Where's Photosig?

[royall_berndt]

They've been sputtering; now they are down. Is this the end? What's wrong?

[AJHingel]

<p>This started at least 11 month ago on <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/52888365">DPreview</a> if I understand right. Why restart it ?</p>

[lex_jenkins]

The thread Anders linked covers all of the

publicly available information. My personal

observation is that scaling the site and adapting

to the social media era were the main challenges.

PhotoSig's primary mission was overtaken by sites

like 500px and 1x.

[bobatkins]

<p>If you really want to know, WHOIS is your friend:<br /> <br /> <strong>Photosig.com</strong><br /> Registrant Name: Willis Boyce<br />Registrant Organization: SIG Networks Corporation<br />Registrant Street: PO Box 1409, Gracie Station<br />Registrant City: New York<br />Registrant State/Province: NY<br />Registrant Postal Code: 10128<br />Registrant Country: US<br />Registrant Phone: +1.9177799047<br />Registrant Phone Ext: <br />Registrant Fax: +1.9177799545<br />Registrant Fax Ext: <br />Registrant Email: <img src="http://who.is/dimages/text/fe6d40411fbab96.png" alt="Email Masking Image" />@signetworks.com<br /> <br /> It's hard to make money these days from a photo website, and that's the primary goal of most websites (including Photsig). Lots and lots and lots of well financed competition with new ideas combined with a falling market for sales of cameras and lenses. It can done but it needs lots of sustained effort, and that effort has to be focused in exactly the right direction by the right person - or you're wasting your time. Much like the Red Queen said:</p>

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<p>"Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing."<br /> "A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "<strong>Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast</strong> as that!"</p>

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<p>See also http://photosig.org/ and http://sigbuster.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/hello-world/</p>

[stevetheoldman]

Photosig used to be a great site to

learn how to critique. The site needs

(needed?) a real overhaul to the

interface, including a mobile

component. Photosig was also

nortoriously unstable (as well as a few

of the people who used to run the

show.)

I think it's gone for good this

time...just an opinion.