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13 years ago

As I look at previous discussions on the conifer forums there are too many post where the pictures are no longer available. There is a lot of information there that is lost to those of us that show up late. Since the conifer group is a strong active forum, have we ever suggested to the GardenWeb folks that their system work to store and post pictures directly, so people can continue to get information from older post. I understand why the pictures are no longer there.

There are many forums that are dead or close to it. I would think ease of use would go a long way to improve participation. Adding a picture posting feature would increase activity, and increased users would increase ad revenues i assume. Has anyone proposed this to them. Posting pictures is an almost universal problem here on many forums.

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Embothrium
13 years ago
Have you posted this on the GW Suggestions forum?
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
hey carl

first.. all the forums tend to die between late fall .. and the holidays ... and somewhat into january ... peeps are just distracted ... and a little depressed stuck in the house..

once the holidays breaks.. dreams of next years garden.. seem to increase participation ...mostly with receipt of catalogs ....

as to pix.. they are my pix.. and i do not post them for GW or anyone else to 'store' for me .... that would involve GW using my work product for their profit in running GW ....

also ... i am not going to pay some site like photobucket for an extra-ordinary amount of space to store every picture i ever posted .... so as my posts fall down thru to page 2 or 3 .... i tend to delete the pix from PB ....

but i am always willing post pix on a request.... or if you want to bring up an old post.. just do a reply .. and there is a super secret way for me to post the pix contained therein ...

ken
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Embothrium
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"By submitting content, which shall include your member name, to any "public area" of the GardenWeb Network, including, but not limited to, the forums and your personal website, exchange page and journal, you grant iVillage a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right (including any moral rights) and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, sublicense, assign, derive revenue or other remuneration from, communicate to the public, perform and display the content (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, for the full term of any Rights that may exist in such content"

Here is a link that might be useful: GardenWeb - Terms of Service
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
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We're not making money off of our images, and GardenWeb shouldn't either. I take my images down after a while for this very reason. But, as Ken mentions, the pics are always available upon request.

Josh
GAAlan
13 years ago
I was just googling random plants recently and discovered photos I posted on GW being used by several online nurseries. I used to love posting pictures here, but I stopped because of that.
dcsteg
13 years ago
I post photos strictly for peoples enjoyment. I don't care who sees them or who uses them . When you hit the Web with personal photos or advice it becomes everybody's property unless they are copyrighted.

I can't count how many times I have viewed other peoples conifer photos and thoroughly enjoyed it with not a thought as to rights infringement.

I just deleted 200 photos out of Photobucket because the cup was full. You can't expect people to keep stuff around forever. I am not a saver of anything...I just keep moving forward. Can't wait for next Spring.

Till then,

Dave
sluice
13 years ago
I leave my pics up. Partially it's related to what Carl mentions, i.e. for archival purposes. I don't mind that GardenWeb can nonexclusively use the content. I'd be thrilled if my pic helped someone decide to grow a plant, or to buy it. Or even to just enjoy an image of it.

That said, I also appreciate there are very good reasons for taking pics down.
brandon7 TN_zone7
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Gardenweb already has the ability to store small uploaded pictures. Check out all the galleries at the link below. Pictures posted on these galleries can also be linked for posts on other forums.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gardenweb Galleries