I dont agree, i think you will turn it into another facebook/bebo/MSN its about photos, I dont see a need to private mail anyone. If your leaving comment on a photo, then there is no need to say it in private!
I can honestly see the benefits and negatives of both sides here.. on one hand I think it's a great idea.. that way you can have more contact with people and it may even allow for more critique etc.. on the other hand I can see how it might get out of control.. I am waivering on the side of kinda like the idea though.. :)
Robbie and I on his last photo sparked up a convo about skateboarding and what not just via photo comments. I don't care if everyone else sees that, but everyone else probably doesn't really want to! I understand this is a photo sharing site but photo sharing is kind of personal, you get to know people through their photos and their days, whether it be a good day or bad day you can tell through their photo. I'm not saying to make it like a 'social networking' site like myface or spacebook but another messaging option could work out. Jest sayin.
i think this would be a good idea.... it would give you a way to discuss more in depth about people's photos and other things with out cluttering their photo comments.
Not convinced. Sounds like more features which aren't really what i like about this site (i.e 365 photos). Seems more like social network site feature and there are plenty of those sites about.
I think it would take a lot for 365 to go down the road of Facebook, etc... Adding private messages would just allow people, who want connect, to do just that. Ask questions, get answers, or make new friends. I see the other side as well, but then I would just choose not to use that feature. My two cents ^_~.
Hmmm. I can also see both sides. But I would probably lean toward liking the idea. It has bothered me for a while that if someone asks me a question in a comment on one of my photos (i.e. what lens did you use for this?), I have to go to one of their photos to answer them because they won't see my reply if I leave it under their comment unless they go back to my photo, and who has time to do that? It'd make conversations like that much easier.
I notice that a lot of people seem concerned about the addition of features that would detract from the simple purpose of the website. Perhaps a good way to satisfy everyone would be to allow users to configure their preferences to disable some of the new features. For instance, if Ross and Company decided to add private messaging, and a user didn't want that added layer of functionality, he could simply disable messaging, so nobody could send him anything.
Of course, I don't know anything about web design, so maybe that level of configurability is really difficult to achieve.
Smart idea Ashley. It could possibly please everyone. I personally wouldn't mind having some way to chat with people - no one's looked me up on Facebook yet :-) I would love an opportunity to get to know people besides just commenting under their photos.
What a tricky one. I'm pretty new to this website so still getting the feel of the place and learning.
I can see both sides here and pm's is a neat and useful tool, but could there be a danger of losing some of the useful comments open to everyone to see? Opportunities for all to learn may be lost in the process of pm's?
That would be a shame.
I can see why some would want to be careful what they put on the discussion boards as anyone in the world can access and read, maybe a members only section to exchange emails/conversations if so wished?
I do think that this place is refreshing as it is - wysiwyg - everything open.
But I probably would use pm's if they were here!
Maybe as a compromise you can add a link to your twitter account (if you have one) on your profile page, something simple similar to 8tracks http://8tracks.com/kidvector This would allow easy contacting either publicly or by DM for users, but still retain the open conversing on the 365 site.
Alternatively, a link to your MSN/AIM/iChat username...
I don't think that having a private messaging option would detract from the site particularly... But then, we don't have it at the moment, and I don't feel like I'm missing out! Besides, if somebody really wants to contact me, I've put my website address in my 365 Project profile, and from there you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Last.fm, Blogspot, etc - and email me direct... So it's no hardship not having PMs here as well!
I think a space in the profile to fill in our IM information would be best, with a space for system (Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc) and handle.
Let Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc handle IM, as it's something that they are good at.
I don't think we're talking "instant messaging" here - certainly nothing akin to the hideous Facebook Chat! - but some kind of private internal messages, similar to emails...
Tweet Me on Twitter
Let's Be Friends :-)
Just my opinion! :o)
Robbie and I on his last photo sparked up a convo about skateboarding and what not just via photo comments. I don't care if everyone else sees that, but everyone else probably doesn't really want to! I understand this is a photo sharing site but photo sharing is kind of personal, you get to know people through their photos and their days, whether it be a good day or bad day you can tell through their photo. I'm not saying to make it like a 'social networking' site like myface or spacebook but another messaging option could work out. Jest sayin.
ya i'm waivering too
but i've come to have people on this site that i consider friends
on a bad day or good, it might be nice to strike up a private convo
and/or what dan said ;) haha great swagger
Quickly it was taken down off of the discussion boards.
Maybe with enough feedback/momentum, we can get some response.
I think it would take a lot for 365 to go down the road of Facebook, etc... Adding private messages would just allow people, who want connect, to do just that. Ask questions, get answers, or make new friends. I see the other side as well, but then I would just choose not to use that feature. My two cents ^_~.
Of course, I don't know anything about web design, so maybe that level of configurability is really difficult to achieve.
ross??
haha
I can see both sides here and pm's is a neat and useful tool, but could there be a danger of losing some of the useful comments open to everyone to see? Opportunities for all to learn may be lost in the process of pm's?
That would be a shame.
I can see why some would want to be careful what they put on the discussion boards as anyone in the world can access and read, maybe a members only section to exchange emails/conversations if so wished?
I do think that this place is refreshing as it is - wysiwyg - everything open.
But I probably would use pm's if they were here!
Alternatively, a link to your MSN/AIM/iChat username...
I don't think that having a private messaging option would detract from the site particularly... But then, we don't have it at the moment, and I don't feel like I'm missing out! Besides, if somebody really wants to contact me, I've put my website address in my 365 Project profile, and from there you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Last.fm, Blogspot, etc - and email me direct... So it's no hardship not having PMs here as well!
Let Yahoo, MSN, AOL, etc handle IM, as it's something that they are good at.
Conversations will happen in the discussions (as they are here) and in comments on particular photos.
If you really want to add IM information so someone can contact you outside of the comments, just add it yourself in your profile description.