Ich wünsche mir, daß sich jeder seine Gedanken dazu macht Claus-Peter...ich selbst hätte es nie so überzeugend schreiben können aber ich teile jeden Deiner Gedanken dazu! Danke!

Please STAY!

I'm not so optimistic as you are, but I will stay till 'the end'. !!!

Dear Jaap, I intended to write a realistic article against the pessimism that makes people escape. :))

Ich werde sicher bis am Ende stehen, aber in der Zwischenzeit schaue ich mich um.

On Ipernity for 8 years and I 'll stay as long as possible, I'm ready to give more money or time to keep this platform alive.
But I don't want to let my pictures in the cloud and for that I 'll delete its before the end of january.
Thanks for your com.

If you understand french language, you can read this : all hope is not lost
www.ipernity.com/blog/team/4642882

As one of the people that has gone to the trouble of setting up "refugee communities" as you call them on other platforms I'm sorry you don't believe them to be helpful.

Perhaps that's because you've failed to appreciate why, at least in the case of the ones I've set up, they've been established.

I'm not saying anyone should quit ipernity or that they should migrate to any one site. The whole point of them is to create a forum where people can muster, look at what options are out there, and find a new home that suits each of them individually if and when ipernity closes.

If you really want to apportion blame for the "panic" then that must surely lie with Team Ipernity who have not only made this announcement, but who have failed to engage fully with the community in the past over how to secure the long term future of this site.

I believe you only joined from Panoramio recently and so weren't active here in 2015 when I wrote my open letter to the team, which sought to shine a light on the fears that many were harbouring: the so-called .

If you had been around then, you would know that this is a situation that has been brewing for a considerable time and that many people have tried and failed to work with the site owners to secure the long term future of ipernity.

So, please don't criticise people for looking at where they might go next, or for that matter for deciding that this news is the final straw as far as they are concerned.

As for Eric's group I have joined that and am happy to work and assist in any way that I can as I love ipernity and do not want it to fail, but I am also a realist and have personal experience of trying to point this sinking ship in the right direction.

Sorry if this sounds abrupt, but I found your remarks upsetting, albeit they appear to have been formed without knowing the full story.

Kind regards

PAUL

Dear Paul,
I did not want to blame you or anybody else. I apologize if you felt like this and if I upset you. This was not the intent. The intent was to analyze which alternatives are most rational at this point of time. In this regard we might have different views. I respect yours.
Best regards, Claus-Peter

Just been published and worth a read ...

Pour vous répondre [FR]

As it says the English version will be posted tomorrow.

:)

Thumb up!

Wise words Claus,little to early for this refugge ship,lets wait till the end.
And even if we wanna go right now,what is our alternative,one night i was surfing for couple of hours and didnt found anything even similar.

I'm in with you...

für mich ist flickr mit der speziellen ipi gruppe nur eine notlösung. bin ja damals weg weil vieles nicht stimmte! ich hoffe das es hier weitergeht und deshalb finden hier meine hauptaktivitäten statt.