Tom Caldwell
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25 April 2023 and it is now two days since the last post on the dpreview L-Mount Forum.
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The birds have flown
- Thread starter Tom Caldwell
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Pete_W
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Not so much flown... just never really landed here to begin with.
Many of the DPR forum members migrated to the standalone L-MOUNT Forum which was in existence before this multi-forum site was created. It's hosted by Dirk and uses the same forum software so it looks identical.
However L-MOUNT Forum has over 230 members and regular daily posts, so it's the place to be if you shoot L-Mount.
Many of the DPR forum members migrated to the standalone L-MOUNT Forum which was in existence before this multi-forum site was created. It's hosted by Dirk and uses the same forum software so it looks identical.
However L-MOUNT Forum has over 230 members and regular daily posts, so it's the place to be if you shoot L-Mount.
AURA PA
Member
None of the L mount forums seemed to have much activity. Even the dedicated https://l-mount-forum.com/community/ sees maybe 3 posts a day from a 200 something member base.
Pete_W
Well-Known Member
I haven't been keeping notes but the 'what's new' counter is usually 10+ new posts every day for me at the L-Mount-forum.com. This is about the same level of traffic that was on the old DPR L-mount forum so I think L-Mount-forum.com has picked up exactly where DPR left off. Which is great, because the posts are all good quality, people are friendly, and there's rarely any of the drama and nonsense that happened in the MFT forum.
While the DPR MFT forum had a much higher level of traffic, the regular posters seem to have scattered across five other forums so as a group, it really lost its impetus.
While the DPR MFT forum had a much higher level of traffic, the regular posters seem to have scattered across five other forums so as a group, it really lost its impetus.
Tom Caldwell
Well-Known Member
I think it is still early days and in the end it is the people that post on forums that effectively create their own forum.
The dpr L-Mount forum bounced back after I started this thread. I presume it will blow hot and cold depending upon thread material content.
Not sure of how long dpr will stagger along even Admin cannot give their moderators a date.
The M4/3 forum is still getting new members and threads started but the smaller forums find it harder to keep up interest even if they even lose just a few prolific members.
Sometimes a quick snap is better than slowly being torn off by the effects of desultory wear.
The dpr L-Mount forum bounced back after I started this thread. I presume it will blow hot and cold depending upon thread material content.
Not sure of how long dpr will stagger along even Admin cannot give their moderators a date.
The M4/3 forum is still getting new members and threads started but the smaller forums find it harder to keep up interest even if they even lose just a few prolific members.
Sometimes a quick snap is better than slowly being torn off by the effects of desultory wear.