Dear members,
I understand that some dpreview users hope that the dpreview forum stays alive and interprete therefore any kind of sandcorn as a proof that it will not be closed.
Some people want to pull the wool over the people's eyes. I do not want to play the bad guy, but it is important to recall the facts.
The announcement of May 11th. can mean all or nothing. I would have preferred a clear statement what they are planning to do, in which time frame and when do they plan to do what. But they did not say anything.
If you look at it, they say nothing else than what they said in their second announcement after the shut down date. Even in the YouTube video of Chris & Jordan both said, they will still publish stories until DPR is shut down. So in the announcement of May 11th, there is no new information at all. And this should give us a more realistic hint.
If they would be really interested to keep the forum long term, even with a new owner, they would have said this already. But they say nothing about this.
I offered both Scott and Richard my help with the forums many weeks ago via PM. Maybe I could have helped in rescuing the forum stand alone or merge it with DPRF. But they even did not care to answer.
For me personally, there is no credibility anymore. Trust has to be earned. I do not judge people by what they say, I judge them by what they do
Since they do not care to be more transparent, it is a waste of time to interpret any kind of movement in a specific direction.
But the most important point for us is this:
No matter what will happen with DPReview, we will continue with DPRF !
The feedback from all of you have been so good and we went already so far with features for DPRF, that it would be stupid to change anything on this way.
Please relax, do not worry about the future. We are here for you, no matter what happens in the future.
I understand that some dpreview users hope that the dpreview forum stays alive and interprete therefore any kind of sandcorn as a proof that it will not be closed.
Some people want to pull the wool over the people's eyes. I do not want to play the bad guy, but it is important to recall the facts.
The announcement of May 11th. can mean all or nothing. I would have preferred a clear statement what they are planning to do, in which time frame and when do they plan to do what. But they did not say anything.
If you look at it, they say nothing else than what they said in their second announcement after the shut down date. Even in the YouTube video of Chris & Jordan both said, they will still publish stories until DPR is shut down. So in the announcement of May 11th, there is no new information at all. And this should give us a more realistic hint.
If they would be really interested to keep the forum long term, even with a new owner, they would have said this already. But they say nothing about this.
I offered both Scott and Richard my help with the forums many weeks ago via PM. Maybe I could have helped in rescuing the forum stand alone or merge it with DPRF. But they even did not care to answer.
For me personally, there is no credibility anymore. Trust has to be earned. I do not judge people by what they say, I judge them by what they do
Since they do not care to be more transparent, it is a waste of time to interpret any kind of movement in a specific direction.
But the most important point for us is this:
No matter what will happen with DPReview, we will continue with DPRF !
The feedback from all of you have been so good and we went already so far with features for DPRF, that it would be stupid to change anything on this way.
Please relax, do not worry about the future. We are here for you, no matter what happens in the future.