I think there are several reasons for the fall off in postings. The web-based DP Review & Pentax Forums are easy to find for people looking for info on their new cameras and for help with problems. Also PDML has morphed into (mainly) a photo sharing list - nothing wrong with that but there seems to be few gear-related postings except when a new model is rumoured or released. Perhaps we're all so familiar with our cameras that we don't need any assistance.

I'm not sure how to increase participation. I tried a number of Pentax-related searches on Google - PDML, if it came up at all, was well down the list.



Cheers

Brian

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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/



Quoting Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com>:

Lately I've noticed that the volume of PDML posts is way down. So,
being off this week and having some spare time, I did some research in
the archives.

In January 2015, there were 1234 posts from 52 members.
In January 2014, there were 2587 posts from 74 members.
In January 2013, there were 2667 posts from 70 members.
In January 2012, there were 3418 posts from 88 members.
In January 2011, there were 5091 posts from 109 members.
In January 2010, there were 4764 posts from 110 members.

So, in five years, active members are down by half, and the number of
posts is down by 3/4.

There is more competition than there used to be (especially, recently,
from Facebook), but IMHO the PDML remains the best (of many) photo
discussion venues I've used over the decades. It would be good to turn
around this decline.

How do we draw in new members? How do we keep both new and existing members?





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