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Re: Survey Topic: Discussion Forums and Other Social Media

What discussion forums do you visit regularly?
montresmecaniques (French) daily, OTD daily, IVHOC daily, Vetroplastica from time to time, The Purists from time to time (to focus on a specific brand/topic/watch), Horlogeriesuisse (Swiss, French speaking) from time to time to focus on specific technical topics, breitlingsource from time to time

In terms of the messages that are posted, what aspects of your regular discussion forums do you like and what bothers you about them ?
Do you particularly like chit chat, information only, photo displays, showing off watches, off-topic discussions, or all of the above ?

To me, collectors forums should be :
1/places to share and get informations (any form of information : photos, periods docs/catalogs, reviews, ...)
2/places where regular contributors help each others,
Daily WS posting is a key aspect to maintain a fast and easy to do follow up allowing to strengthen the community,
Off topic postings (including no senses ones, just for fun posting, ...) allow to broaden this strengthened community

Which discussion forums that you visit are "in" (getting more of your attention)
The ones listed above

which ones are "out" (don't visit as often as you used to)?
Forumamontres (French) vintage watches and Heuer/Tag Heuer sections, Chronomania (French) with the exception of the Ads section

Which social media do you use, relating to collecting vintage watches? Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, or others?
Facebook, Flickr

Which of these social media are "in" (getting more of your attention)
Facebook, Flickr

which ones are "out" (don't use them as often as you used to)?
n/a

Which are you favorite blogs, on the subject of vintage watches?
Calibre 11 (vintage topics)
Jarl's blog
GVM blog
SteveG's (http://ninanet.net/watches/launchpad.html)
others I go from time to time

Anything else that you might want to share with the community?
n/a

cheers,

Laurent

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