Both decent members who commented on stuff I posted. However I’m not surprised. The quality of posts and comments on posts and most pictures that get uploaded here has considerably dropped to rubbish lately which is why I rarely post photos currently. But I will add that it’s not just this site. It’s all of them.
I rise from the cemetery of inactive members to state that I absolutely agree.
The quality of the pictures themselves hasn't worsened, it stayed the same,
and maybe improved, but the content is way more boring.
You don't often anymore see passionate DIY projects, prototype lamps someone got from a retired lighting company engineer,
neat new installations of older lighting technology or passionate collectors having a long dialogue.
Its more of a bittersweet nostalgia looking back to the "good old times" now,
where we look at the past with a smile knowing how fun it was,
with that empty feeling in the gut. This was it.
It was fun experimenting with glass and vacuum and cool arcs and filaments,
but now, cheap plastic is the norm.
No hate towards modern LED lighting, but it's just dull and boring,
design and color wise. It's that 3200K fake warm white that says it all,
people are not warm anymore, it's money above all,
and the 'warmth' is a shell of what we used to be.
That's all I have for now. Bye.
