Originally posted by JohnInIndy Just curious. What is the activity on this forum without P&R posts?
Without P&R it seems to me it becomes just like any other camera forum.
How active is Camera-Enthusiast. com? I just went there and not too busy. A couple of threads have today's or yesterday's date.
Will PF go the same way?
Sure there are some that post entirely in P&R but what about those that post mostly here and still a bit in the photo section? Will they find another home and PF loses them?
As far as the difference between us and Camera-Enthusiast. com, there is a huge disparity in how long the two sites have been in operation. That just may be a factor.
We have a few members who say they will leave when P&R closes. We wish them well. I know for a fact in the nearly 3 years that I have been a moderator, we have had several members leave, according to them, because there
is a P&R. One size doesn't fit all.
It's an extremely small percentage of members that post in P&R. Right now, there are 246 of our more than 47,000 members, and over 1600 guests on line. That's about average to low average. I count roughly 30 different posters in P&R since yesterday, several of whom appear to have posted just to weigh in on the closing, as they haven't posted in a while. Even if I grossly miscounted and there were 50, that's 1/10th of 1 percent of the membership. Roughly 50% of the threads are started by one or two members and 1/10th of 1 percent (likely fewer) post in P&R on any given day, so I really don't foresee much impact on the forum overall.
Originally posted by JohnInIndy I've visited some of the other forums and they too have very friendly, knowledgeable folks there. I don't spend any time there beacuse it seems like a bunch of CaNikon snobsWhat separates PF from them?
We're Pentax snobs.
Seriously, are they thriving, active sites? Do they have a P&R section?