no place in the random one. Like Mountainsandh stated, the "involved" parties have had their say on the matter, in a surpringsly polite and constructive manner, and the thread will probably dissapear soonish.

In conclusion,

Random photothread rocks and shouldnt be changed imho.

There is room for seperate topical threads occassionally. Are they random? No. They are subject related, every throws their pic into it and then it dies a slow death on page 2,3,4,5...

I'll have a mojito now please.

dinneenp

i dind't know a sports photography thread existed- will have to find it.
Why aren't comments allowed on it??????

smashey

Calina wrote: »

This is why I think maybe the mods don't need to start them any more. We can lock them when they get unwieldy but the community seems to be strong enough to keep them going.

I'm glad you like them by the way - I do think a lot of the wider boards photography community like wandering around them from time to time.

I hope they keep going.

I subscribe to all the random threads and when viewing the pictures, it's usually a case of me going "wow." Off course there are things in there that not everybody would like and I've seen what happened last night. But in these cases, if sombody objects to an image then there are two options;

1 - Ignore it, after all it is "random" and nobody knows what will be next up and before anybody gets into semantics, we know what is definitely unsuitable

or

2 - Report the post and let the mods make a call on it.

mehfesto

Can we not just move 'offending' posts to the off topic thread, with a little message in the random photo tread that they've been moved there?

And I'm sure people can chat in the sports thread. Whether they get a response is another thing!

Mountainsandh

sNarah wrote: »

Random photothread rocks and shouldnt be changed imho.

Absolutely, love the Random thread, have only been lurking around here the last few months, but I've quickly grown addicted to it. Once in a while people like myself and AnimalRights might get carried away and derail into a discussion, and if that's the case well then the mods move the comments to another thread. Sorry mods, more work for you, we're only mere fallible humans, forgive us in your almighty "Mod-ness" :P.

That thread can then live, if there's a point to it, or die if the discussion is over. Simple.
That's not offensive to anyone, there's good rules for that Random thread, and it's just sticking to the rules, it's no big deal really.

CabanSail

This is weird being in a different time zone to most of you now.

I logged into the forum yesterday & there were reports on an image posted in the Random Thread. I looked at the photo & while I can see that it is emotive, as a photo itself it is not offensive. I decided that it should stay in the thread. However there were a couple of pages of debate about a few images in there, which were derailing the thread. A few posts in that thread is fine but if we were to get into discussions in there then it will soon dilute the images there. Most of the comments were valid and concerned the emotions raised by some of the photos posted, so rather than stifle that I opted to move all those posts out into a thread of it's own, so it could continue. I did leave the photos posted in the Random Thread.

Personally I like the way the Random Thread operates. It is an interesting showcase of many different styles and is open to people with all levels of ability. I also like that it has a "heritage" now.

ThOnda

Thanks for leaving the picture there. I think this thread should be used as a dump for all the posts from random threads that are not random pictures posts.

If anybody wants to talk about a picture from the random thread, post it here with link to the relevant post.

Unless we implement this button: