I read carefully all the above (LOL it isnt easy for me to understand all even after three years practice in language on Boma!!!! That's another use of this forum )

What I want to add is that really this forum isnt so easy for some people and if someone is not used of it, it is hard to post or to participate....May it isnt so friendly but people still is coming, reading and watching...Of course not too many like in past...but look at the clicks on the forums.....It's impossible to do so many clicks the 10-20 people posting here...
..and as cams are running and nice pics reach on our puters...it is easier for someone to come again ...
But please ...I think someone who knows well the language (that means not me )... must write some advises about how to save and how to post pics there..and then all will be easier for all...
Let's support Africam as it became a part of our lives...and maybe it isnt easy for Cameraman to do all alone ...Let's help if we can.....

While I enjoy posting my own sightings around home etc,Id understand perfectly if the board wished to restrict posting to whats on cameras or whats been seen on them and discussions about them. I have no problem with posting pics I saved off the cams..now that there are a few cameras actually working. BUT dont pretend anything about the new board has to do with why so few members post. That started long before the new board. People got sick of the site not having cameras that worked and many simply left.. period. It was certainly no better on wildcams board,the same small group of people were posting there consistantly. When cameras were pitiful there was little to talk about that was on them,now there are. If this means changing whats spoken about on the boards so be it. When the new board started a few people got all excited when 90-100 people had signed up...I said yes and lets see in a month if more then the same 20-30 people use it. Surprise..on most of the boards very few people use it. Im not throwing critism,but again after the downfall of the site and prior to that,very many people had quit watching the cameras altogether and came only for the social aspect,with friends they had made. That personally drove me nuts...Im not interested in a bunch of hellos. If people want to chat to each other like that,my opinion is use email,or something like MSN Messanger or Yahoo or the one of your choicce.
I know cameraman is trying,and thats greatly appreciated,I know africam is trying to supply us with more to view,which is great...however,I have zero interest in a Pyramid,Mountain or hard as this is to believe bird cameras(I just cant get into them at all..here or anywhere else) Tembe (elephant) cam is great,but I do know alot is replays,infact even taken by an africammer who volunteers there,and she recognized the film(pics) as stuff she had taken months ago when she was there(been back home for awhile in UK someplace),so I dont look at that very often,aside from the fact that Im really not home at best times of day for most cameras(noones fault,just how it is).
The greatest problem is,that as I thought with each topic on The New Improved Boma,becomes like its own message board,its cumbersome,its not condusive to new posters figuring out where to post what. Left to me, Id really limit the boma to strictly what was on the cameras and discussions about that. The more the site improved,the more posts Ud get,hopefully from more people.
Lastly speaking for myself,though I know others feel the same,there are things I WONT post anymore because rather then actual staff or real experts,community members who think they know it all answer,and it really isnt who is being asked! Let africam answer for themselves,and if they chose not to then let it be clear they dont care enough to. If those community members answering are africam staff or are approved to answer in africams name let that be known too.

[quote="TabsI am against Africam having too many threads on this Boma

kru-kab *bowser b.c. wrote:

**YOUR A SMART LADY **FANI ALL THESE WONDERFULL IDEAS YOU HAVE -

And Fani's idea has produced results as cameraman has now opened a new thread on the forum for discussing things seen on the cams.

Well done fani!

**YOUR A SMART LADY **FANI ALL THESE WONDERFULL IDEAS YOU HAVE -

at least black eagle and tempe cam is working now so we have something to see ....
But as I haven't seen any reaction from Cameraman ...I started a thread about black eagles in all things birds thread ...and everyone who wants to discuss, ask or just upload pics can do it there ....

Hi Fani - I didn't mean to be dismissive about your suggestion - and I am very aware of the temptation to write about the weather in the absence of anything else to talk about (it is a very British trait anyway, due to our unpredictable weather!) but I did, at the time of my posting, feel that the sightings on the cam could be discussed under 'All things Birds or 'All things wildlife'

However, having read your above post, I now agree that it could be useful to have a cam sightings thread - especially if /when Africam have enough cams showing the wildlife?

I am against Africam having too many threads on this Boma as it may become difficult to read and respond to. I have almost given up on the Kruger Park Message board, and the birding forum one that I belong to, for exactly that reason.

Tabs
xxx

It's some days now that I can see fresh pictures on Africam ...about animals and birds...THis is why I did this suggestion...
We need everyday chit-chat...and many people get a lot of fan sending their photos and their reports on all things birds thread...(that it isnt an under utilized forum at all)
I think that these threads has now their own indentity and it is good to exist for our enjoyment...and not only

But now ...I saw some intersting pics on the new cams ...and I wanted to send them for your enjoyment or to discuss about them .....and also becouse I have some questions that I would like to see an answer ...and I have just realized that there is nothing where someone can go and see similar posts together

If cameraman dont put a new thread on the first page about Africam sightings...or you dont agree about that....I will put my questions and I will send pics on All thing;s animals
and I hope you Tabs and maybe some others will answer to me.... :roll:

And sorry for my mistakes ...It 's easy to write about the weather Tabs ...but very difficult for something more specific
:oops: :oops: :oops:

I actually thought that this was what the Boma was for?

Instead most of the posts on the Boma are about 'the weather here' and other non-wildlife related stuff which is totally unrelated to the Africam cams and which, sadly, appears to puts off many loyal and long-time africammers from posting here.

I can't say that I blame them as I struggle to find anything of interest on the Boma to read, or reply to, most of the time

I would personally like to see postings about the cam sightings on 'All things animals' and 'All things birds' rather than have yet another under-utilised forum added.

I won't go into my personal opinion of sightings on the Pyramid/Kili/ Table Mountain cams.... I am sure there are others here who find some kind of enjoyment from them, though I fail to see the attraction myself!