Why africam lost so many members ?

I have been a member for some years now and was dissapointed with the changes. I like to watch NK and saw all sorts of animals visiting the water hole, it was a real pleasure early morning watching all the visitors to the water hole. Unfortunately the changes made it difficult to watch the water hole live, today however I found it was simple and clear though so far not much activity. Now I shall make a point of watching more often and enjoying the nature, on one incident the camera zoomed in on a millipede on the ground nearby. I have seen almost all the different types of animals at one time or another it has been a real adventure to watch. I hope that it will stay this way and I can follow again the unexpected activity.

I even saw a pride of lions take a buffalo on a Christmas period and share the spoils in their respected turns.

Well done chap lets get back to the old adventures with the ads less dominant.

Tony 90

I was Honoured to get an email ->

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Hello Iceage,

We haven't seen you at Africam since Mar 18, 2010, and we miss you!  Please
come back and visit us soon

Sincerely & hope to see u soon at http://www.africam.com

Africam team

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First of all i do miss Africam a lot, A LOT! especially the webcam and posting screenshots. Also i really miss you the users that i talked with a whole lot!

I had almost daily contact wih some of you,  and i do really miss that contact.

We all have a special love for wildlife and we all do follow the wildlife NK webcam!

I made friends on Africam! and i am proud to have thoose friends!

I even met someone that is living 10 minute's by car drive away from me!!!

I once met a lady from Greece here on Africam, and she finally bought a camera! "after i stalked her"

And WAUW!!!! Look what she is dooing with that Camera!!!

What very much is disturbing me is this: ->

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We haven't seen you at Africam since Mar 18, 2010, and we miss you!  Please come back and visit us soon.

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I can imagine "some" users  ( a few) do miss me and do wonder how i am. But that is not what i seek.

I need an apology from the admins which run africam. You Africam Admins made me feel bad. and it is you Admins that made me leave. ( With Tears in my eyes)....!!!

and now again an anonimous mail from you (Any Admin)?  which One?  to get me back ?

I would love to come back and post again, But hey i am not  "Heintje Davids" ( Hanneke will understand what i mean and can translate)

If any of YOU admins will sincerely say: Hey i am sorry what i said to you , I might be back.

Iceage.

Take Care!

Forums are made up of many individuals with different personalities.

Sometimes they get on together and sometimes they don't. I think this is largely to do with some things posted being seen as personal attacks. This happens all the time and we need to remember, differing opinions are not personal atacks but an exchange of view points. When it gets personal, it gets ugly, peeps take offence, and some peeps leave.

So in all things, try to remember that anything I say, is just my personal point of view. It is my opinion, based on my own perceptions and experiences. I try to keep it on that level and never to take stuff personally, unless it comes from theother side first.

This does not however, make it right to get into personal slanging matches. Rather walk away (logoff or go to a different part of the forum)

Also, some people have something to say, and once done, keep quiet. And so members come and go. It's life.

Best way for us all to get along, is for us to all respect one anothers opinions, and keep the debates interesting without resorting to personal junk.

That way, we should all get along just fine and have minimum problems. It's been a year  since my last post and I was reminded today. That's just the way it is.

Well, I ain't leaving Africam unless God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost tells me to!

The number of the people who watch africam ..varies of what they can see ...

When there is a good zoomie behind the cams people comes ...and discuss also the sightings and their feelings

When we see just spots moving around the waterhole it is simply disappointing ...

It is pity ...really pity a cam like that at nk ...to give us only such pics

I'm not rude ...It is the reality ...When there are more choices it is obvious that people will choose the less boring ...

ETA ..Just think how many of you check Tau ...none ...simply it is boring ...

ΕΤΑ 2 and I'm not going to leave that place too ...except of it is a part of my life ...I know what great pics can offer .....(the above it is just a feedback)

How often is it happening and is it going to where you see the spinning wheel or the arrow in a circle when you say it is "stopping"?  If it is the arrow with a circle be careful you aren't clicking on the cam view which does stop the cam viewer.  If it is the spinning wheel. if others aren't saying the cams are down, you can try a refresh of the page, clear the cache and close the browser and try again, and check your bandwidth download speed as it could be your internet speed has a problem and dropped too low.  Hope this helps.

I do not care for chat. I only come to the forum if i have a problem to see if others are having the same thing  I love the cam and visit it every day. I'm running into a problem today, the cam keeps stopping & i have to keep clicking to keep it going. I have watched this cam from the begining. 

I think both are important.

real time chat is nice but sometimes imformation can scroll by so fast I really can't keep up trying to read, type and watch all at the same time.

I find if I just ask in the forum someone will answer me.

Ok Point taken, and i agree with Xpat.

Dont get my previous message's wrong, i dearly and deeply love Africam!

We is completly different as Africam, as on the drive's answers from chat are answered by the rangers who do the drive, while a drive is gooing the chat on WE is busy ( mostly).

I consider WE and Africam as good neighbours ( friends) i love them both!

But Africam was my first love and it will stay that way.

As i tried to explain, for me the tension to look  at Africam  (nkorho) is bigger as a drive on WE.

At a WE drive i really have to focus and try to see and hear all that is said, while on Africam its much more relaxing.

I can look at the NK waterhole hours and hours ! and because the cam is steady  the surprise if special animals show themselve's is bigger to me as it is on WE.

I also find the NK cam much more relaxing, i often have it on on the background, and sound on loud, and i can hear it if animals are coming.

2 years ago when the rhino family with Wheenie ( the rhino baby) often visited at night i just could hear them coming!

When i putted on the NK cam on an early morning after just beeing home after a busy nightshift and saw teh Windmill pride was there it was a THRILL!!! I was so happy to see it.

The Nkorho Webcam really really is very special to me!

So agreed with LostinOz and Xpat , maybe i could give the chat a chance.

We all have the choice to use the forums to chat or the chat room. My sense is that there has been some neglect of the forums that has sparked this message.

As far as the chat room; my opinion is that it has probably brought more new viewers to Africam in the last 5 or 6 months that just having a forum would have. I think it's been good for Africam, and Im proud to be one of the folks working to make the chat room an enjoyable experience. We have developed a wonderful core group of people that watch over each other and the room; a family in a way. We are loyal to Africam and we appreciate what has been done and gets done to enhance our experience.

Im sorry to hear that Iceage does not find the Arficam chat room appealing, but yet loves to chat in WE. Is chat not chat?, no matter where. Perhaps you have not given yourself enough time to get to know us all. The chat works well for Africam, and our cam is on all the time.

Xpat.