anyone unhappy with craxme ?

jayyogeswarusa

I agree there must rules, regulations and restrictions which will help to maintain clean environment in the forum

arunasahu95

True I agree

bookcraze

Yes I also am one of the people who felt frustrated for not being able to download any ebook especially the one which I had been looking for. But you guys are doing a good job and hopefully if I'm more active then my ratings will improve.

soothsayer

Absolutely agree with Mr Pedro

Viney Mittal

very well said. It is an amazing begining for Craxme. We are already into a consolidation stage. Let us give ourselves more time.. :-)

seatlawyer

I won't go so far as to say unhappy. But I'll admit that I find some of the policies rather peculiar. One of these being creation of Groups and the requirement of having joined these Groups for participating in them. Now, there are posts in a Group which I feel like responding to, and I feel I can meaningfully contribute to. But then, I have to join that Group though I don't have any particular interest in that Group as a whole. For instance, there are a couple of Threads in 'Ask Me' that I wanted to add to, but couldn't because I was not a Member of that Group. Admittedly, it doesn't take much to become a Member, yet, it felt a pointless restriction to me. Karma was another aspect regarding which I had expressed my reservations in the Karma Thread as well. Sincerely hope it works for CM eventually because I've seen enough Forums being split and wrecked by Karma/Rep Point friction. I also find the policy of clubbing books by Author, a bit counterproductive. Then, being unable to upload files 15 MB+ is causing quite a bit of annoyance to me. Not too comfortable with the navigation of the Forum either (been on forums and message boards since almost 10+ years now, so not a newbie in that sense). But I guess, that's just a technical issue and not so much about the Forum itself.

All said, it's not unhappiness or dissatisfaction with the Forum but a feeling that maybe the Forum is still nascent.

Pedro_P

seatlawyer 24-6-2018 01:58 AM
Edited by seatlawyer at 24-6-2018 12:36 PM

I won't go so far as to say unhappy. But I'll admit th ...

Perhaps some precisions are needed that help to better understand the purpose of some measures taken.

In principle, there is no obligation or  duty on the part of users to create groups. The groups are created by the users interested in having, if the expression fits, a "customized section", that is to say, a group is not more than a space that the users can arrange to treat subjects of their interest, and there is no obligation to create them.
Users who create groups can  obviously determine the conditions under which they want other users to participate, some groups are open and they agree to join the group, and other groups are closed and accessed through an invitation. Is that situation good or bad ?, It is neither one nor the other, it is simply the way how users manage their groups. As I said above, groups are "custom sections" that users can create around their own interests.
People who access a group can leave the group when they wish. In the same way that they have the freedom to join a group, or not.

On the other hand, there are user  groups, in particular, the user group Readers, that user group has been created in order to have better control over who accesses the Reading Room section. Previously, any user could enter, and by saying, any user, I mean they could enter users with malicious accounts, who were dedicated to denounce the books and the forum, those user accounts were created with temporary email accounts and from unknown IP addresses, unlike a typical user who does not resort to vandal methods to access the Forum.
For that reason it was decided to  regulate that aspect, I can affirm categorically that, the index of complaints has drastically decreased and the integrity of the Reading Room section and the protection of users who share books there, is much better. They can be assured that those who download their contributions are not malicious accounts who will later denounce the books that have been shared.
Just as you have the right to decide who enters your house, CraxMe Forum also has the right to decide that malicious accounts do not have permission to access sensitive space within the forum.
Spammers, trolls, stalkers, etc. are  usually hidden behind a malicious account. You can appreciate that there is no spam flooding the sections or trolls attacking the users, as it happened in another time and space already extinct.

Regarding the possibility that users  can grant karma, all provisions are being taken to avoid situations that degenerate into a bad use of that option. However, it is still under study and evaluation, and until that option is effectively implemented, we still can not evaluate the results of it. I trust that users will know how to use that option with a justified median criterion and not in a malicious way.

I understand that you are referring  to grouping the books of the same author in a single thread. Imagine, you have 100 books by the same author, and you have 10 different authors with the same number of books... You imagine how much time you will need to upload the books individually, one by one? How long a user would need to review 1000 threads individual? How many results would you get in a regular search?
On the other hand, by grouping the books of the same author, users can discover new additions, new books added, and that would encourage users to download more books to read. They could visualize the evolution of the writers, they could better understand the sequences of the series, the users would find it much easier to find the books.
Certainly the categories help a lot in  individual books, but a collection of books is a higher order. Almost like doing a taxonomic classification. That is, a collection privileges the major order that contains the minor order. If you are a lawyer, you will understand that the constitution is above a law. So, a collection is above a category. There are more benefits than disadvantages in the method of grouping the books of the same author in a single thread, and that criterion has already been widely evaluated and you will understand that the greater benefit prevails over the smaller benefit.

It is strange that you have  difficulties to upload books that exceed 15MB, your user group allows you to upload books that exceed 50MB, other users with the same level, upload large books in MB without any inconvenience or reported difficulty. In this regard, please contact the Administration so they can help you overcome this difficulty

It is said that Happiness is not a  destiny, but rather, an attitude. And certainly, the Forum is just beginning to move on its own, it will soon advance and be developed and with the help and support of good users, the Forum will be consolidated. Everything has and runs a cycle, CraxMe Forum has just started walking. Citing part of one of the best-known poems of the Sevillian poet Antonio Machado: "... walker, there is no path,  the path is made by walking...».

Enjoy CraxMe Forum, do not worry if the chocolate bar is big or small, just eat it and enjoy it... The best, always comes in small packages.  

seatlawyer

Well, Pedro, there's no reason for being so touchy and sensitive to an innocent, harmless remark (not even critical) which in fact came in response to the original post. While the superciliousness of your comment is quite evident, I'll just say that I'm here to share books and not argue. Peace out!

Pedro_P

seatlawyer 24-6-2018 07:45 AM
Well, Pedro, there's no reason for being so touchy and sensitive to an innocent, harmless remark (no ...

It was not my intention to press the wrong buttons that would provoke your discomfort towards my response to your comment.
Nor do I believe that I have sin of arrogance by only making some precisions, in a certain way, it is my duty to do them, so that whoever reads them, can have a better understanding also.
Exchanging opinions is not arguing, and I do not have that spirit either. I am sorry that you are here only to share books, although that sole purpose is a very generous gesture on your part. Since CraxMe Forum does not seek to be a mere deposit of books.
I rather believe in the exchange of ideas and opinions, since doing so is interesting, and allows us to know and understand each other. I do not seek to convince anyone, so you should not feel pressured or forced.

Amittkumarr

True brother. I totally agree with you