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ACHTUNG ! ATTENTION ! Help Ipernity to be continued - participate in the crowdfunding ... das Crowdfunding hat begonnen ! ... The CrowdFunding campaign has officially begun. ... Spenden siehe Link ... The hyperlink for making donations is: >>> www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/ipernity-members-association-a-non-profit-entity >>> www.ipernity.com/group/2260604/discuss/186760 >>> www.ipernity.com/blog/2058508/4654686

Hello, I'm sad to announce that we have a possible fraud artist in the donation of IMA crowdfunding for ipernity. It means that rather than almost 21k, we are at almost 18k which is still a great number in such a few day. IMA contacted Indigogo (who owns Generosity) to investigate the question. It doesn't mean that giving through Generosity isn't safe, simply that somebody stole credit card numbers somewhere and are using it to make donation for odd reasons. Please continue to par…

La campagne de financement participatif (crowdfunding) par l'IMA

[EN] Hello to you all, What is going on in ipernity ? We are patiently waiting for IMA to makes their proposal. Once it will be set, the negotiations will get started. They have officially registered the association to the French office. They are waiting for the paper to come back. If you do not have seen it yet, they published their Bylaws : ipernityma.wixsite.com/ipernityma/bylaws (English) ipernityma.wixsite.com/ipernityma/copy-of-bylaws (French) ipernityma.wixsite.c…

Please join the 4,996,000 people around the world who have already signed this petition! The goal is 5 million signatures. Here is the text: "With the Muslim ban, Trump has shown that the worst fears about his Presidency are true. Add your voice to the open letter below to join the resistance — then spread it far and wide: ---- Dear Mr. Trump, This is not what greatness looks like. The world rejects your fear, hate-mongering, and bigotry. We reject your support for tor…

[EN] Hello to you all, Some of you noticed a problem with the previews (including icons) of different images, this also affects the album download tool. We are using a CDN (Content Delivery Network) which should normally allow an optimal and fast display of the media. This temporary issue is generated at the moment of communication between the platform that handles the delivery (Amazon) and ipernity. Do not worry, no document is lost. We have contacted the support of Amazon, and w…

[EN] Hello to you all, Since the announcement of ipernity upcoming shutdown, many of you have expressed their support and their willingness to help. An initiative stands out among the proposals we have received, the taking over of ipernity by a non-profit organization open to all users, the "Ipernity Members Association". This association (whose creation is planned) invites us today to inform you about a survey the aim of which is to know how many people want to support this initiative and…

Hi to you all ! We corrected a little thing in the METALINK process to help you to download your albums. The best way to do it is to use FIREFOX (you can temporarily install it) and the addons : DownThemAll! (infortunately it doesn't work anymore on Chrome) *the addons works with the SeaMonkeys suite too Once, the addons is installed please go to your albums section > Open an album > Click on Tool > Download entire album Then click on "Retrieve the download file" A window will…

[EN] Hello to you all, The ipernity team presents to you all our very best wishes for the new year! Since the announcement of ipernity’s shutdown, we received many proposals and messages of support either from users and businesses. With the help of several community members, especially Claus-Peter , Paul ( autofantasia ), Eric Desjours , and, William Sutherland , the idea that ipernity could be managed by the community has made its way and seems to be the most realistic solution.…

It seems I'm in the same position I was three and half years ago: going back and forth between ipernity and Flickr with regularity. I learned long ago that it is impossible for me to do two photosharing sites at the same time in equal measure. So, until we find out for sure what ipernity's future is, I am forced to divide my time on both sites. As a result, you may not see as much of me as you usually would. On top of that, I am trying to save my important albums to my computer. I only wish…

Lost Control again - Hab mal wieder die Übersicht verloren ;-) Happens every year - Alle Jahre wieder - Unpacking it once again - Dann pack ich es also noch mal wieder aus :-)

Okay, I think the majority of us, certainly those who are Club members, are hoping and maybe even praying that Team Ipernity are able to secure new investment for the site or find a buyer for it. However, what happens if they fail and we all need to look for an alternative. Some might disagree, but I think ipernity is unique and not only much easier to use than the competition, but offers a better product. And yet, despite all of that, if it closes then we will need to find a new home, whi…

Please see the update as posted along with the image below: Sink Or Swim ... Please note that I've locked this article to try and keep any comments people want to make on a single thread. Also, by having them on a photo thread we can perhaps get this image and the message it carries onto Explore and so make as many people aware of the crisis facing ipernity as possible. Thanks to everyone for their support and understanding. Best wishes PAUL

Dear friendly people of ipernity, What's going on right now ? the head of the team is negotiating with several potential buyers. One seems to be really serious. But nothing is done. What am I doing ? I'm actually reading all your comments (hundreds...) on the latest articles and collecting informations/data on your feelings, ideas, support etc.. thus, to use it to make a "at the moment" state of ipernity. (We may share a survey poll soon) Which means I have fewer time to reply to the su…

All of the uncertainty over the future of ipernity and the ongoing discussions about how to secure its finances got me thinking about what this great site has to offer and more importantly just how much we’d be willing, or need, to pay to keep it afloat. In the past I’ve said I’d happily pay twice the current subscription fees and I’ve seen lots of other members make similar statements, but recent developments seem to indicate that based on current membership numbers even that level of undert…

Following on from the ipernity article entitled UPTIME 3535* , I wrote to Team Ipernity to ask if they had considered the possibility of working with a small group of members to explore ways that they could perhaps assist in securing the long-term future of the site. It struck me then that there were many people, myself included, who were not only very enthusiastic about ipernity and believed in its potential, but who would be willing to help Team Ipernity in any way they could. Either…

The English version is now available here .

... I guess too much* reason leads nowhere. When we stick to our convictions we create limits. Whenever there are limits there is a risk that we forget the freedom that comes from openness. Written by Ewa :-) * Please note the deliberate use of the singular for "reason" We should realize openness as the playground of our emotions and relate to people without artificiality, manipulation or strategy. transmitted by Ewa :)

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