Since the announcement that DPR is closing I have joined micro43.org and dprevived.com.I previously joined fredmiranda.com and mu-43.com and visit them occasionally but almost never post in either one.

I plan to go with DPRevived until I see how it works out, but the forum below also seems to have a lot of promise, being more for those with a serious interest in photography than for discussions about things like model numbers etc like this one. Unfortunately it is almost entirely Oly focussed and I would prefer something which also covers Panasonichttps://www.e-group.uk.net/forum/forumPerhaps I am just boring!tom

Lifesucks wrote:Not interested in facebook at all due to total lack of any sort of privacy...but will look at the others.Ditto.

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Re: Ditto: I am a member of a (non photography related) organization and one person who shows up does not want to become a member because she doesn't want us to have her name and address in a computer. She wants to have all the privileges of membership without giving us any information or, for that matter, membership fee.Oh, and this person has refused to be vaccinated against COVID, also. Not terribly surprising, I think. Some people are just amazingly paranoid.I do have a Facebook account. I do not post personal info in it. I have gotten Facebook Messenger messages saying "Hey, is this you in this video?" and a link to some site in Hungary. You have to learn to ignore such garbage.

You didn't include DPRForum.comI wish we could talk those two teams into joining forces. We really don't need to divide the population that way. I registered for both, but will probably drift to one over time.I actually thought about giving up looking at any photography forums going forward. I got what I needed from them a long time ago. Youtube content is much more helpful.

Which are your favourite you tube photography channels ? Thanks ...

MNE wrote:You didn't include DPRForum.comI wish we could talk those two teams into joining forces. We really don't need to divide the population that way. I registered for both, but will probably drift to one over time.I actually thought about giving up looking at any photography forums going forward. I got what I needed from them a long time ago. Youtube content is much more helpful.Sorry at time of posting I had not heard of DPRForum.For me the main purpose was to see which site would become most used. If two sites can merge, I’ve no problem with that. Thanks for your input.

JosephScha wrote:Re: Ditto: I am a member of a (non photography related) organization and one person who shows up does not want to become a member because she doesn't want us to have her name and address in a computer. She wants to have all the privileges of membership without giving us any information or, for that matter, membership fee.Oh, and this person has refused to be vaccinated against COVID, also. Not terribly surprising, I think. Some people are just amazingly paranoid.I do have a Facebook account. I do not post personal info in it. I have gotten Facebook Messenger messages saying "Hey, is this you in this video?" and a link to some site in Hungary. You have to learn to ignore such garbage.I used to look after the Facebook account of the charity for several years, and after that experience I now like it even less than I did at the beginning.Please don't assume that we are all non-vaxxers only because we do not use Facebook, Whatsapp, Google or any other data-syphoning app. If I want a service, I pay for it in money, not with my movement or purchase profile.I hate that when my aquaintances install Whatsapp on their phones, I automatically get a text message that invites me to also install Whatsapp -- which means that it has accessed all of their phone numbers without them being aware of it or caring enough to uncheck things beforehand.Back to Facebook: Very slow and very bad if not impossible to find a particular older post. Facebook is not a good replacement for forum software. It banks on people only living in the here and now, with very short memory spans. Not my idea of a place where I can look for a specific older lens and read what folks had to say about it.