jttheclockman
Member
I am posting this question here in this forum because it has to do with this forum and lack of responses. Now I have been a member here for a long time and have seen our membership come and go. Have seen the membership grow and also decline and believe it is on the decline the past few years. Have not checked the numbers because they keep varying. Maybe Jeff could address this. As in most web site forums there is always a few members who carry the load or are more boistrous than others. Some are shy and avoid conversation. Understood. But what I do not understand is non participation when it comes to acknowledging members work here. All it takes is a push of a key. Jeff has made things very simple for us. The point of my rant here is this. People and I mean your membership which you are a part of, take the time to show their work and share with us their labor of love of the hobby by posting photos of their pens they made and are proud of. And yet when I see photos of pens and see hundreds of views, there are only a handful of either threads talking about the pen shown or even likes clicked. It just does not make sense. Maybe someone needs to explain to me. Yes I understand not everyone likes the same style of pen made but so many different styles are made and shown here by many different members and yet the numbers of responses are the same. I try to view every pen and mostly either give a like or at times will comment especially if it is a style I like. There are a few members here that do exactly the same and one in particular that does for every single pen shown here and I have commented on this person here before so will not bring it up again. There are some here that like to include photos of their process of making of such pens which they do not have to but choose to in hopes it stimulates conversation and or further exploration of such style pens. This is great.
How hard is it to support our fellow members and show some love for their work. We talk many times about not bad mouthing newbies because it scares them off. Well to me this is something that could have the same effect. They could post a pen and no one replys and they say why bother. Now there are some here that post pens over and over and over of the same type and same blanks and they have to understand it does become a little boring but still a few likes could not hurt. There are also other reasons a person may not comment on another pen but 32,000 members. Now some people are content with not getting the responses of their work and that is fine too but I bet most would like to see some appreciation from what they are doing and a little encouragement to keep on and even improve. Comments and questions should always be encouraged. This is how we all learn.
Anyway rant is over and hope some here take note and hit your like button. Just one man's observation and opinion. Thanks for reading. Stay safe and enjoy the hobby.
How hard is it to support our fellow members and show some love for their work. We talk many times about not bad mouthing newbies because it scares them off. Well to me this is something that could have the same effect. They could post a pen and no one replys and they say why bother. Now there are some here that post pens over and over and over of the same type and same blanks and they have to understand it does become a little boring but still a few likes could not hurt. There are also other reasons a person may not comment on another pen but 32,000 members. Now some people are content with not getting the responses of their work and that is fine too but I bet most would like to see some appreciation from what they are doing and a little encouragement to keep on and even improve. Comments and questions should always be encouraged. This is how we all learn.
Anyway rant is over and hope some here take note and hit your like button. Just one man's observation and opinion. Thanks for reading. Stay safe and enjoy the hobby.