A while ago, for example on the Canon 1D/5D forum, a page of threads would take up 5hours worth of posts. Now it is 2 and a half days. Looks like far fewer people posting. The Kodak DSLR forum could almost be shut down. Thoughts?
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Is Dpreview Dying?
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Phil Bishop
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Maybe people are using their cameras rather than talking about them?
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Jan Privat
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Nearly all questions have been asked.
Maybe it is a sign that people actually USE the search function, which I think is a good sign.
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Maybe it is a sign that people actually USE the search function, which I think is a good sign.
Jan
Wait. Kodak makes DSLRs?
Kodak is, I'm sure, pretty much dead now. Their cameras are a decade old and outclassed by just about everything from a high end cellphone upwards.
That the canon section is quiet surprises me. If you're bored you can always pop in the nikon section, at any time there's at least two dozen busy discussions bemoaning how bad the d7000 is.
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That the canon section is quiet surprises me. If you're bored you can always pop in the nikon section, at any time there's at least two dozen busy discussions bemoaning how bad the d7000 is.
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Pedagydusz
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µFT talk is (at this moment) worth some 8 hours of posts. And that didn't even exist at the time you are referring to.
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Harry Flashman
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So the crowd has been divided up...
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Tim in upstate NY
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. . . The times they are a changin
. . . There are even a few forum gadlflies who spend almost all of their time there even though they have no real interest in m4/3 just like in the old days at the Canon forums.
. . . There are even a few forum gadlflies who spend almost all of their time there even though they have no real interest in m4/3 just like in the old days at the Canon forums.
You know people do buy and use P&S cameras. Photography isn't all just about SLRs.
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Mark B.
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Forum activity is (usually) directly proportional to how recently a camera related to that forum was released, or how close it is to the next release.
The last 1D was released in 2009, and the 5D MkII was 2008. I'm not even going to bother looking for the last Kodak DSLR, so it should be obvious why that forum is gasping for breath.
dylanbarnhart
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Alexa shows that the traffic ranking is slightly rising since 2 years ago:
Antonio Rojilla
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According to Google Trends forums.dpreview.com peaked at about 100.000 visits a day and now is around 50.000 , so there you have one of the reasons. Compete don't let you see stats for subdomains -unless you register- but stats for the domain are very clever (and like Trends they show a 50% loss of traffic):
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/dpreview.com/
There are many new sites where people spend the time, and for the forums, I enjoyed reading from experts that now are gone. Sad.
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There are many new sites where people spend the time, and for the forums, I enjoyed reading from experts that now are gone. Sad.
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Thanks. Thats very interesting. I personally was blaming lack of traffic on the fact that there appear to be more trolls, and flamers, and that most of the old crowd had had enough and gone. Other posters have also suggested (in particular about the 1D/5D Canon forum, that there hasn't been a camera released recently, and I think this is also right. As other posters have also mentioned, the micro 4/3rds forum and Nikon forums seem to be faring quite well.
Ed Rizk
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From the chart, it looks like it drops 50% every summer. Imagine that.
This summer looks busier than last summer.
Ed Rizk
This summer looks busier than last summer.
--Alexa shows that the traffic ranking is slightly rising since 2 years ago:
Ed Rizk
What everyone else said.
But I've also noticed this same phenomenon on every discussion group I belong to, from photography to music to auto racing to computer software.
Maybe it's a coincidence, but it seems to me that this gradual decline in traffic at discussion groups roughly coincides with the increasing popularity of Facebook . . .
ggeinec
But I've also noticed this same phenomenon on every discussion group I belong to, from photography to music to auto racing to computer software.
Maybe it's a coincidence, but it seems to me that this gradual decline in traffic at discussion groups roughly coincides with the increasing popularity of Facebook . . .
ggeinec
No?
Perhaps I should have rephrased. Their DSLR are a decade old. Their Point and shoot line is rubbish except for the one or two mediocre cameras they manage to squeeze out every season.
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After a while, all that can be said about current models has been said (and said again) ... and especially if there are no rumors to discuss to pick up the slack, things get quiet on a gear forum.
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How is that possible? I think the chart clearly shows it drops 50% in the winter
p.s Think Southern Hemisphere
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I'm not sure if DPreview is dying, but I am surprised to see that quite a few topics in multiple forums have persons with foul attitudes. I realize that many people ask the same question over and over again (e.g., "What camera should I buy"), but isn't it more helpful if we help the OP rather than berate him/her for asking an innocent question?
Just my 2 cents.
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Just my 2 cents.
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