How to increase hybridphoto participation

[dwross]

Hi All:

Is it my imagination, or has it gotten a bit quiet around here? Hybrid is the only forum site I've participated in on a regular basis, so maybe it's just a summer thing. I don't know about y'all, but I'd feel like something was missing if hybrid went kaput. Any thoughts? (excluding that I'm being a pain in the backside for nagging about this ).

Denise

[David A. Goldfarb]

All internet forums tend to quiet down a bit in the summer, so I wouldn't be too concerned that the forum is in decline.

[Walt Calahan]

I read the forum all the time, but haven't had much reason to post anything.

[ann]

my sense has been an increase of messages lately, not as many as apug, but frankly, i don't mind.

People are working, not sitting around trying to create chaos

i can't peak for sean, but i find it hard to belive he measures the success just by numbers. If i remember correctly at one time he indicated that he was over joyed when Apug had 10 post a day.

I don't have the feeling that people are going to disappear.

there are lots of digital post card type(camera club) websites, this isn't one of them; or at least i hope it never falls into that classification.

just my 2cents

[SusanV]

Yes it's slow, but that's not a bad thing. There are quite a few
photography related forums online that are very active, but an
awful lot of the commenting is just chit chat and socializing, and
repetition of information. I'm not saying that's a bad thing....
but I don't mind that Hybrid Photo is quiet. I know if I have a
question, I'll get excellent help here. I scan the forum nearly
every day, and if I can be of help to someone I'm glad to do so.

Just think of the "quiet" here as the sound of artists making art
instead of talking about it :cool:

susan

[jd callow]

The site has slowed marginally. Sean has asked me to make a banner that will be put on APUG and this will drive more traffic to the site. In addition to the banner I'd like to hear what any suggestions...

[dwross]

I think the plan for a banner on APUG is a wonderful idea. A cross-pollination of ideas can't help but enrich all.

I believe that photography is unique among all human endeavors (disclaimer: I unabashedly admit that, for me, the pursuit of photography merges with the metaphysical).
It is possible to be a great artist with only a cellphone camera or a roll of 35mm slides developed by a drugstore and not understand anything about the technology but pushing a button. Or, you can be a great scientist who understands the chemical structures of sensitizing dyes without being able to get a roll of film to the drugstore. However, most of us fall somewhere in between - trying our best to channel Leonardo da Vinci.

Any effort that pulls the disparate facets of photography together and recognizes the Whole just has to be a good thing.

[smieglitz]

John,

I'll comment that IMO this forum is difficult and fatiguing to read physically and thus I don't visit very often. The blue and orange against white (or is it a pale blue ?) coupled with the small font size put me off. I feel as though I'm staring into a lightbulb when I read this forum.

Any chance the look could be switched to a darker and simpler gray scheme like APUG? Simple is good.

I'd also suggest adopting the layout of APUG in the gallery presentation pages.

Joe

[Don Bryant]

John,

I'll comment that IMO this forum is difficult and fatiguing to read physically and thus I don't visit very often. The blue and orange against white (or is it a pale blue ?) coupled with the small font size put me off. I feel as though I'm staring into a lightbulb when I read this forum.

Any chance the look could be switched to a darker and simpler gray scheme like APUG? Simple is good.

I'd also suggest adopting the layout of APUG in the gallery presentation pages.

Joe

Ditto what Joe wrote.

Don Bryant

[SusanV]

Yeah, I agree with Joe also. Darker and simpler would be good.

Susan