Evolving the Naim Forum
Posted by: Charlie Henderson on 10 January 2019
Hi everyone,
For the Naim family, conversation and discussion is everything (apart from the music of course!)
We love to encourage the debate and support the sharing of some extraordinary expertise across the Naim Forum, and it is one of the foundations of our world. We all participate in the community in different ways, and to varying degrees, but one thing is for sure, it is fascinating, informative, passionate, and loads of fun.
So, we want to make it even easier to do this, and we’re going to be moving to a new Forum software platform from Tuesday 15th January 2019. Yes, it’ll be a change, but we're not just changing things for the sake of it. It’s a decision that’s not been taken lightly, and is simply intended to make it easier for you all to continue to do what you do best – share your thoughts, frustrations, expertise and aspirations. For example, you’ll be able to access elements of the Forum more easily from more devices, but the fundamentals of the Forum will remain as they are today.
And it goes without saying, you’ll be able to access and search all old and current topics. It may take a couple of weeks as we continue preparing an archive of all existing Forum posts, but we will lose nothing as we make the transition.
One of the great features of the new Forum is the ability to run polls. We intend to use these intensively as a feedback tool to create a more dynamic community, shaped by the feedback you provide, but it also gives all Forum members the opportunity to run their own polls too. Other features include the ability to access the Forum through a mobile app and post images directly, making the Forum a much more visually exciting place too.
I’m sure some may be concerned by the move but we are doing this to help evolve and continue supporting the Naim Forum as the heart of our community. We look forward to feedback as the team move things across, and please bear with us as we do so, it’s a significant team effort. I’m sensitive to the fact that the change may not suit everyone straight away, but we’re genuinely doing it for the right reasons – to ensure the future of the Naim Forum as the heart of our community.
There is a link to FAQs relating to this HERE.
Thanks,
Charlie, Richard, and the Naim Forum team.
Richard Dane posted:Loki posted:I have just been sent a link to Naim Audio -Community from Naim Admin. Is this it? OR am I being scammed?
If you're a Beta tester then you will likely be emailed by Naim Admin today.
Ah, thanks Richard, that explains it. Happy days
Does this mean the Beta Testers will have a "Head Start" in the new "Rankings" system.....
....if so, this could be FAR more important than re-starting a new "Brexit" thread....
This bollox is called democracy and see what it brings to the UK, USA and elsewhere 
Mike Sullivan posted:I think Suzy is referring to the corporate world “BS bingo”, where employers ask for feedback and then use it to justify what they wanted to do in the first place rather than actually listen to the feedback.
Oh come on Mike this is Naim !! not some foreign, corporate, venture capitalist, BS Bingo organisation !!
Chief Chirpa. posted:Don Atkinson posted:Does this mean the Beta Testers will have a "Head Start" in the new "Rankings" system.....
Don, Today, I drove my mum to Berlin (she loves Berghain) and had to endure the music on her iPhone. Consequently, I have posted nothing but Floyd, Zeppelin, Dire Straits, Genesis, and Snoop album covers in the new WAYLTNAWGAF.
Thanks to the 165 'Sausages' I have received for these great posts, I have a pretty good lead, and am almost 'Purple'.
20 years of blood sweat and tears, dreaming up the "Sleepwalking" thread, busting a gut on "Brexit or Bust", wracking my old brain to come up with miraculous "Teasers" every week.........and hanging on like death to that pinnacle in World Affairs in the Top Twenty of the Naim Forum...........(without posting pictures of albums that i've never owned nor listened to ). And for what !.........
................Future anonymity when somebody steals my Name and Avatar.............
I despair !!!!
Don Atkinson posted:Mike Sullivan posted:I think Suzy is referring to the corporate world “BS bingo”, where employers ask for feedback and then use it to justify what they wanted to do in the first place rather than actually listen to the feedback.
Oh come on Mike this is Naim !! not some foreign, corporate, venture capitalist, BS Bingo organisation !!
My take on Suzy’s post was the same as Mike Sullivan’s: the corporate world is full of talk of feedback’ focus groups and engagement - internally: managementsoeak for how do we get more out our workers without paying them more, popularly known by staff as ‘same old BS’. Nothing to do with the other side of business, listening to and serving customers, which presumably is Naim’s intent.