If you recall Hisham posted roughly three months ago that he was going to have to be getting out of the hobby and off the blog for an extended period. He did not say why but I think he eluded to troubling family matters.

Mike

Cheers, guys... cleared that up. Yeah, Facebook. It'll never catch on.

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Jacob

I've been talking to Hisham and as far as I know there are no troubling family matters. Also, he is definitely not getting out of the hobby... Hisham is very active on FB where he reports on his figure painting sessions. I hoped to see these images on Armorama as well, but it seems some rude comments on our forums crossed the line and Hisham decided to leave the community.

I did notice several members who are downright rude with comments which seem to serve only to degrade someone's work. Are we turning into an elitist community where only master modelers are allowed to post their work? Sharing your work with the broad public is never easy, so do we really need snide remarks to scare people away from Armorama?

A long time member and contributor leaving the site... this is a wake up call, not just for the Armorama community but for moderators and editors as well.

Mario

Guys, I tried to resist the Facebook thing for many years, but it is here to stay. In the end I joined up and as long as I completely stay away from all the heated political, religious and other (sometimes very hateful) debates, it is actually useful and a great way to get in touch with like-minded people. I have also made a lot of new friends there who practice our wonderful hobby.

More and more people (including myself) post our work on Facebook, and join in on discussions there - as do the manufacturers of course.

I, like many others, have my own FB page dedicated to modelling and have had nothing but positive experiences from it.

Facebook does not have to be seen as a competitor to great sites like Armorama, that's not how I see it anyway.

The major (and very, very ugly) downside of FB (and any social media lacking any form of mediation for that matter) is that many use it as a platform to spread hate towards peoples, religions, race etc.

You have my respect for wanting to stay away from it, but I think its a loosing battle to resist FB, IMHO.

Sorry, off topic!

Here's hoping that Hisham is ok and will be back soon, he is truly a positive contributor on this site.

Sabot

I killed my fb account last July and couldn't be happier, got away from the ads, clickbait and everything else that was eating up my time. 6 months ago my brother killed his. He's quite happy now too, doesn't get his blood pressure up anymore at the idiocy. The kids however think they'd rather have their arms cut off than go without fb. Sad really.

I also feel like sometimes people comments can be harsh, even sometimes people comment things that are zero help nor constructive. Like they just want to come off as rude. Maybe that's just how it seem because it's hard to take how someone is coming across over a forum.

But I also feel like people should take things with a grain of salt. Not everything you say/do/post is going to please everyone. If someone says something I disagree with, 99% of the time I'll ignore it.

I'd also like to mention, if it weren't for this site and fellow modelers being helpful and critical, I'd still be light years behind where my abilities are at now. Not that I'm an awesome modeler by any stretch, but I'm happy where I'm at now versus where I started and I can attribute that to this awesome community.

I've been talking to Hisham and as far as I know there are no troubling family matters. Also, he is definitely not getting out of the hobby... Hisham is very active on FB where he reports on his figure painting sessions. I hoped to see these images on Armorama as well, but it seems some rude comments on our forums crossed the line and Hisham decided to leave the community.

I did notice several members who are downright rude with comments which seem to serve only to degrade someone's work. Are we turning into an elitist community where only master modelers are allowed to post their work? Sharing your work with the broad public is never easy, so do we really need snide remarks to scare people away from Armorama?

A long time member and contributor leaving the site... this is a wake up call, not just for the Armorama community but for moderators and editors as well.

Mario

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I've been talking to Hisham and as far as I know there are no troubling family matters. Also, he is definitely not getting out of the hobby... Hisham is very active on FB where he reports on his figure painting sessions. I hoped to see these images on Armorama as well, but it seems some rude comments on our forums crossed the line and Hisham decided to leave the community.

I did notice several members who are downright rude with comments which seem to serve only to degrade someone's work. Are we turning into an elitist community where only master modelers are allowed to post their work? Sharing your work with the broad public is never easy, so do we really need snide remarks to scare people away from Armorama?

A long time member and contributor leaving the site... this is a wake up call, not just for the Armorama community but for moderators and editors as well.

Mario

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That's certainly why I don't post my work here. I stick to Facebook and groups like the Trumpeter build group.

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I've been talking to Hisham and as far as I know there are no troubling family matters. Also, he is definitely not getting out of the hobby... Hisham is very active on FB where he reports on his figure painting sessions. I hoped to see these images on Armorama as well, but it seems some rude comments on our forums crossed the line and Hisham decided to leave the community.

I did notice several members who are downright rude with comments which seem to serve only to degrade someone's work. Are we turning into an elitist community where only master modelers are allowed to post their work? Sharing your work with the broad public is never easy, so do we really need snide remarks to scare people away from Armorama?

A long time member and contributor leaving the site... this is a wake up call, not just for the Armorama community but for moderators and editors as well.

Mario

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That's certainly why I don't post my work here. I stick to Facebook and groups like the Trumpeter build group.

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That's one reason why I recently removed all pictures of my work here and started my own homepage. The other is the lack of interest in the work of "newcomers".
Being on FB will only happen inmy worst nightmare.