Thank you for the news.
Miss an update of New Club members !!

Thanks for the reminder - it's updated now.

Ok YES ..
Thank you for the news.
It is necessary to make groups have something pleasant and attractive

Kind regards to all

Thanks to the Team for their hard work to implement all these improvements.

Thank you team!

zu Punkt 2:
ich bin jetzt doch ein wenig verärgert !
Über die Club News (Oktober 2024, Pkt 1 ebenda ... www.ipernity.com/blog/team/4744780) habe ich erstmals Kenntnis bekommen, dass es eine Gruppe "Happy Chairy Saturday" als sogenannte " Wochentagsgruppe" gibt. Nun schmückt Ihr auch DIESEN Beitrag hier wieder mit einem entsprechenden Stühle-Bild.
Tatsächlich handelt es sich um eine (fast) "tote" Gruppe, die keinerlei Breitenwirkung entwickelt hat (wie z.B. HFF, HBM, HWW). Lediglich 11 Mitglieder, seit Wochen keine
Sonnabend-Beiträge, ... das kann der Sinn einer "Wochentags-Gruppe" wohl nicht sein.
Ich denke, Jedem/Jeder der/die hier eine neue Gruppe ins Leben ruft, sollte klar sein, dass man damit eine Verpflichtung gegenüber unserer Gemeinschaft eingeht. Gruppe gründen und sich dann nicht kümmern, ist das selbe, wie Bäume pflanzen und nicht wässern. Die gehen ein. Genau wie Gruppen, die ohne Leben bleiben. Die können dann nämlich wieder weg ...

I'm so sorry you are annoyed by the image. The image is only meant to be a representation of a "group of something" to decorate the information about groups. I chose this image of a group of empty chairs to match the concept of cleaning up groups which may be fairly empty or unused. Since I joined the team in the responsibility of creating the Club News, I've tried to include a photograph along with the text. Except for explanatory images, my intent is to simply make the reading of Club News more pleasant. I feel it is more engaging to use photographs and not just stock images.
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In terms of groups having a place on ipernity or not , not every group will have the impact or broad appeal that HFF etc have. But that doesn't mean such groups don't necessarily have a place on ipernity. There are many factors to be taken into consideration before deleting a group. Because we give members a lot of freedom (a good thing) in creating and running groups, the way things look aren't always to our personal preferences.

The basic goal for groups at this point is to have them be varied, visually interesting, and on topic for our members and outside visitors. We have already put in place a requirement to search for duplicate subjects for groups, before being able to create a new group.

As to how often and when an administrator monitors their groups, we can wish for a certain level of administrative attention to their groups, but what we can actually do about it, and are doing about it, is evaluate groups that are brought to our attention and then replace administrators or delete groups as needed.

That said, we can certainly attempt to make the desire for how groups should be cared for known. You mention that everyone who starts a new group should be aware that they are making a commitment to our community. We could consider placing an additional message on the create a new group page. What wording would you suggest?

Note that we already point people to our Group Guidelines when they are creating a new group and that those guidelines are being reconsidered (see group www.ipernity.com/group/2632968 Group Guidlines). Perhaps you would like to join that group and help revise those guidelines.

If you feel a group isn't getting enough attention, as noted in a prior Club News, we would be happy to help groups that don't see many contributions get some recognition through a mention in the Club News. This has already helped one group. Feel free to suggest such a group to the team through an ipermail to moderator.

-laura

The main problem with many groups is that they are “free”, without going through the administrator's filter. As a result, you can find anything and everything in them.

I agree with you.
However, if administrators/moderators reserve the right to review posts, they are subject to discrimination by some members who don't like that.

Always moderate the pictures for my groups.

If they propose photos that have nothing to do with the group, I have no mercy (even if the photos are excellent)!
I sometimes wait a week before refusing, so they don't have to think about it any more. :-)))

+1 !!!

+1 ;-)

A penalty system should be introduced for members who do not respect the rules of a group. With the threat of permanent exclusion from ipernity after a certain number of ‘violations’! :-)))

More seriously, I'd like to thank the Team and the volunteers who have taken on this colossal task of cleaning up the groups, which is salutary but never finished, as you point out.
I'm doing my best to try and help in this area, which I'm not so familiar with.
Since subjectivity remains prevalent - and necessary - in this area, there will always be disagreements about the choices made. That's the normal friction inherent in any social relationship...
Happy November to you!