Reasons for starting a new Ultimaker forum
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Reasons for starting a new Ultimaker forum
So, here are the numbers I have managed to collect so far, clearly showing what impact the new Ultimaker forum software had on the community:
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Ouch....
It has been a bumpy ride for sure.
It has been a bumpy ride for sure.
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So good to see this! Thank you LePaul for taking the effort to put this together. And Hi to everybody!
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I am still working on all the settings so please be patient if you see problems! It has been a few years since I set up a web forum.ChrisR wrote:So good to see this! Thank you LePaul for taking the effort to put this together. And Hi to everybody!
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It already looks, and works, way better than the official Ultimaker forum though I would sayLePaul wrote:I am still working on all the settings so please be patient if you see problems! It has been a few years since I set up a web forum.
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Re: Reasons for starting a new Ultimaker forum
Well recall that we all love our Ultimaker printers.
This is just another fun place for us to hang out and share. I still hope to see Ultimaker's site improve. But for those who detest the site, I hope they find their way here. There's many I learned a great deal from and miss seeing them post there
This is just another fun place for us to hang out and share. I still hope to see Ultimaker's site improve. But for those who detest the site, I hope they find their way here. There's many I learned a great deal from and miss seeing them post there
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Hi there,
Indeed, the funny and the sad fact is, that on the day 2, with no budget and manpower, this forum looks and works better than the "new" UM forum about 10 months into its unfortunate existence.
However, I have very uneasy feelings about the new forum, for all the obvious reasons. Perhaps, the best it could do is to put the required pressure on the responsible UM people to get them back to the reality. Let's see...
Indeed, the funny and the sad fact is, that on the day 2, with no budget and manpower, this forum looks and works better than the "new" UM forum about 10 months into its unfortunate existence.
However, I have very uneasy feelings about the new forum, for all the obvious reasons. Perhaps, the best it could do is to put the required pressure on the responsible UM people to get them back to the reality. Let's see...
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Sooo... I'm here too! Very curious to see how this will go.
Thanks for doing this @LePaul.
Thanks for doing this @LePaul.
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Re: Reasons for starting a new Ultimaker forum
So, on one hand I also have this feeling that it would be better if Ultimaker could do something about their forum.
Considering that nothing really happened so far and that they still seem not to understand the issue, I think that it is unlikely that we will see the major change that would be needed though.
On the other hand, I also think that Ultimaker has sold enough machines now days to have enough users for two forums to coexist
If the users that dropped of from the old forum came here, that alone would be enough to create a really interesting forum!
I would not mind if this forum was more into the technical/hacking/professional use, as Ultimakers official forum has become more of a support forum for beginners.
One would potentially have a bit more freedom to discuss rumors about future Ultimaker machines and such things here, without risking that someone edits the post
Considering that nothing really happened so far and that they still seem not to understand the issue, I think that it is unlikely that we will see the major change that would be needed though.
On the other hand, I also think that Ultimaker has sold enough machines now days to have enough users for two forums to coexist
If the users that dropped of from the old forum came here, that alone would be enough to create a really interesting forum!
I would not mind if this forum was more into the technical/hacking/professional use, as Ultimakers official forum has become more of a support forum for beginners.
One would potentially have a bit more freedom to discuss rumors about future Ultimaker machines and such things here, without risking that someone edits the post
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Well, I will say this much...you got their attention. I've had a long message conversation with them.
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Re: Reasons for starting a new Ultimaker forum
At some point I wouldn't visit the support forum for beginners anymore, atleast not to ask questions, all the pro's will be hereAnders Olsson wrote: I would not mind if this forum was more into the technical/hacking/professional use, as Ultimakers official forum has become more of a support forum for beginners.
One would potentially have a bit more freedom to discuss rumors about future Ultimaker machines and such things here, without risking that someone edits the post
That being said, we'll see where this takes us. I do like the information density, just got to find my flow here.
Who is this mysterious 'administrator' LePaul is that you up there?administrator wrote:Well, I will say this much...you got their attention. I've had a long message conversation with them.
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Yes....I jested and said 'Hey I can register a domain and load some forum software'...then Anders said "Yes! Do it!"...so I did.
And here we are.
And here we are.