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Are people happy with how things are here on Ipernity, or is there something you would like to see done differently to try to make this site a little bit more interesting? I came from flickr so my first question would be where is all the fun here? Is this site only for storing documents, or do we want it to be a little bit more lively than it is now? What direction will Ipernity take in the nearest future? I asked about groups few weeks ago and I was told that because so many people were asking the same question I could expect to see some groups here soon. I don’t see any groups yet. I wonder if anyone listens to our suggestions or is our role in keeping this site running only to upload photos and to pay!

I am sorry to say but I am not having much fun here at the moment. I just post my photos, look at what my new friends are doing, and then I check out the fun and the action on flickr. People might be happy with everything exactly how it is, so the problem might just be me :) To be honest there is nothing much going on here. I have only been here for few weeks but it did not take long for me to find out that this site is not as much alive as Flickr.

I have noticed that there are many people here that were unhappy at Flickr. Some of it had to do with censorship but some people got tiered of groups and people handing out trophies and invitations. I am not here because I got tiered of Flickr. I am here because Ipernity offered some interesting options. I think it is great to have Blog, and it is a good option to be able store music and videos. We are able to see who comes for a visit, which can be nice, but other than that this site is getting very boring.

Some things were set up to make this site more interesting, but in my opinion it doesn't work that well. “What’s Hot” was probably set up so we could have some fun, but that site is as cold as it can get. The name itself is so wrong because the same photos are there day after day. “Most Visited” might be a better name for that site. Don’t get me wrong; most of the photos there are nice and interesting, but I get so tiered of looking at the same photos day after day. I just might be a little irritated because my photos are never there :)

“Latest Docs and Posts” are there so we can see what people are posting, but that site doesn’t work that well either. If someone uploads 100 documents at a time then all the persons that uploaded documents before him will not been seen. It should be enough for us to see few photos from each person that is uploading dozen’s of photos every day.

“What’s Hot” and “Latest Docs and Posts” are not the reason why I am so bored. My opinion is that we need to get some groups going if we want to try to get some life into this site. Like I mention earlier some people are here because they didn’t like groups on flickr. If that is the case, we will have to try to find a way so people won’t get bothered with trophies and invitations to groups if they don’t want anything to do with it.

Without wanting to sound too pushy I just want to say this, WE NEED GROUPS NO LATER THAN NOW :-):-) Was that loud enough for you? :) I hope I haven’t startled some of my new Ipernity friends :)

Have fun and remember to comment on my photos to keep me happy :)