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xya
France
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 Posted - Nov 04 2023 : 3:49:43 PM
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This is a wonderful forum with plenty of valuable information and rare data bases. But obviously there are too few to contribute (includes me, shame on me). On the other hand a forum with no newer messages will not attract new visitors. Often it's a month without any message and then there are quite some within days. I have a look nearly every day and then I pass on...
So how about pushing the dates up with this thread every 2 weeks? I would be happy to take on this task. What do you think about it?
www.a7camera.com www.120folder.com www.instantphoto.eu www.135compact.com www.oddcameras.com
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
1874 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 05 2023 : 06:00:26 AM
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In my opinion one of greater problems is the relatively short validness of member passwords. Members suffer laziness to post. I know the reason, once our forum is severely stuck by unwanted people.
The other reason is that founders became aged and lost original enthusiasm. Others are gone.
Finally your affirmative is a fact that is touching me from early days.
We had yet completed 15 years of life without any notice as it would be expected.
I had worked in a project to enhace our forum, but its chronogram was unfavourable, perhaps some thing can be ready up to the end of this year, or the beginning of the next, but still is a project to be born, at least in the while.
Let us wait to the end of 2023 -It will come soon.
Every one will know our secrets.
Good luck to all.
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SteveA
United Kingdom
129 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2023 : 09:18:15 AM
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I think part of the problem is there are equivanent forums on Facebook, which has taken contributions away from this forum.
Cheers,
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Jacques M.
France
2533 Posts |
Posted - Nov 05 2023 : 10:10:50 AM
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I completely agree with you, Steve. On reading facebook forums, I very often think that the subjects would be better examined on USSRphoto, with a format which makes discussion much easier.
That said, I am not far from 80 years now, and I feel a bit tired, absolutely OK with Luiz. A bit discouraged too not to find any more interesting stuff (for me) on the net. And I deeply feel the lack of most of the Russian collectors for the reasons we know...
OK with Reinhard's proposition. Thanks if that can help!
Amitiés. Jacques.
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4218 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 07 2023 : 2:02:59 PM
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Hello everyone,
social media has killed activity on this forum a number of years ago, regardless I keep this site active for at least archival purposes. I appreciate the efforts and as long as I'm around I'll keep this site alive!
Best regards,
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Ulrich W.
uwittehh
Germany
770 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 07 2023 : 4:44:10 PM
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Well, yes, I also think that social media has nearly killed the forum. See other text based media like the Usenet or IRC, they are nearly dead.
xya, to keep informed about activity here I have a filter in my E-Mail program which moves mails from the forum to a special folder. So there is no need to look here every day :-)
Vlad, many thanks that you keep the forum alive. I like it very much. There is nothing comparable specially for USSR cameras with so many experts and collectors from all over the world.
Ulrich
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
1874 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 08 2023 : 10:16:00 AM
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See: My last post was at 05 November Today is 09 and again it was needed to register myself.
coming nto the discussion I agree with all reasons exposed, although I see a continous activity at "Starie fotoapparat VK" independently from all reasons.
Although not dealing with strictly with Russian cameras, there are a lot of information there some of them surprising to me who believed knowing a large amount of information. I had ther seen some posts from Vlad.
Although this forum is in Russian language there is no problem in follow it through translate programs.
One can see that from this lifted problem we began to manifest ourselves to give a new life to this forum .
Regards to all and a renaissance of our discussions. |
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4218 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 08 2023 : 10:20:25 AM
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Luiz Paracampo
Luiz Paracampo
Brazil
1874 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 08 2023 : 10:32:16 AM
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Regrettable... There is always someone to seed and promote ignorance World around.
I did to re register again some minutes after the previous post
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sean perry
seany65
United Kingdom
291 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2023 : 6:26:19 PM
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So, a lot of members have to keep re-registering? This is rather odd, I've never had to re-register in all of the time I've been a member. I can that would be a big problem.
Could a small part of the problem of few posts/few new members be caused by it being rather difficult to post photos and it not being clear that when we send PM's we're actually sending emails to members outside email addresses?
I'm on another forum and in the years I've been a member they've always had a lot of posts, and a lot of photos. Mind you, it's a very wide-ranging forum, going from large format, through medium format, 35mm, 110, instant, digital etc. I don't think there's a type of camera that they don't talk about. Then there's the darkroom stuff and the wide range of photographic subjects and everything in between and to the side edtc. so It's bound to have more posts. |
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Push-up thread
