In browsing through some of the new members to this great community I would like to suggest two things to you.
First, it would be great if you would add something to your profile so we can all get to know something about you, why you are here, what you do and especially where you are from. This community is worldwide and that is one of the things I love about it; to be able to meet and make friends from anywhere.
Secondly, many people ask questions when they comment on someone's photo, but never go back to that photo to see the answer, either because they can't find it again or forgot. It takes a little time but you can answer someone's question by going to their pic of the day and answering in a comment to them. Just explain that you are answering there question so they don't try to figure out what the heck you are saying about their photo.
added 1/5 - Some have commented on the previous paragraph saying that by hitting "reply" on someone's comment that that person would be notified. I have not found this to be the case. To me all it does it insert an "@" with the person's name in your comment. The person still has to return to that picture to see the reply. So, I stand by my suggestion to go to their photo and reply there also.
updated 1/5 - finally I understand. Chris straightened me out. When I left in October there was no notification option in the menu bar. Now that I see it I know that hitting the "reply" actually does notify you. Duh!
Yeh, I completely agree because it'd be nice to trace back replies to your comments so we can all keep the dialogue together.
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About answering a question : I use the reply button, so people get a notification. I used to answer questions on my pic and on the other person's last pic, before the reply button.
Thanks for the tips! I'd best go have a look and see what I wrote on my profile! This is a pretty big site (and a little daunting if I'm honest) so it's great to receive some excellent advice!
@rayswrld Would like to put info in my profile but cannot get a text box to come up when I go to the "My Profile" area. Maybe others are having the same problem.
thanks for doing this ray, i'm always letting newbies know about the @ lol ... but i also like to read about a person too, why they're doing this etc etc :)) cool discussion
@maola I am testing again. :-) Cynthia, I would appreciate if you get a notification for this reply could you come back to this discussion thread and let me know, or go to my page and let me know. I tried doing an @ to myself and it didn't work. I am sooooooooo confused. LOL
@vikdaddy agree agree agree ... it's the absolutely last way you get me to look at a newbie's work ... it screams of a 'younger generation' new form of social media and I thought this was for perseverance over 365 days to take pix and [for me] improve across all bands.
@maola@rayswrld agree - hit the reply button to let the visitor know you've answered their question. that's my frustration that I ask a question and no response ... oh well ...
Great ideas. I'll try to flesh out my profile right now. When I first started this project I really had no idea how big it was and how it circumnavigates the world. I love that aspect and feel honored to see parts of our planet that I may never experience in person.
@rayswrld thanks for the tips, I've just added a profile. And thanks for the welcome, I've tried to join a different photography site before but was scared off by the kinds of posts I was reading.. seems so much more friendly here! Looking forward to the year ahead :)
I have a question...when I submit a photo for a certain day...will it always appear in the tab that shows photos for that date? I went through yesterdays photos and didn't see mine...but maybe not all of them appear? Just a newbie...so I really don't understand all the "ins and outs". :-)
@jpblanton I would assume all the pics for the day appear on those pages. For 1/5 there were over one hundred pages and today so far there are sixty. I am not saying you are wrong but that is a lot of thumbnail pics to browse looking for yours. I know I looked for mine once in the theme section and missed it and had to go through it again.
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Although I'm only four days in I already feel part of something special.
@maola @rayswrld agree - hit the reply button to let the visitor know you've answered their question. that's my frustration that I ask a question and no response ... oh well ...
I did update my profile...took your advice! Have a great evening!!!