Unofficial ipernity Ideas and Wish Group / Discussions

It seems that some groups that I have joined are now dead. What I mean is that images submitted for posting to a group NEVER get posted. It took some time to figure why this was happening. At first I thought the admin thought my submissions were against the groups guidelines. This might be because I accidentally dropped my images into the wrong group using Doc Manager.

I started double checking and added images directly from the save to group tab above a image and being sure that it met all the groups guidelines. I waited a week thinking maybe the guy was on vacation or out of town. Still, no new postings were going up. The I checked the member listing and found the admin for the group. I was planning on asking the admin what was up. That's when I found out that the admin's account was suspended. The last posting for the group was months ago. It now seems apparent that the admin was suspended then he just stopped using Ipernity. He never quit, just left. This admin was the sole admin.

I think this is a error in Ipernities setup of groups. If a admin is suspended and is not active for 30 days a new admin should be automatically promoted. This should first go to the oldest moderator and if no moderator exists it should automatically go to the senior active member. Once a new admin is in place they can quit if they don't want the job or he can recruit from other members of the group.

Or quite simply, if the group is inactive (no new posts in 30-60 days) to close the group. Some members of Ipernity may want to start a new group but don't because there so many others groups that already exist.

This is not a big problem but one that I recently discovered. It seems like a waste of my time. I was posting to groups that would never be approved because the admin was no longer there and nobody had replaced him.