Lol, I hope you didn't click the images tabNuggs wrote:Also, I had to google what a "circlejerk" was.
CC has some funny hobbies.
+1Nuggs wrote:I had my doubts about this thread, as the opening post (whilst making some good points) was provocative to say the least, and the responses should have been no surprise to anyone.
There have been some good points made on either side - and I hope ya'll keep it a bit civil, as all explorers may learn something from reading this thread.
Keve's a top bloke.mpi wrote:Keve wrote:stuff
You're a good dude with sensible input in to this thread. I personally miss seeing your photographs, they were always interesting.
fkn' A, manmaggot wrote:Keve's a top bloke.
Bency wrote:While we are on this topic..
Yesterday I saw a Sydney Photography based Facebook page release the exact locations of a few abandoned places, eg Dunlop Factory and a Tram shed around the suburbs close to me. Surely if your a photographer and want to visit these kinds of places, shouldn't you take it to yourself to research or even go out looking?
While I understand it is a photography page, releasing the details of places that are already littered with graffiti and extremely damaged, a public page should not release locations like that. Especially since this tram shed has heritage items, that are most likely now no better than a piece of scrap. Now that its online, its in the open for ANYONE to see, including vandals & immature teenagers. And once its online, it will be forever. Some people don't seem to understand that nowadays.
/rantover
x2theedge wrote:I think the main point isn't about taking or posting photos, but more about what details are put into the photos. Tag or describe a photo with something like "urbex", "rooftop" or "abandonment", it's going to get found and swept up by google etc... for all to see.
Tell you what, those search crawlers are mighty annoying as well. Have to deal with them at my day job all the time. We end up blocking them in the end.
Something to be conscious of before posting anything now.
So did I ! Hahaha. And yes they have, I understand doing that for public locations like a beach etc, but abandoned places is just silly seeming as anyone can come across it.Spades wrote:Bency wrote:
I told this person of the page off (I think they're called visual cocaine or something. They have compiled a list which is publicly available)
It's true he posted a lot but there's more to it. He, with a few other dedicated people discovered a large majority of current and past locations, anyone who knows him will agree he was very sensible and secretive with locations and information. Sensitive stuff was treated accordingly and some has never been posted by anyone outside of the group. Also, things like construction and cranes were sometimes delayed until the location was no longer available.mpi wrote: Also - nothing anyone has posted here or elsewhere (that I've seen) isn't already all over sleepycity. Dsankt was EVERYWHERE before ANY of us and has happily shared his photos for the world to see for YEARS. I don't see anyone writing letters of complaint to him and if they did I'm sure if they did he'd feel much the same as I do - get over it.
I must have missed that survey.fawn wrote:Very well put spoz and props to you taking the time to express what 99% of us exploring kats are all about.
Really glad to hear that, I'll try to be more pro-active if I see something too. Cheers.Nuggs wrote:Let me stress; the 'report' function should be used to highlight when a post may reveal a sensitive location etc. Any member can report a post, and explain to our mods why it should be removed from the public forum. Our mods (myself included) are not always aware of the particular sensitivities of a set of pics, or description of a site.
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Well, this post certainly reinforces the opinions of those people.Audacia-N wrote:so in short I'm an elitist member of a group that is already considered elitist to begin with by some people outside the clan.
There are very few good locations left in Brisbane too, but in the last couple of months alone it's not been pretty what has been put up here for anyone to see. Plus there might be a few more people reading this, better than contacting one single person on Flickr or wherever.aydun wrote:There are very few, if any, 'sensitive' locations posted on UEGA. You'd probably be best taking this post to tumblr or Instagram or something.