Knorp
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I’ll see you there, K-H …Thanks. I registered.
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DP Review Forum to Close
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k-hawinkler
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Thanks Bart, see you there.I’ll see you there, K-H …
Some how my moniker ended up to be ”thaw” instead of “khaw”.
I can only change it after a month.
Knorp
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Autocorrection got the better of you ...
dj may
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I suspect that the quality of this forum has a lot to do with what and who is not here.
Let the other fora have the fighting , arguing and trolling.
vieri
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Indeed. The quality of a forum has as much to do with who is here, as it has with who is not here. I love GetDPI, overall I think it's one of the most civilised photography forum on the net (a couple of rogue members here and there aside
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Vieri
Too many moderators treat the forum they're supposed to observe & keep the peace in as their private fiefdom.
They (typically along with a clique of supporters), post far, far too often and usually do so through thinly-veiled snark and a rock-solid belief in their own wisdom. It intimidates new users and drives away those with either no time for such childish BS, or those who've lived long enough to know you can't win an argument with the person controlling the 'off' button. No platform should tolerate it.
They (typically along with a clique of supporters), post far, far too often and usually do so through thinly-veiled snark and a rock-solid belief in their own wisdom. It intimidates new users and drives away those with either no time for such childish BS, or those who've lived long enough to know you can't win an argument with the person controlling the 'off' button. No platform should tolerate it.
I’m not so sure the people who pay for and run the site would agree.Which in the great scheme of things is good .
FWIW, Jim is also active on dprevived.com. So far, DPrevived seems to be the best solution for me.Thanks. I registered.
vieri
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Fully agreed, see here for my view about this: https://www.getdpi.com/forum/index.php?threads/dp-review-forum-to-close.74303/post-882713
Best regards,
Vieri
4season
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I liked DPR news and reviews, but did not participate in, or follow the goings-on of, the fora.
IMO, one particular challenge for any forum is “chemistry”: Moderators are generally pretty good at keeping discussions civilized, but they aren’t editors, trained to spot members who generate a lot of meaningless, time-wasting content. In fact, I sometimes feel that top contributors of some sites (not this one!) add negative value with their incessant chatter.
IMO, one particular challenge for any forum is “chemistry”: Moderators are generally pretty good at keeping discussions civilized, but they aren’t editors, trained to spot members who generate a lot of meaningless, time-wasting content. In fact, I sometimes feel that top contributors of some sites (not this one!) add negative value with their incessant chatter.
Sadly, Jim Kasson posted this a few days ago.
My lack of productivity - the last word
Some of you may have been wondering what’s happened to my productivity. No new photo test results for three months. What’s going on? I had hoped to delay the story behind that until I had good news to report, but DPR’s impending demise means that this may be the end of my time in being
blog.kasson.com
nameBrandon
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oh my lord.. that dprevived forum software makes my brain ache.
rdeloe
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It is a bit untidy in these early days...
In response to user requests, they did close down the "Fuji Medium Format" forum. It's still there as a placeholder, but with a message to go and post in the Medium Format Forum. People overwhelmingly wanted a non-brand-centric medium format forum.
In response to user requests, they did close down the "Fuji Medium Format" forum. It's still there as a placeholder, but with a message to go and post in the Medium Format Forum. People overwhelmingly wanted a non-brand-centric medium format forum.
davemillier
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It looks better in dark mode (via a browser plugin). The brightness is a bit overwhelming.
nameBrandon
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Makes sense, I guess depending on who wanted the Fuji forum.. The Fuji users, or everyone else..
and at least they didn't try and make "MiniMF" happen. 
Thanks. will give that a shot.
rdeloe
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My sense is that they created the Fuji medium format forum without a lot of forethought. Anyway, it didn't last long. I don't like brand-specific forums so I'm happy with the direction the site admins went (one big messy medium format forum).Makes sense, I guess depending on who wanted the Fuji forum.. The Fuji users, or everyone else..
vieri
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Looks like people are moving to either, or both, so I registered on both dprforum and dprevived. I'll see what happens in the days and months ahead.
On a different note, I - as many others - have very little time to dedicate to forum life these days and I wasn't really looking forward to adding TWO new forum to my list, to replace DPR. I definitely wish that promoters of both dprforum and dprevived could have joined forces and offered us one, stronger alternative instead, and I still hope they might do that in the future.
Best regards,
Vieri
On a different note, I - as many others - have very little time to dedicate to forum life these days and I wasn't really looking forward to adding TWO new forum to my list, to replace DPR. I definitely wish that promoters of both dprforum and dprevived could have joined forces and offered us one, stronger alternative instead, and I still hope they might do that in the future.
Best regards,
Vieri
It now seems not.
DPReview.com looks forward to a new chapter with Gear Patrol
We’re thrilled to share the news that Gear Patrol has acquired DPReview. Gear Patrol is a natural home for the next phase of DPReview’s journey, and I’m excited to see what we can accomplish together.
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Will Deleon
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I shoot for Gear Patrol often and they're such a great crew! I'm glad they were able to acquire DPReview.It now seems not.
DPReview.com looks forward to a new chapter with Gear Patrol
We’re thrilled to share the news that Gear Patrol has acquired DPReview. Gear Patrol is a natural home for the next phase of DPReview’s journey, and I’m excited to see what we can accomplish together.
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