3D-Mobster posted at 11:57AM Wed, 03 February 2016 - #4252866

I do understand the frustration that some people are feeling regarding the changes to the website and forum. But i fail to see the relationship between the original post and what relevans that have in regards to this topic?

The post is a friendly attempt to get to know/interact with the users of the site, which have nothing to do with the state of the forum. Regardless of that, it is met with an assault regarding some decisions made by Renderosity to update and change there forum. Being friendly and reply to a post like this, while still being annoyed with the state of the forum is possible, since they are not related.

Im not going to argue that the forum doesn't have a lack of functionalities that is needed. But people are still able to create threads, attach images and reply etc. I personally think it would be a good idea for Renderosity to inform members regarding the progress of the forum development, if any. Simply because a lot of people cares about it. But that is no excuse for not behaving, being constructive when replying to someone and not derail posts for sake of expressing ones frustration.

Using this post as example, the OP make a friendly post and almost instantly one reply with a negative post, that have nothing to do with the topic in hand and simply just derail it. That reply should have been made in a new thread instead, where that could have been discussed, creating a much more interesting and constructive discussion. To me it seems like a lot of people are just caught in a state of complaining and uses every excuses they get to express it, and it takes very little for them to trigger, however i do understand this to some degree, but not the way they express it.

I use forums a lots so im well aware of the limitations on this one, but people asking for help, feedback etc. doesn't care which method, tools etc are available to them if they get help solving there problem and they will appreciated the help just as much. But if your request for help, feedback etc. are not helpful or constructive or constantly derailed, people wont care to ask for it, regardless of which functionalities are available.

If people have complains about the functionalities, they should make a thread and express it there instead and if Renderosity are clever they get them self involved in these discussions with the purpose of sorting them or at least give an explanation to why something is not being done, whether its being worked on etc.

And if they were really going for it, they should make a forum called "Website feedback" where all these issues could be gathered, instead of them being in sub forums, where no one can keep track of whats going on, bugs, lack of functionalities, new features being implemented etc.

A good example is the post "e-bots? Who is having trouble?" which is a good idea to ask for something like this, but not in the Poser sub forum as its not Poser only related.

The absolute best forums in my opinion are the one where staff interact with members. But besides being friendly which is my impression that the Renderosity staff is, they also need to provide answers and feedback to them as if they worked for the Renderosity. And the first step towards this, is to make a place where members can give feedback and express there opinions about things they don't like. But also Renderosity need to keep members informed about the progress of solving these things and not just acknowledge and show concerns for them as being so. And personally I think this is one of the things that is really needed in this forum and which would have a great impact on the community as a whole.

Anyway enough derailing for now, but so many posts gets derailed, when there are no need for it. And its not only Renderosity fault, but one last thing, instead of closing down a whole thread, the Renderosity staff should have the ability to remove replies, which doesn't stick to the intended topic, i think.

But to the OP. I have been using and working with 3D / 2D as a hobbyist for a long time, not even sure how long, But the desire for creating things have always interested me, to being able to tell a story and make something the way you think they should be have always fascinated me. As 3-DArena i share the view that one shouldn't work just to work, life is short so spending to much time on borring things should be avoided :D

But unfortunately i have seen reality shows and can only say that you haven't missed anything and in my opinion the human race should be ashamed to use a media that can reach millions of people for non sense stuff like that.

Thank you for this! I have read and understand your concerns and comments. I agree with your statements of the staff members interacting with the members more ofetn and I'll have a discussion with them about that. Thank you so much for bringing it to my attention! And, if anyone does have any site issues, please do send ME a sitemail and I will do my very best to address the issue and then keep you posted on the status of it!

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine