I do my own Statement here:
This is MY FORUM.
As a "Photographer" I'm entitled to own it.
Nobody will ever be able to give me this freedom outside it.
I name the rules. I decide on ethics. I'm part of it.
OVOHP
( One Vote One Human Photografer )
This forum has more interesting everyday traffic, but DPR has decades of information.If given the option I'll continue to use both (as well as multiple other forums). I expect I'll post here at least 10 times more than on DPR.
This site runs on PostgreSQL. Not being a DB man, I don't know how they compare. But I read that Postgre does have some advantages in this kind of application.
Likewise, if they do not close, will you keep maintaining this site or you will close it?
The main advantage of PostgreSQL is cost.
If the DPreview code is still on SQL Server (assuming they didn't migrate to Amazon's AWS DB) - then it may have code that is not compatible with PostgreSQL anyway. Also - most likely DPReview.com runs primarily on .NET.
This is from DPreview job ad in 2007:
2008:
2011:
Of course it won’t close.
You don’t create a photography forum and attract a membership of close to 4000 in just over one month, and then kill it.
Why would think of such a thing.
The mind boggles.
Yes, while there are still people who want to stay here (and assuming we can afford it).
Alan
I think a paid membership model would hopefully provide the funds needed?
Just did the same. And cancelled my Prime membership.
It would be OK to run some ads to pay the bills.
That's not what either my DB man or my knowledge of MS products in general says.
It was a Microsoft house. Not the best choice for Web service, and caught them out quite often.
What our bank account is running people can apply for Foundation membership and/or make a donation.
I get the impression that's contentions. If we were just using Google AdSense we'd get an income and the ads wouldn't directly affect out editorial stance.
Any idea roughly when that needs to be done Bob?
Danny.
Up to the bank, they need to do their due diligence. So far as the site, it can continue on the present basis for at least a year, but if we want to put in place some plans, we'll need a bank balance.
Just not ads for amazon ! ;)
Any idea what the annual cost for the site will look like?
Dpreview should £^£& or get off the pot. It was closing on an announced date which was weeks ago. Yet it is still open with some we are backing up guff as the reason?
Dpreview died years ago as a forum where we could have serious unbiased free flowing discussion. What would be the point in returning to dpreview? To watch threads get closed deleted or modified at their whims? To get banned for a month for making your point? Their overly sensitive rules? No thankyou sir. This place has been a welcome delight. For the most part no one has really overstepped the mark (except for maybe that time recently someone called someone else a dick) and it doesn't feel like a crèche. I'd say that it is working fairly well, so far.
