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#1 I only spend time on Pentax Forums 1231.58%
#2 I visit Pentax Forums and other photography forums regularly 2052.63%
#3 I visit other photography sites more often than Pentax Forums   00%
#4 I use Facebook Messenger 821.05%
#5 I use Skype   00%
#6 I use Telegram   00%
#7 I post and comment on Facebook every day 25.26%
#8 I post an comment on Facebook at least once a week 410.53%
#9 I occasionally post or comment on Facebook 821.05%
#10 I view Youtube every day 718.42%
#11 I view Youtube at least once a week 718.42%
#12- I view Youtube occasionally 821.05%
#13 I use Whatsapp every day 410.53%
#14 I use Whatsapp at least once a week   00%
#15 I use Whatsapp occasionally 410.53%
#16 I use Instagram every day 410.53%
#17 I use Instagram at least once a week 25.26%
#18 I use Instagram occasionally 25.26%
#19 I use snapchat every day   00%
#20 I use snapchat at least once a week   00%
#21 I use snapchat occasionally   00%
#22 I use TikTok every day   00%
#23 I use TikTok at least once a week   00%
#24 I use TikTok occasionally 25.26%
#25 I use Reddit every day 37.89%
#26 I use Reddit at least once a week 12.63%
#27 I use Reddit occasionally 25.26%
#28 I use Pinterest every day   00%
#29 I use Pinterest at least once a week 12.63%
#30 I use Pinterest occasionally   00%
#31 I use Twitter every day 12.63%
#32 I use Twitter at least once a week 25.26%
#33 I use Twitter occasionally 37.89%
#34 I use LinkedIn every day   00%
#35 I use LinkedIn at least once a week   00%
#36 I use LinkedIn occasionally 410.53%
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03-06-2022, 07:24 PM   #1
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How many other social media accounts / forums do you follow?

It's interesting, I think, how much of a community Pentax Forums is to me. And, I don't spend a lot of time on other forums or social media platforms. So, I'm wondering if that's just me, or if others behave similarly. So, a poll, just for fun!

03-06-2022, 07:44 PM - 1 Like   #2
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Zero (0). But since you are talking web sites/forums then four (4).
Pentax Forums.
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The Online Photographer.
Phobolgrapher - but since they do not cover DSLR's anymore - just for some of the images covered.
I have an account on LinkedIn - but I ignore it for the most part. I dropped the Pentax "group" years ago.

I personally do not consider web sites as social media. So it goes.

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03-06-2022, 07:52 PM   #3
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Zero (0).
I have an account on LinkedIn - but I ignore it for the most part. I dropped the Pentax "group" years ago.
So, would I be correct in saying that you visit this forum regularly? Therefore, please tick #1 only in the poll.
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I corrected my zero with a selection of #2. I visit here every day, but I am seriously thinking of dropping off.

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I'm sure your regular contributions are appreciated Philip.
03-06-2022, 08:05 PM - 1 Like   #6
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Voted 2 & 10.

This poll must have taken some time to put together.
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Voted 2 & 10.

This poll must have taken some time to put together.
Thank you. No, it's pretty quick, thanks to this forum's very clever posting tools, and the liberal use of "copy and paste"!

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No so-called 'social media' at all - I lump them all under the title 'Twitface'. I prefer real life.
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Here, I follow the cycle racing on Twitter, my son on Instagram, I use Flickr, which wasn't in the poll and whatsapp and that's it. I did use other forums but I've cut back a lot as I found it to be a swallower of time and ultimately pointless in a circular repetitive way. Sadly, having divested myself of my Pentax gear, I'll probably slowly fade out of this place, such is the nature of change.
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I don't understand option #1 :-

#1 I only spend time on Pentax Forums

#2 I visit Pentax Forums and other photography forums regularly

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Does #1 mean that PF is the only photog forum we ever visit, but we might also visit other non-photog forums? Or does it mean that PF is the only forum of any sort we ever visit (which it literally means)? Because there is a missing option for the former meaning, as neither #2 nor any other option covers it.

Perhaps an option #0 would be that we visit PF and might visit other other non-photog forums, but perhaps that does not need to be asked because, by default, we are here

In fact I visit PF (obviously) and no other photog forum, but also a few other independent non-photog forums. The only big social media site I visit is YouTube, and I post videos on it myself.

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Good question. It could mean either, but then, by ticking the remainder of the boxes, or not, it narrows it down. It's an attempt to gauge if, like for me, this is the only online venue that I visit more or less every day.
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In addition to Pentax Forums I check Rangefinder Forum and APUG daily; a few other photo forums occasionally.

No social media for me.

Once in awhile I will watch a Youtube music video.

No smartphone. I use my flip phone sparingly, for voice calls and text messages only. I don't want to be connected at all times.

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Pentax Forums is the only thing I have joined, I lurk on several other sites.
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Interesting poll. From the results so far, lots of Pentax Forums plus other photography forums, Facebook, and Youtube. Not surprising with what seems to be a fairly old demographic here.

I'm surprised Flickr isn't in the poll, but I guess it falls under "other photography sites." In retrospect I wish I had started keeping my pictures there, as it has some good "social-media-lite" features for people who actually like photography, but I already pay for a SmugMug account. The irony is they are now the same company, but their platforms are still separate. Paying for one does not get you access to the other.

I use Instagram to share my dog park pictures with the people I know at the park. It's just the platform most people are on, even though it's a pain to use and an awful user experience that just keeps getting worse as parent company Facebook tries to get TikTok to stop eating their lunch. I had wondered if my pictures were good enough to get any sort of reach beyond the people I've actually met at the park, but that's not really how Instagram works. It's a marketing platform first, social media platform second. The pictures are just incidental, and I'm terrible at marketing... and socializing.

I've never used TikTok and avoid YouTube when possible. I just don't like sitting and watching videos. I don't even have a T.V. I've never used actual Facebook, either.

Twitter sounds like a toxic cesspool I don't dare touch. I browse Reddit sometimes, but don't have an account. Too much hive-mentality bubble-building, but at least it feels friendly... if you don't sort by "controversial". I made a LinkedIn account because I read it was important, but haven't touched it in years. I still don't understand what Pintrest is. Is Skype social media? I though it was just a video phone program, which is becoming obsolete with smartphones natively supporting video calls, plus Zoom, plus Skype-owner Microsoft's own Teams.
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