09-01-2010, 03:49 PM
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1283341382' post='2406']
There's no financial benefit for Photozone. These are just the official press releases by the primary manufacturers. No sales offers, no trojans, no fraud. Just the "press releases". So what's the problem ? That's exactly what the headline of the "News" forum is saying after all. :-)
Here's the techical background:
I checked the manufacturer sites for RSS feeds. These feeds are filtered for DSLR/EVIL related content and mashed up to a single newsfeed which covers all manufacturers but Sigma, Tamron, Tokina - these 3 offer no RSS news feeds. The "News Generator" is a feature in the forum engine - it translates RSS feeds to forum messages. It's no external supplier or whatever.
Alternatively I could also post a message here pointing to the press release of a new product but why should I do that if this RSS feed does just that for me.
The value-add is pretty obvious - it saves (my) time.
There's of course the downside that you sometimes get those colorful, nonsense "news" messages where the manufacturers try to promote something. I don't consider this to be disaster though.
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Hi Klaus,
thanks for the explanation. As I said, I can ignore the news generator, but as you have seen, the things the news generator misses still get reported by members. Member reports typically carry more discussion (and pz-live) than the dire press releases. When I first saw this, I thought someone had hijacked an account to get free advertisement ...
As usual I voiced my opinion and you decide as PZ-super-guru.
Thanks again
Joachim
There's no financial benefit for Photozone. These are just the official press releases by the primary manufacturers. No sales offers, no trojans, no fraud. Just the "press releases". So what's the problem ? That's exactly what the headline of the "News" forum is saying after all. :-)
Here's the techical background:
I checked the manufacturer sites for RSS feeds. These feeds are filtered for DSLR/EVIL related content and mashed up to a single newsfeed which covers all manufacturers but Sigma, Tamron, Tokina - these 3 offer no RSS news feeds. The "News Generator" is a feature in the forum engine - it translates RSS feeds to forum messages. It's no external supplier or whatever.
Alternatively I could also post a message here pointing to the press release of a new product but why should I do that if this RSS feed does just that for me.
The value-add is pretty obvious - it saves (my) time.
There's of course the downside that you sometimes get those colorful, nonsense "news" messages where the manufacturers try to promote something. I don't consider this to be disaster though.
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Hi Klaus,
thanks for the explanation. As I said, I can ignore the news generator, but as you have seen, the things the news generator misses still get reported by members. Member reports typically carry more discussion (and pz-live) than the dire press releases. When I first saw this, I thought someone had hijacked an account to get free advertisement ...
As usual I voiced my opinion and you decide as PZ-super-guru.
Thanks again
Joachim
enjoy