Should Amazon have paid dpreview's group participants?

How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:31:54 -0700, RichA
wrote:

How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

Not got over your dpreview ban yet Rich?

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John Bean

On Oct 1, 3:31 pm, RichA wrote:
How is most of the value of dpreview derived?

What value?

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:31:54 -0700, John Bean wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:31:54 -0700, RichA
wrote:

How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

Not got over your dpreview ban yet Rich?



Ohhh, that is funny! Did the little socially maladjusted freak really get
banned?
--
Slack

On 1 Oct, 20:31, RichA wrote:
How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

They shouldn't DO anything. Helpful no, Prolific? far far far to
prolific.

Doc

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:03:54 -0700, ?Slack
wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:31:54 -0700, John Bean wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:31:54 -0700, RichA
wrote:

How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

Not got over your dpreview ban yet Rich?



Ohhh, that is funny! Did the little socially maladjusted freak really get
banned?

He certainly did, about three months ago.

--
John Bean

On Oct 2, 5:30 am, John Bean wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:03:54 -0700, ?Slack



wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:31:54 -0700, John Bean wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:31:54 -0700, RichA
wrote:

How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

Not got over your dpreview ban yet Rich?

Ohhh, that is funny! Did the little socially maladjusted freak really get
banned?

He certainly did, about three months ago.

--
John Bean

Sorry, but it didn't "take."

RichA wrote:
How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their


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On Oct 2, 12:03 am, Slack wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:31:54 -0700, John Bean wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:31:54 -0700, RichA
wrote:

How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

Not got over your dpreview ban yet Rich?

Ohhh, that is funny! Did the little socially maladjusted freak really get
banned?
--
Slack

There is a basic rule on moderated groups that if you don't follow the
beliefs of the majority, they go beserk. All of a sudden, opinion
becomes an attack. Too bad so many of the little sissies had such
fragile egos they couldn't take ANY criticism of their God, Olympus.

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:03:54 -0700, ?Slack
wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:31:54 -0700, John Bean wrote:

On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:31:54 -0700, RichA
wrote:

How is most of the value of dpreview derived? By the tests they do
(none in recent memory) or by the participants relaying their
experiences? Dpreview provides the venue, but the real value (much of
it) comes from the people who participate on the groups. Many
companies now use public forums as "trouble-shooting" mechanisms so
they don't have to have fully-staffed service departments. It is a
clever idea.
Amazon should have done a poll, amongst all groups as to the most
helpful and prolific posters, say top 10 on each group. Then they
should have sent them all a check.

Not got over your dpreview ban yet Rich?



Ohhh, that is funny! Did the little socially maladjusted freak really get
banned?

Making that remark on the Dpreview forums would get
you, slacko, banned, so be careful!