Quoting Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org>:
It very much depends on what people here want.
People who discover PDML through friends are more likely to be
somewhat like their friends.
The crowd on Pentaxforums is very diverse. It is even more so on DPreview.
(Speaking of DPreview itself, - IMHO, the quality of the material on
DPreview's reviews has dropped in the recent past, as they are
trying to sustain some constant level of information posted. That's
pretty much like CNN these days, - yapping for long time about
nothing.)
I am not against that diversity. I hope that trolls will get bored
sooner than later, if we don't feed them. PDMLers just have to
realize that the dynamics might change.
Part of the problem (if there is one) is that mailing lists are seen
as 'old internet' - these days it's all about social networking.
PDML is also hard to find. A search on Google for "Pentax Discussion"
brings up lots of links to Pentax Forums and DP Review. PDML doesn't
make an appearance until the third page. If you add "List" to the
search, PDML comes up first but I doubt many would think of doing that.
I've been spending some time on the micro four thirds forum at DP
Review since I bought my Olympus E-M10. It's very active, probably
because the ยต4/3 cameras are highly configurable and take some time to
get to know properly. The Pentax Forum on DP Review is not much more
active than PDML, maybe because we've had a lot of time to get used to
the Pentax way of doing things and don't need to ask for advice as
often as we used to, even when new cameras are released.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
Best,
Igor
Bill Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:41:52 -0800 wrote:
On 20/12/2014 3:59 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Igor PDML-StR wrote:
What do others think?
Traffic seems to be declining and though I don't know for certain I
suspect membership is down. People used to find the PDML via Pentax's
web site, which is obviously no longer the case now. I'm not sure how
anyone would discover the PDML these days.
Perhaps a little discreet promotion might be in order? I've recently
started contributing to the Ricoh discussion forum (at their request)
and I've put the PDML signup link in my sig. Perhaps that will draw an
interesting new character or two.
Anyone have suggestions as to how we might increase awareness of the
PDML?
We could advertise on Pentax forums and DPReiview.....
bill
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