Shannon Drawe Photography | Blog

I just gave into a fellow photographer's hounding, and signed on to Texas Photo Forum. It's a site most owners would be proud of and consider a huge success. The site is fueled by their message boards, and if you've spent any time on any bulletin or message type boards, you know it's a great place for people who would rather talk about a topic than actually DO the topic. Realistically, it begins with a basic problem endemic to all forums - the post count.

Post counts should go the way of Sony Beta Max. All they do is puff up the participant's egos and give them a false sense of importance ... that evolves gradually into full blown cyber bullying. So, instead of building up post numbers, I am hitting the ground running - from post number one. Just like other forums that turned into personality mine fields, this one will find its way into oblivion once folks tire of all the attitudes.