On 25 May 2011 23:28, Miserere <[email protected]> wrote: > I think my Flickr PDML e-mail has been grossly misunderstood, so let > me clarify some things: > > 1) I am NOT advocating the the PDML be moved to Flickr; far from it! > The list is what it is (warts and all) and it should stay that way > until a large majority of users get fed up with it. I don't see that > happening, so I expect the PDML to continue in its present form until > Doug pulls the plug. I'm fine with that. > > 2) I am NOT advocating splintering off and forming The Group of Latter > Day PDMLers. > > 3) Larry, John Sessoms and Dave Savage seem to have understood what > I'm after:There are a number of PDMLers that are also on Flickr, so > why not give them the option to add their photos to the PDML group so > anyone (whether they are on Flickr or not) can persue these photos > whenever they want to? Would that mean that some of these photos get > comments like "great capture!" posted to Flickr instead of the PDML? > Possibly. But I'd wager that important comments worthy of discussion > would still be made on the PDML. > > 4) If there are going to be collaborative projects between a few > members of the PDML, it would benefit both them and those not > participating if discussions took place off list. This could be done > over e-mail, but in my experience it is easier within a discussion > board of some type, and Flickr provides a decent tool for this, even > allowing posting images inline; furthermore, these discussions could > be private, meaning only PDML Flickr Group members would see them. > Lastly, those who are not participating in these projects, but still > have some interest in them, could persue the discussions at their > leisure. > > I created the PDML Flickr group in good faith and was not expecting > such a debate. I thought people would either use it or not, and > depending on that it would either flourish or die. I wanted it to > become a tool for PDMLers, not a bone of contention. > > Honestly, I don't know what to do with all this right now. So please > continue your discussions and let me know if you reach an agreement.
The PDML has a long history of distaste for Flickr. Most of it based on using Flickr when it first started. It's become a reflex response. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
