This is thêm of a danh sách than an actual article, compiled from picks and conversations about The Screencap Situation. Thank bạn to everyone who contributed a point that's been used here - even if bạn didn't know this would get posted. You're the ones who wrote this. I'm just the dummy who thought it was necessary to post in bài viết form. Desperate times, friends.
Why fanpop Needs Screencaps
-Screencaps have been added since before there was a screencap category. Now that there's definitely a demand for them here, they'll still get đã đăng - in the các bức ảnh section. It's already happening. Actual các bức ảnh are getting buried, and will never be seen again. It's a mess.
-Fanpop is the only place on the web (that any of us could find) that allows any user to post screencaps to any club. Most other người hâm mộ sites are geared toward something specific (actor, ti vi show) and only allow administrators to share screencaps. This makes fanpop unique, because they allow(ed) anyone to participate.
-Fanpop screencaps are usually in the hàng đầu, đầu trang results for any web tìm kiếm for screencaps. Try it. The tiêu đề of anything hoặc the name of an actor hoặc character + "screencaps" - how many fanpop results did bạn get?
-Several of us have dedicated YEARS of our lives (and spent money on things to capture), building up galleries of screencaps that can't be found anywhere else on the web. Does this mean everything we've done for this site, was all for nothing?
-Have bạn ever had a person sign up for this site just to thank bạn for something bạn posted? At least three of us have. Multiple times. For screencaps.
-Getting screencaps elsewhere is a nice idea, but unless you're looking for something được ưa chuộng like Twilight hoặc The Vampire Diaries, bạn might have issues finding them. I can truthfully say that thêm than half the spots I'm a part of have screencaps that really cannot be found anywhere else.
-Some of the smaller spots only have screencaps and a handful of other content, because sometimes that's all that exists of a particular subject. If screencaps get removed, those spots will be empty. Why would anyone want to visit a spot with 3 pictures?
-Screencaps allowed people who were not particularly creative to feel like they were contributing bởi enabling others to make the things they can't.
-Lots of Fanpoppers who make các biểu tượng & người hâm mộ art used this site for their screencaps. I always thought that was nice - a completely Fanpop-based creation. From fanpop to Fanpop. fanpop creations are likely to take a nose-dive, which means thêm stolen art from LiveJournal & Tumblr... who have also been known to use fanpop screencaps to make the art they post on those sites. It's a vicious cycle.
-According to a gần đây link, the screencap section was the one that Fanpoppers spent the most time in.
-Another link shows that the loss of screencaps will greatly impact the way most of us participate - and if we don't have anything to do, why would we want to stick around as much as we used to?
Picking Apart Fanpop's Response (sorry, Dave)
-"the sheer volume of screencaps being uploaded were using up a lot of our servers that could be used for other thêm được ưa chuộng features" - If screencaps aren't one of Fanpop's most được ưa chuộng features, what is? They're used for everything - icons, người hâm mộ art, gifs, wallpaper, picks.
-"we found that the screencaps weren't actually getting many pageviews" - Maybe not immediately, but I'm guessing link weren't very được ưa chuộng at first either.
-"we understand that this decision impacts a small handful of our users that actively used the feature" - According to link pick, it's a liiiittle thêm than a handful.
Space-Saving Alternatives
-Crack down on duplicate spots. There are still plenty of those out there with the exact same thousands of hình ảnh that have been đã đăng already.
-Limit screencap uploads for users to a certain number per ngày hoặc week. It would be a pain for some users, but it would probably reduce the tổng thể amount and taking longer to fill up a new server. That would be better than no screencaps at all.
Questions
-Why werent users notified of this major change?
-If screencaps aren't "popular features", what are?
-What are these new features and when should we expect them?
-What will happen to the screencaps that are already here?
-Is there ANYTHING that fanpop users can do to get the F4 to reconsider their decision on screencaps? Begging? Bribery? Anything at all?
Why fanpop Needs Screencaps
-Screencaps have been added since before there was a screencap category. Now that there's definitely a demand for them here, they'll still get đã đăng - in the các bức ảnh section. It's already happening. Actual các bức ảnh are getting buried, and will never be seen again. It's a mess.
-Fanpop is the only place on the web (that any of us could find) that allows any user to post screencaps to any club. Most other người hâm mộ sites are geared toward something specific (actor, ti vi show) and only allow administrators to share screencaps. This makes fanpop unique, because they allow(ed) anyone to participate.
-Fanpop screencaps are usually in the hàng đầu, đầu trang results for any web tìm kiếm for screencaps. Try it. The tiêu đề of anything hoặc the name of an actor hoặc character + "screencaps" - how many fanpop results did bạn get?
-Several of us have dedicated YEARS of our lives (and spent money on things to capture), building up galleries of screencaps that can't be found anywhere else on the web. Does this mean everything we've done for this site, was all for nothing?
-Have bạn ever had a person sign up for this site just to thank bạn for something bạn posted? At least three of us have. Multiple times. For screencaps.
-Getting screencaps elsewhere is a nice idea, but unless you're looking for something được ưa chuộng like Twilight hoặc The Vampire Diaries, bạn might have issues finding them. I can truthfully say that thêm than half the spots I'm a part of have screencaps that really cannot be found anywhere else.
-Some of the smaller spots only have screencaps and a handful of other content, because sometimes that's all that exists of a particular subject. If screencaps get removed, those spots will be empty. Why would anyone want to visit a spot with 3 pictures?
-Screencaps allowed people who were not particularly creative to feel like they were contributing bởi enabling others to make the things they can't.
-Lots of Fanpoppers who make các biểu tượng & người hâm mộ art used this site for their screencaps. I always thought that was nice - a completely Fanpop-based creation. From fanpop to Fanpop. fanpop creations are likely to take a nose-dive, which means thêm stolen art from LiveJournal & Tumblr... who have also been known to use fanpop screencaps to make the art they post on those sites. It's a vicious cycle.
-According to a gần đây link, the screencap section was the one that Fanpoppers spent the most time in.
-Another link shows that the loss of screencaps will greatly impact the way most of us participate - and if we don't have anything to do, why would we want to stick around as much as we used to?
Picking Apart Fanpop's Response (sorry, Dave)
-"the sheer volume of screencaps being uploaded were using up a lot of our servers that could be used for other thêm được ưa chuộng features" - If screencaps aren't one of Fanpop's most được ưa chuộng features, what is? They're used for everything - icons, người hâm mộ art, gifs, wallpaper, picks.
-"we found that the screencaps weren't actually getting many pageviews" - Maybe not immediately, but I'm guessing link weren't very được ưa chuộng at first either.
-"we understand that this decision impacts a small handful of our users that actively used the feature" - According to link pick, it's a liiiittle thêm than a handful.
Space-Saving Alternatives
-Crack down on duplicate spots. There are still plenty of those out there with the exact same thousands of hình ảnh that have been đã đăng already.
-Limit screencap uploads for users to a certain number per ngày hoặc week. It would be a pain for some users, but it would probably reduce the tổng thể amount and taking longer to fill up a new server. That would be better than no screencaps at all.
Questions
-Why werent users notified of this major change?
-If screencaps aren't "popular features", what are?
-What are these new features and when should we expect them?
-What will happen to the screencaps that are already here?
-Is there ANYTHING that fanpop users can do to get the F4 to reconsider their decision on screencaps? Begging? Bribery? Anything at all?