Sandamol great point you
Sandamol great point you have made, a little more encouragement goes a long way.
Your comment is appreciated.
Don’t fix what isn’t broken.
There has been no problems whatsoever with the shoutbox as member only, so why trying to “fix” it.
AT-2 what I would like to
AT-2 what I would like to have them do is to add back in the Date/Time Stamp of the message so we are not responding to message that are hours to several hours or maybe even a day old and it would also show who is active on the SB. They have come up with some other things but they will be discussed.
If you hover over the text,
If you hover over the text, you should see the date stamp. Does this help?
** You are correct. I was**
You are correct. I was under the impression that it was visible to users that weren’t logged in. What we added was the on off button for the shout box.
What if the shoutbox would be visible but, with text such as log in to share and other cool text without it being actual member conversation? Just making it more visible to users that are not logged in.
Yes this is great Julie
Yes this is great Julie thank you.
The Light Bulb Just Lit Up
I came up with and idea for LMR as I would encourage all user to do so we can make this our home.
How about a Private Workspace where you can invite people into to work on a project together.
And how about a whiteboard so that we can visually display something during the chat.
We could have Work Rooms and then invite people into those to work with us on a project and even set up a scheduled time to meet on a certain day(s) to work on a group project.
Chris your input is
Chris your input is appreciated.
I am not sure what you are talking about when you say " we didn’t title posts with thinly veiled references to current politics".
Look forward to hearing from you.
Whew…
"Thinly veiled political" --Really? You didn’t notice that your post was labled “Make LMR Great Again”?
Ok, I will take it at face value – “Make ‘x’ Great Again” is a slogan used by the current President of the USA. It is a phrase that, well, 51.4% of folks find divisive. Put simply, it is a phrase that is (could be, might be, is) injecting politics into this forum. I mean, it’s just something that we (in the past) we would not have tolerated. Seriously, did you title a post, “make ‘x’ great again” and didn’t notice the reference to current politicics? Really? C’mon, Really?
Far fetched!
Are you serious? Quite a few billion people on this planet don’t care about Trump or his politics whatsoever. To claim that the sentence “Make LMR great again” would be a hint to American politics is just insane. I don’t know what you have been smoking, but please for your own sake stop using it!
Yes.
The idea that “Make America Great Again” and “Make LMR Great again” could be considered similar could only be noticed by someone using drugs. Sorry --I gotta head out and find more drugs.
My expectations and concerns
Glory days are gone… I guess the site/community that made me go deep in this hobby will never be the same.
Important people are gone: it’s like when you lose a body member… you’ll never be the same.
But I continue to visit MRL every day, and, fortunately, are still here many good and talented people.
It won’t be the same… but it does not mean it can not be good … maybe GREAT! For this, we’ll need the cooperation of users and the new owners.
For now, I have just a few things causing itch in my brain:
1. Let’s Make Robots URL Re-Direct (https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/lets-make-robots-url-re-direct) - Someone sometime in the past (when RobotShop acquired LMR) said that LMR could become a simple side blog of RobotShop’s site. Well, I can not remember who said that and the exact words, and that was just speculation at that time. But seeing this URL Re-Direct made me think about it again and I got worried. Well, becoming LMR just a blog, probably I’ll not be here anymore.
2. Get the most out of LMR (https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/get-most-out-lmr) - The “quality” of posts declined. People invests weeks and months in their cool projects, but can’t take a half hour to make a good post, that their projects deserves. I would appreciate some kind of content moderator… or, better, a “first-post” approval.
3. News About Product Reviews (https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/news-about-product-reviews) - I can’t see, what was promised, happening. I know it’s difficult to maintain, and I guess the expectation of RobotShop was frustrated… for example, people taking too long to post their reviews (I even took about six months to complete a review). But people taking too long to post or making low quality reviews, may be affected in future calls. But certainly reviews are an excellent marketing investment.
I expect some words from RobotShop. See you guys.
Changes are coming
Hello Chris, I am Cameleon, # 1 here at RobotShop ! We are all here to build this community and bring it further. We want to look forward, not backward.
We do not want to go back into a debate about who did what in the past. The intentions have always been good so that LMR becomes a more reliable source for all, young and old, beginners or experts. I am convinced that you can continue to contribute to this community. I think it is just a question to be open-minded and have respectful discussions.
We have the ambition to build the largest online community in the field of robotics. You will get more details soon and this will start with the appointment of a full-time community manager. A lot of discussions will be done about what we want to build together. Many ideas are already on the table and we want to be sure to listen to everybody and not forget anything. We will do surveys and ask for the opinion of all members.
It is a great moment to stay close and observe what will happen. It is even more exciting time for those embracing changes who want to help build something positive, something with more influence and more impact in the world. Stay close, be active and share your opinions.
Thank you for your comments
Thank you for your comments Dickel. Here are answers to your questions:
1. Let’s Make Robots URL Re-Direct (https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/lets-make-robots-url-re-direct) - No worries, we have no intention in making LMR a simple side blog. Our vision is to make LMR the largests robotics community where members can meet, share and learn about robotics. LMR was brought under RobotShop so it can benefit from the traffic RobotShop receives and in order to improve the ranking of the LMR website. This is so everyone wins. We want to continue building the LMR community and making this place an area where robotic enthusiasts can meet and share. We will be opening up a full-time position for a community manager very soon. He/she will be in contact with LMR and make sure your ideas are heard for us to make LMR a better place for all. We will put the resources we need in place in order for LMR to grow and we hope you members will be here along the way to help out.
2. Get the most out of LMR (https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/get-most-out-lmr) - This is certainly an idea that can be discussed with our community manager. We do already verify the first post to make sure that it is not spam. We can therefore work together to teach new members and improve their posting skills to showcase their projects.
3. News About Product Reviews (https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/news-about-product-reviews) - We do still feel that call for reviewers are a great way for members to learn new products while at the same time bringing more content to the community and marketing for products. Unfortunately, the community did not engage in this initiative and as you mentioned, reviews were posted many months after receiving the product if posted at all. We are shipping shortly a few products from our last call for reviewers: https://www.robotshop.com/letsmakerobots/call-reviewers-megapi-motion-controller
We do hope that the community will be able to receive great reviews from the lucky reviewers including you. 
If this picks up again, we are very open to making one every month.
If this picks up again, we are very open to making one every month.We do hope this helps.
Make it great again?
Whats wrong with it now? People are posting stuff, lots of members, shoutbox being used for live interaction. People move on, new people come in, new stuff gets made.
I was dismayed to see some references to a “proper” post. My thinking is “it’s better to see a little information and content than to not see any content at all”. Maybe everyone doesn’t want to make a full post, just a quick reveal or a breif introduction to a project. Perhaps they will stimulate a conversation, or put some new ideas out for others to build on. There should not be criticism over how much info must be revealed about someones own work, if thats what they choose to reveal.
I was here during the “Glory” days…Near the end before the new ownership, and things were not all that glorious at times.The talent pool at the time was immense, some of the finest on the planet. Sometimes when you get that many talented people together in one place, egos clash, there are scuffles but it was mostly pretty civil…mostly.
Things change, people change, ideas change. It is what you make it.No need to remake it.
New user
I’m new user and was hoping to learn and get some questions answered it unfortunately it said my post was under review because it was my first post or it could be spam. As a new user I recommend you do away with that and do what all the other sites are doing that I hate with a passion and prove your not a robot. If it’s just a one time thing I’m fine with. I’m really not planning on posting my stuff again if it doesn’t show up. If it doesn’t show up I feel I wasted my time joining this site sorry to say but this is not norm for me as I’ve joined severa forums before and never had this type situation. Hopefully my question will be posted otherwise I’ll be looking elsewhere. This looks like kind of place I’d like to join depending on what happens.
Demands?
You are new and asked a question, hardly a position to make any kind of demands. But I get it, everyone wants instant gratification for free. It’s how the world turns nowadays. (I really dislike this planet.)
Thanks for your comments
Thanks for your comments. We will start by adding a message under the login box to indicate that users can register and login to chat with other members. We’ll see if this helps in having users register and shout instead of visiting as guests only.
Welcome
Welcome to LMR Earthbound. It’s nice to see new users join. The post or comment review is normally a 1 time thing for new users to ensure that they are not spammers and are interested in robotics and helping the LMR community grow. We are very open to seeing new members but, please understand that it can take a few hours for a post to be verified the first time. We see that your post is live and hope that the community can help out. Enjoy!
Shout Box
Hi JGendron, hi all,
do you think it would make sence to add a time stamp in the shout box?
As we’re all spread around the globe it is dificult to see when was what written. Somethimes I’d like to chat with you, but I never know who can be there or not. Of course I can see who is onlin, but only the people who are logged in. If I answered then, then is too late.