The POTN admin's story makes it sound like photography has died, which couldn't be further from the truth. Photography is more alive than it's ever been. People take more pictures than ever. They do more with those pictures, and they want to take better pictures.
For sure there is less interest in interchangeable lens cameras, but ILC != photography. Many brilliant photographers, including photojournalists as the admin mentioned, are using smartphones and drones, because those are often the right imaging tool for the scenario.
And the photography community is bigger than ever, but they're choosing different social media than forums, which feel a bit slow-paced and low-tech compared to, say, TikTok. Still, change is painful.
