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<blockquote data-quote="bobmielke" data-source="post: 47797" data-attributes="member: 8952"><p>I've belonged to at least a dozen different photographic forums in the last 5 years or so. Some are specialty forums like this one that touts the Nikon name brand. Others lean toward new photographers to the digital world, just learning how to take a decent photo. There are some common threads I've noted between them all.</p><p></p><p>The first noteworthy thing is that they are all male dominated. The beginner sites seem to have more ladies than the "serious" ones. I find that the more women that participate the more civil the forum. Men tend to have too much testosterone for their own good. Their strong opinions tend to clash with other males causing conflicts.</p><p></p><p>My second observation involves a general difficulty in giving a decent critique. In my opinion if you can't say something positive why say anything? If someone uses a border treatment or displays a photo In a frame keep your comments on the photo, not the frame. If your comments don't educate, inform or improve the knowledge of the poster you need to rethink the need to say them.</p><p></p><p>Finally, there are forums that literally die out because the members are intimidated to post for fear of negative criticism. That should NEVER happen. We're all involved in this hobby and don't need to use the forums to puff up our egos. Right fighters always lose. Be open to the feelings and opinions of others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobmielke, post: 47797, member: 8952"] I've belonged to at least a dozen different photographic forums in the last 5 years or so. Some are specialty forums like this one that touts the Nikon name brand. Others lean toward new photographers to the digital world, just learning how to take a decent photo. There are some common threads I've noted between them all. The first noteworthy thing is that they are all male dominated. The beginner sites seem to have more ladies than the "serious" ones. I find that the more women that participate the more civil the forum. Men tend to have too much testosterone for their own good. Their strong opinions tend to clash with other males causing conflicts. My second observation involves a general difficulty in giving a decent critique. In my opinion if you can't say something positive why say anything? If someone uses a border treatment or displays a photo In a frame keep your comments on the photo, not the frame. If your comments don't educate, inform or improve the knowledge of the poster you need to rethink the need to say them. Finally, there are forums that literally die out because the members are intimidated to post for fear of negative criticism. That should NEVER happen. We're all involved in this hobby and don't need to use the forums to puff up our egos. Right fighters always lose. Be open to the feelings and opinions of others. [/QUOTE]
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