
mortcdz
Posted: 8th Sep 2008 12:27 PM
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CommunityPhotography is my big hobby, and having recently injured my back I've had the opportunity to spend more time in online photography websites.
Now I find Chortleberry interesting because it's starting from the ground up and is going through the initial growth phase. We're learning how the site works, learning about the skills and styles of the regular posters and getting to see some gems pop out as new people join.
On the other end of the scale one of the other websites I spend time on seems to be in the process of imploding. It has 19,835 members (only about a 1000 of which are active I believe) and seems to be steadily losing its sense of community - with so many people posting it seems to encourage rudeness, bullying and behaviour that on a smaller site would stand out like a sore thumb.
There is probably a fine art to growing numbers in a community whilst also retaining the personality and intimacy of something smaller, so here's hoping that Chortleberry continues to retain all that's best!
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