Past Luger's of the month?

Dok · 09-03-2002, 08:34 AM

Thank you for your posting, Herb. I understand your sentiments, but the basic problem is with a very few exceptions, it would appear that no one actrually sees the Front Page. Now that we have this new forum, almost everyone uses it as their gateway to to the forum.

I have been monitoring the situation for several months, and many months the Luger of the Month slides by without a single comment on the forum. I need you to know that it is a significant amount of time and effort to hunt down candidates for this feature. I place requests on the forum for members to give me photos to feature, but I get no replies.

While I take your point that it could be that some feel their pistols are "not worthy", that can't be true of everyone. My last two requests have gone completely unanswered, so recently, (in consultation with other senior members of the forum) I announced that I would be be stopping this feature. If someone else wants to pick up the reins and run with it, that's fine by me, but I've had enough.

Case in point, there is only one thread I could find regarding this months Front Page feature, and of the eight (8) posts in that thread, only two (2) were actually about the featured Luger. Of the 509 registered members, 0 - 2 posts about a feature that takes such an effort to produce is pretty damn pathetic in my books. And it just goes to confirm my opinion, that the vast majority of the users really don't care about this feature. With the exception of a few, perhaps like yourself, most appear not even to recognise that the Front Page exists, in fact the term Front Page itself may be a misnomer. All in all it's not enough motivation for me to continue.

Please don't anyone take this to be your mission to "drum up" support for the Front Page and the Luger of the Month feature, as I believe long term it would be futile, and short term would only involve more work on my part for no real benefit. It's the well known Law of Diminishing Returns.

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose (Ecclesiastes), and the time for the Luger of the Month is past.

Sincerely

Dok

09-03-2002, 08:34 AM	#7
Dok RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bermuda (Eat Your Heart Out) Posts: 1,626 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Thank you for your posting, Herb. I understand your sentiments, but the basic problem is with a very few exceptions, it would appear that no one actrually sees the Front Page. Now that we have this new forum, almost everyone uses it as their gateway to to the forum. I have been monitoring the situation for several months, and many months the Luger of the Month slides by without a single comment on the forum. I need you to know that it is a significant amount of time and effort to hunt down candidates for this feature. I place requests on the forum for members to give me photos to feature, but I get no replies. While I take your point that it could be that some feel their pistols are "not worthy", that can't be true of everyone. My last two requests have gone completely unanswered, so recently, (in consultation with other senior members of the forum) I announced that I would be be stopping this feature. If someone else wants to pick up the reins and run with it, that's fine by me, but I've had enough. Case in point, there is only one thread I could find regarding this months Front Page feature, and of the eight (8) posts in that thread, only two (2) were actually about the featured Luger. Of the 509 registered members, 0 - 2 posts about a feature that takes such an effort to produce is pretty damn pathetic in my books. And it just goes to confirm my opinion, that the vast majority of the users really don't care about this feature. With the exception of a few, perhaps like yourself, most appear not even to recognise that the Front Page exists, in fact the term Front Page itself may be a misnomer. All in all it's not enough motivation for me to continue. Please don't anyone take this to be your mission to "drum up" support for the Front Page and the Luger of the Month feature, as I believe long term it would be futile, and short term would only involve more work on my part for no real benefit. It's the well known Law of Diminishing Returns. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose (Ecclesiastes), and the time for the Luger of the Month is past. Sincerely Dok __________________ You can never be too rich; too thin; or too well armed! http://www.centercustomcases.com/