Brian, my take. So there are all these little closed worlds on The Internet, which seems paradoxical, or like the bad old AOL days, but it is what is is.
If you want to communicate with the inhabitants of these worlds you have to have an account / profile there. If you are lucky, the world will send you email notifications of activity you are interested in. If not, then you either have to visit all the time, or forget about it ... Because I increasingly deal with Young People (models, makeup artists, etc.) I am now forced to talk to them through: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, texting via cellphone, and even email. None of them use Google+, thank goodness. Increasingly models are connecting with photographers via Facebook and much less through Model Mayhem. Instagram requires that you have a Smartphone (iPhone or Android) to play, which is a real PITA. Between the terrible UI and restrictions on functionality, Instagram is even more idiotic than Twitter, and that's saying a lot. If you have no need to be on Facebook then I wouldn't worry about it. You are better off without the distraction. I try to keep FB dumbed-down enough so I don't get hassled by game invites, chatty friends and ads. But I gotta be there, so having some fellow Pentax friends to share photos with is a nice diversion. On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Zos Xavius <[email protected]>: > >> I wasn't going to post this here since initially I'm not really trying >> to create competition for PDML, but I guess this is ok to announce >> here. A few of the PDML gang are members already anyways. I created a >> group a while ago to consolidate the FB pentaxians into one group >> since having a group for each Pentax camera was getting a bit silly >> IMO, though I have to give Scott Wishart props for starting those >> groups. So, without further ado, if you have a facebook account, >> please feel free to join the party. We are currently at over 1200 >> members. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/thepentaxians/ >> >> Thank you for your time. I'll just go back to lurking in the corner. ;) > > > > While not wishing to rain on your parade - if there are over 1200 members, > then you're doing something right - can someone explain to me the benefits > of Facebook over a mailing list. > > I have two Facebook accounts (don't ask me 'why two?", I can't remember) but > after a few weeks I found both the quantity and quality of the posts > excruciatingly annoying. I've never bothered to cancel the accounts - I > just delete anything that comes from Facebook. > > I just don't 'get' Facebook. I'm old... > > > -- > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
