The file size limits have been around forever.
I have noticed the image scaling, there is a slight irony here that this resulted in 7 photos being uploaded into a thread instead of one because we couldn't make out the details in the originally posted image, but I do take your points. Personally I would have no qualms chipping in [%coin] per month to support the site, and I'm certain I'm not the only one. You don't run ads and this is a crazy useful resource to the community, as I have said in more than one post. Some of the knowledge I see bubble up her floors me. Having said that, this might be something worth adding to the top of the introductions forum, perhaps with some recommendations on hosts? I mean this thread was dead with one ambiguous reply for a week before I came back to it. If you (or someone) had posted this a week ago the thread would be on it's way to heat death and there would be no ruffled feathers on my side of the terminal or anyone else's.
Thanks for your support. It is much appreciated..
I mean, I assume you're part of the admin team, most forums use tags like "moderator" or "admin" to designate said users. When I first saw you posting with "member of the typing pool" I assumed you were some sort of documentation guru, and I believe I even made a quip to that effect. Needless to say the only replies to any of my threads was responded to by "members" or "senior members" who can take educated guesses but are not in a position to pop the bonnet and see whats configured. I was on DEFCON 2 trying to work out if I had malware hijacking the browser on my machine or if it was just a feature I had not noticed before. So I go to the section where I'd expect admins to be monitoring to get answers around site functionality, and I got zip. Whats the point of a forum support section if the folks behind the curtain ignore it?
It just is a bit on the rude side to start throwing rocks at the people who've been maintaining everything for 15 years after you've been here for just a month.
Granted. When I onboard a new employee one of the most important (to me at least) parts of my spiel is to make the point that they are a fresh pair of eyes, and if they see something they think is wrong/broken/needs updating, they damn well better let me know. I might have gotten blind to something because of 10 other things going on or simply not had it pointed out before. There might be a reason, it may be a genuine issue, but I need to be told, just in case.
With no noobie's guide to VCFED in the introductions section short of "how to use PM's" and "how to deal with mods" (which helpfully states "2. Shoot a PM to any of the Mods or Admins" but does not tell me HOW to find mods or admins), I come to the section where I would expect the sites managing staff to be lurking. And even that failed. Two threads, zero moderator response till I started "throwing rocks".
I'm sorry if I seem abrupt or rude but it's just an odd experience. I want to and have been contributing where I can and I want to support the site as much as I can. I have been using knowledge from this place for years before I signed up, which is why I'm here trying to give a little back. I get that a lot of people here manage outside organisations, museums and groups that may eat a lot of time. That doesn't make the radio silence any less frustrating or uncharacteristic when compared to all other forums I have been a part of.
/fresh set of eyes