Just got in dear friends, quick check around the forum and off to look at your pictures for approval.

Thanks for your supportive comments and know that Chris and Sarah have taken onboard your suggestions and change is coming!

Just had a quick look guys and that is absolutely ridiculous. I know Ron says that all pictures mean something to the taker but this really is taking the p***. James, I would go as far as to suggest 5 and 10 as respective maximums. But it also has to be remembered that not everyone joins in the forums so will not see any of this discussion. Those of us who submit photos and have been part of this debate have all cut down on what we submit. Personally I try to stick somewhere around 5-7 which I feel means there is a fair chance that all my photos will be viewed by you. If I was to put up 15-20 I expect quite a few would be passed over. As it is with the 49 that have just been uploaded today I have had a quick look at all of them in the thumbnails and to honest found maybe 4 or 5 i might open up. The quality and content of the majority leaves a lot be desired. These 'volume' uploaders are not only taking us all for a ride but not doing themselves any favours either in that their images will simply be passed by.

I do think it is now time that some limits are set. I know it is more work for Chris and Sarah and that it might offend some. So maybe in the first instance an 'all users' e-mail be sent out explaining the issue with a request to 'self regulate' as most have started to do. And I woud suggest a top limit of somewhere between 5 and 10.

We seem to be constantly going around in circles with this one ? I   thought changes were on the way to stop this sort of thing ? Like Dave has said .. most of us keep to about 4-5 so as not to bore to many people with too many uploads ? It's a shame some people can't use a noggin of common sense & not "swamp" the site in this way , as it does have a detrimental effect I feel. I took over 600 recently  on a lake district holiday & some 3 weeks later I still have only uploaded about 30 odd in total over a 2 week period ... simply by not wanting to "hog" the site & to be fair to other users.