I am not happy with how controlling it has become here regarding pic quality and commenting - sure I do my best to make quality pics but sometimes there are situations where your own pic happens to be not so good quality and it was only one opportunity to get it - like for example my pic of the Thorn Alpha 3 main road lanterns running MV lamps on a long stretch of road in Ireland. Thanks to those who appreciated it like AL-M who provided me the road location on Google Maps. That pic I got told off that it was bad quality and I had to explain why it was the case


I don't seem to feel appreciated anymore with whatever I put up with my vintage and not so vintage (non LED) finds of lighting that I got from the car boot sales and charity shops from last year and this year as I barely get any comments on my pics - like it would be grand to know what year the bulbs and tubes are made, etc. I don't expect crazy amount of validation but since I go through the effort of posting these pics, it would be nice if you can comment showing appreciation and if possible to provide any information such as date and the timeline of their produce and where they were mostly used at - if you can't genuinely do that then it is OK but please hear me out on this. I would like to know for example when was my Thorn 36W tube made? I know it is late 80s but I'd love to know the exact year and month if someone can decipher it. Also I understand how ppl can be busy and overloaded but at the same time I can't help but feel underappreciated

Also so many ppl who have been on this site earlier than me and they made me feel welcome, have been repelled away

From now on I will stop posting pics on here cos I don't see the point. Kudos to the ones who appreciate of who I am and what I post on

FF96 

I understand, as some of my images I post, don’t get the comments or response that I was hoping. So you’re not alone on that. I don’t think it’s intentional… I’m probably guilty of it myself at times.

But I do appreciate your posts both here and in other sites, and I’m sure others do too. And I do see you reacting to my posts in other sites and I do appreciate it!

Sometimes it depends on the time of day you  might upload, as the guys over the pond might be tucked up in bed whilst the majority of us here are awake, at work or otherwise pre occupied. also people all have different areas of interests. at certain times the site can have its “rush hour” if you get me when people upload, comment and interact most. I have personally noticed that AM our UK time is the quietest. And night time our time 8pm plus is the best time to upload. Also as ColeD mentions. sometimes uploads can get missed and then fire up at a later date

We all enjoy your and everyone else's uploads so please do not worry and do not feel like you are unwelcome

Your posts are always interesting flurofan, it's always good to see what fellow collectors find Sometimes posts just get lost with it being a busy site though. I do still find posts years old that interest me, that I haven't come across yet.

Same for me, 10 years on here this year. I've learnt a lot from people on here over the years and I hope that perhaps some have learnt stuff from me too.

I've had a go at dating your Thorn tube too, hopefully it is correct!

Thank you all for your kind words/support - really appreciate that 

Now that the major issue of this site seems to be resolved, I shall resume posting my content on there  and I had an idea, I will do like short bursts of posting a day, not try to do 10 all at once per day, so I don't flood the Latest Additions section.

I hope everyone is feeling a lot brighter now and will enjoy being on this site a lot more. Plus here is 10 years to myself and Beta 5 coming onboard this site in 2014 


Take care and all the best

Flurofan96 

FF96, don't give up posting here...it's better than those lighting 'fanboi' Facebook groups, and the attitudes that are displayed.
Personally, I only post responses to lamps/luminaires that catch my eye...
I've actually considered leaving this site several times, just because of how slow and boring it's become over the last three years or so. But doing that would defeat the purpose, and if more people leave the more slow and boring it becomes... 

Eric, thank you for stickin around. It's a pleasure to have you here.

Thanks! I may not post or comment much, but I'll stick around for the foreseeable future.