Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Roosterman on August 15, 2011 at 9:59pm

I say.... good luck with that! We had exactly the same discussion 2 years ago, summer of '09, after enduring 30+ pics of the same guitar over and over again.... this is the back, this is the back from 2 degrees further north, this is the back in mono etc etc. BORING. Choose the best few pictures (or videos), post them, be proud.

By the way, I dont think posting videos should be about quality - everyone should post as its good for the confidence and great to log your progress - but they should be about variety. If all of your vids are the same, just 15 takes, we dont need to see them all. If you have 15 videos about different aspects of building or playing different styles, I wanna see them!

Peace out.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on August 16, 2011 at 12:35am

Great point Roosterman, we dont want to discourage anyone from posting.

 

By the way, I dont think posting videos should be about quality - everyone should post as its good for the confidence and great to log your progress - but they should be about variety. If all of your vids are the same, just 15 takes, we dont need to see them all. If you have 15 videos about different aspects of building or playing different styles, I wanna see them!

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on August 17, 2011 at 12:19pm

Right on, John.

Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw said:

Hi Uncle John.

You make a very good point. Let's hope people read your message and take notice. I also think it goes agains the mass poster. If I see many videos from one person I am unlikely to leave comments on all of them. I may not even watch all of them. By spreading them out a bit I think that they would each get more attention, thereby better rewarding some talented players.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on August 17, 2011 at 12:20pm

Yep on that Mark. 
 
Mark Bliss said:

Great point Roosterman, we dont want to discourage anyone from posting.

 

By the way, I dont think posting videos should be about quality - everyone should post as its good for the confidence and great to log your progress - but they should be about variety. If all of your vids are the same, just 15 takes, we dont need to see them all. If you have 15 videos about different aspects of building or playing different styles, I wanna see them!

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on August 17, 2011 at 12:23pm

Roosterman, this problem won't go away, but maybe we can help spread the word.  I am currently working on my 9th video in a planned series of 10 on this topic and will post them any day now. 

Roosterman said:

I say.... good luck with that! We had exactly the same discussion 2 years ago, summer of '09, after enduring 30+ pics of the same guitar over and over again.... this is the back, this is the back from 2 degrees further north, this is the back in mono etc etc. BORING. Choose the best few pictures (or videos), post them, be proud.

By the way, I dont think posting videos should be about quality - everyone should post as its good for the confidence and great to log your progress - but they should be about variety. If all of your vids are the same, just 15 takes, we dont need to see them all. If you have 15 videos about different aspects of building or playing different styles, I wanna see them!

Peace out.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on August 17, 2011 at 12:24pm

Good on you my teacher!

Lou Carreras said:

I hear ya.  I admit I am bad about checking videos, but do check out pics every day and get the same thing some times.

As far as video uploads, I will only do one to sound check the build and get suggestions from everyone.. that's usually one a month or two tops.  The less I subject everyone to this mug, the better!

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by c# merle on August 23, 2011 at 1:02am

c'mon mate, this is a social network site. if someone wants to post 10 vids or maybe 30 pics of their new guitar then thats cool - there is a 'videos' tab to check out vids. theres room enough for everyone on the nation - we make videos for fun, not for how many 'hits' we get - its all about the music after all

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by j bone on September 3, 2011 at 6:57am

bump

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Ted Kaczynski on September 3, 2011 at 12:13pm

yall want sum chezz to go with all that wine

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Uncle John on September 3, 2011 at 2:04pm

@ Merle, Bone and Ted:  Bump back and some nice feta would be nice.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on September 5, 2011 at 2:22am

I will send a message to Ning support and see if they have any suggestions.

• ▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Mark Bliss on September 5, 2011 at 2:54am

Thats an interesting point and opens the door to several other questions for me.

Obviously, a video/pics posted in a discusion within a group isnt also posted to the public videos/pics section, so you can target a specific audience that way. But if you post to "my videos/pics" on your home page it does share them on the home page/public display area. But that doesnt directly "fix" the situation thats been being discussed here.

Also, I have discovered you can post audio tracks similarly, that play or accessed only on your personal page, or within the public player. I havent had occasion to mess with that yet.

An additional question/note is that I dont know who is notified when for instance you start a new discussion in a group. The group members? Your "friends"? No one? I know there are settings that are tweakable for some of this, but it often isnt clear.

I think the core of the problem is that the Ning software program was designed for a bit different intended use than we have adapted it into. And the lack of instructions/information aggravates the problem.

Most forums and discussion group sites have a new user thread or something along the lines of a "read this first/FAQ" guide to new users. Maybe something along these lines would help.

That said, I would like to say something about and to the Cigar Box Nation group. I read other forums and discussion groups regularly on various topics of interest. Nearly every one has a few regular participants who choose to bring negativity, constant meaningless debate and mean spirited commentary into endless discussions on every on and off topic subject imagineable. It ruins the utility of the site for many other users who just want to learn and share the joy of the subject at hand. I have occasionally feared that the rapid growth of CBN would cause it to become another one of those sites. Thankfully it has remained a relatively civil, fun and generously sharing environment. I want to thank each person who reads this for their part in that and express my strongest hopes and wishes that it remains that way!

Thank you all!

Mark

• ▶ Reply

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• Next ›
• Page