Patrick

I think your proposal is very laudable and it will be of interest to many of us, whilst it not essential, this social media stuff is becoming more and more part of our daily life so it might as well include hone engineering.

There is a BUT though….

Would it not be better if, rather than adding something new, MyTimeMedia put its resources into getting the existing system working properly?

Since presumably you are new moderator I have no way of knowing whether you are new to MTM, new to the forum etc, or maybe a longstanding MTM employee tasked with introducing the new feature. As a consequence the points I raise may not all be pertinent to the subject.

• All contributors (including moderators) have the 'number of posts' shown with their avatar. Your posting does not conform in that respect, why is that?
• If you browse through the last couple of years postings you will see a substantial quantity is on the subject of the truly awful software that runs this site.
• To my knowledge, in spite of very many forum members making requests and suggestions to fix the various website problems and anomolies, My Time Media never appear to take any notice and don't even acknowledge direct requests.
• One of the forum topic subjects is 'Website Questions, Comments and Suggestions'. What is the purpose of allowing members to make suggestions if they are totally ignored?
• The editors have done, and still do, their best to solve some of the recurring website problems but surely that is not what they should be doing?

So, as a humble member, I welcome you to the forum and hope that we all benefit from your presence.

Ian P

Welcome to the forum Patrick. I hope you can provide a useful link between the members and MTM.

Personally speaking, I could't care less about the "more visually appealing" part. It would be nice if the site just worked as it should and if the staff were more responsive to complaints.

There have long been complaints about the site not working properly with various browsers and operating systems. The first thing that should be done is to ensure that the code conforms to the published World Wide Web Consortium rules. As an example when I submitted this page to their validation service it came up with 16 code errors. It is not surprising therefore that users experience problems.

Russell.

Edited By Russell Eberhardt on 19/08/2013 13:58:04

I hope this doesn't mean the site is going to turn into a

"I've just had cornflakes for breakfast and now I'm going to turn metal into swarf" – type forum.

If it does, I'll be taking my toys (carefully) out of the pram and going to play on my own in the corner……. But then I am a bit of an old fuddy-duddy, or so I'm constantly told!

John

Hello Patrick

Hmmm….. I do not have a Facebook page or a Twitter account.

Twitter space is for the birds. Birds with small brains that can only converse with a few words at a time. Good for politicians.

Facebook in the beginning was a useful tool until they changed the format, in favour of rather blatant exploitation of the users privacy. Identity theft is a real possibility unless all the security settings are turned on.

Maybe new media will bring in a few new chums to the fold but to keep their interest forums like this one are a better format, a format that enables real conversation and knowledge exchange.

I concur with the other comments made re getting this site working properly.

Regards
John.

Edited By John McNamara on 19/08/2013 17:55:01

I look at this as follows.

I am still workingfor a living so time for hobby activities is limited to evenings and weekends/vacation. Then trying to keep up to date on some forums lessens available shop time even further.

So, social media is something that I skip and don't read at all. Not facebook, not twitter and what is Pinterest??? Furthermore, the legal setup of facebook where you have to renounce your copyright to FB is something that I even less agree with.

Therefore any activities in "social media" is out of question to me.

BR

/Peter

Twitter ?

Facebook ??

Bah Humbug.

Stuff this social media, what's wrong with being anti social ?

And before I forget only limp wristed wimps have cornflakes for brecky, whats wrong with kippers, black pudding and fried bread ?

LBSC / Edgar T / Geometer [ delete as required ] would be turning in their graves, even the celebrated George H had wheatabix.

just get the freaking forum working properly !

people have been calling and screaming for it to be fixed for years yet they been taken notice of

theres enough old threads out there complaining of errors and anomalies to give anyone enough evidence that it needs fixing

if you want to be taken seriously, get it fixed

Edited By Ziggar on 19/08/2013 21:52:00

Patrick: Back to your original question no I don't waste my time on social media sites I would prefer to be in my workshop making swarf. I do participate in forums such as this.

As for competitions: no thanks. Give aways: in the 20 years I subscribed to Model Engineer I never actually received one of their give aways or free gifts…

I think you need to understand your audience. Most model engineers are not teenagers. And we are not very good at making our hobby accessible to those who are: For instance when did they last teach imperial measurements in school… but most of our new designs are still using those measurements: the kids just struggle to get it.

The kids also find website/forums which have functionality challenges a turn off….

Jo

Hi

"Hmmm….. I do not have a Facebook page or a Twitter account"

Same with me…no Twitter….no Facebook….

But I do have a workshop with a lathe and a Milling machine