The community seems vaguely like a ghost town?

[L0n3Gr3yW0lf]

I've become a member here only a little while ago and I'm noticing that the community here is very scarce and very not active.

2404 Registered members ... 50 online ... 43 Guests ... 7 active members ... 1 is a moderator.

Should I guess that most are out making pictures ... Or are most of Sony shooters to professional for forums (unless it's DPReview of course ).

I've noticed that a lot of the posts are done by a very few dedicated and active but the same members.

 

[Will Focus]

If you build it they will come. Keep posting.

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

I've noticed that a lot of the posts are done by a very few dedicated and active but the same members.

True. But newcomers are welcome and... it is what it is.

 

[WoodWorks]

Well, we’re a smaller forum for sure. But what we may lack in activity, we make up for (at least in comparison to DPReview) in lack of vitriol.

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

lack of vitriol.

Relatively new myself... But I'd say that we do pictures more than gear, and when we do gear it is in the spirit of of information and mutual appreciation, rather than fighting about it.

 

[Brownie]

You're used to M-4/3 with 16,000 members. This place is much smaller and moves more slowly, but the attitude is very much the same. I find it welcoming and members open to input from newbies. So, as someone who's 'known' you for several years, stop bitching and start posting.

Note: 16,000 members at M-4/3 and 61 (currently) online is .0038 participation. Using your numbers for here, 2000 members and 7 members is .0035 participation. Exactly the same.

 

[davect01]

I know I have not been taking as many pictures on my Sony as I used to.

We are a small but very loyal group

 

[WNG]

COVID did slow activity down here noticeably. I know I'm shooting ~10% of what I was able to indulge. We lost some members, hopefully not to health but simply moved on.
Been here almost since its creation, and it has maintained a pleasant, easy-going inviting atmosphere. With an emphasis on the photography, the past time experience, rather than the gear. There is also a healthy acceptance of other systems here, and not a tribalistic exclusion zone. If you enjoy the voyeuristic pleasure of following conflict of alpha dogs arguing for pack supremacy on the likes of DPR and Fred Miranda....you will be disappointed here. ;-) We've had a few alphas, obnoxious, and/or rude types post here, but the forum members aren't too tolerant of such behavior and is pretty self-regulating. They seem to move on when they can't obtain the response they seek.
This forum has been consistently all class and quality, with quality people posting high quality photographs that I greatly appreciate and respect. If that sounds like a forum that interests you, stick around.

 

[bdbits]

I left DPR years ago. I do lurk on the Sony forum over at FM as well but rarely post there. In that forum at least, they are not nearly as toxic as DPR and the core group there is more like here in friendliness, they just tolerate the alpha dogs or let them fight it out among themselves. Fred occasionally will shut things down if they get too ugly.

I spend much more time and effort here. l think this is a great place to hang around and chat about all things photography, but especially emount-related so I can learn and be inspired to create with what I have in hand, so to speak.

 

[Ad Dieleman]

COVID did slow activity down here noticeably.

Speaking for myself, that is certainly true: I posted much fewer photos than before Covid and I too have the impression that many other members experience the same. Also, the few pictures that I post, aren't as good as some years ago, and that does nothing for my inspiration.