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A point to ponder and some history

Started Feb 28, 2021 | Discussions thread
EvilOne
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Re: A point to ponder and some history

Hike Pics wrote:

It is a little sad to see nearly empty forums, when you think about how they were once very active. So many users have changed gear, lost interest or said their smart phone is good enough. They say history repeats itself so maybe in the near future there will be new younger users who suddenly take a big interest in our old classic cameras.

I am mostly active at the Kodak Talk forum. Not many there either. But it is still fun to post a few photos now and then. I am a "certified" Kodak EasyShare collector with about 100 models and many accessories. I enjoy shooting and reading about them in the old posts. I now have 5 KM/M cameras and enjoy shooting and reading about them as well. I am fairly new here (2 years) but we need to hang around and keep it alive. Besides, someone's got to help the users with questions.......just like the ones I have sometimes!

Nothing wrong with collecting.. its part of the photography hobby for some. The killer for forums like this is social media. I am Not on Facebook or twitter.. Ive already seen the damage Twitter has done to the country. Not just twitter but all forums of social media. I dont want people to know where I am and what IM doing in real time. I dont mind sharing some things with a few people in a forum like atmosphere.

I dont want 200 face book followers or 2,000 or two million.. Other seems to brag about all their followers. When I put my pants on in the morning I dont want 200 people getting in them with me.

This is a gear driven forum for sure but its also a platform for people with a singular focus, that being Photography. WE still have gear and we can still talk about it.  I'm not looking to take this forum back to the fifties.. I miss those day I just dont want to turn my back on it completely

Thanks for you comments

Bill

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