Gather Owned Groups Question

I wondered what happened to the Editor's Desktop group. I never did figure out exactly what its use was.

They may have been useful when Gather was still gaining momentum and needed additional connections through which to publish images or articles.

Even now, some good articles are not seen because the author is not connected widely enough to have the article shared as it deserves.

I'm not familar with them at all.

Not familar with them.

I am fairly new here and don't know anything about them.

John,

I think the Gather Mug Shots program was a valuable addition to the community, and I would like to see it start up again. I have made inquiries about the status of this program, but I have not received any definitive responses. I think it is a resource issue for them presently (time & manpower).

As for the "Editor's Desktop", I think that this group has also suffered from similar growing pains, in that there simply aren't enough resources available to sustain it. I would also like to see this group return in some form, as the information exchanged was valuable (although, most of the older content is still applicable).

There was another group, 'The Best of Gather', or something like that, that also was used to recommend content for the "Editor's Picks", on the old Gather Home Page. This group also isn't being used (that I know of).

I had to delete all of the ones that were just sitting there with no activity plus some that I never contribute to anyway. Most of the groups I am a member of publish anything. Good article, John, Salud.

I posted this here hoping Gather would respond Kevin, knowing how it is with email at times. I also thought it would give Gather a sampling of opinions from members whether they should just go ahead and cancel the groups or not.

What about it Gather....??????

I too think gather should only have maybe one or two groups... if they are doing promotions and all then just have one group they do them out of so that when the contest is done they do not have a group just siting there in la la land...

John

Thanks for posting this -- its nice to feel the love of the community! With regard to the Mug Shots program, look for a renewed effort in the Spring. We love that program, and will make it more fun and more visible in the weeks to come. As for the Editor's Desktop, we are first going to update all of the articles in the group to reflect our most recent site changes, and then begin to publish weekly again in mid-February. Let the Gather Editorial Team (Jennifer Hodge, Erik Edson and I) know what you would like to see from the Editors' perspective. Thanks again for thinking of us.

Regards,
David
Editor in Chief

David,
Thanks for the good news, and answering the article. I'm sure others will enjoy those Groups starting up again too. I'll work on some ideas for when you get going again.

Hey folks, chime in if there is something you would like to see as well.

Thanks again.