posted 04-29-2016 12:51 PM            

It was suggested that the Silver Salon Forums create an Instagram account.

So this has been done: Silver Salon Forums Instagram account.

posted 04-30-2016 05:29 PM            

I am not an expert in either Facebook or Instagram, but I think Facebook may be better suited for this Forum.

I am associated with several nonprofits that use Facebook to post what is going on, etc. and the advantage to Facebook is you can share the posts with your friends. The non-profit or business gets a multiplier effect with this sharing as nonmembers of the Forum see the information on their timeline.

Others may know more about than me and maybe it would be good to hear from them.

posted 04-30-2016 05:57 PM            

I don't use FB. So it will have to be guided by those who do. I haven't a clue what to do.

See SSF Facebook

posted 05-02-2016 12:37 PM            

• What photos should be on Instagram?
  
• What Instagram hashtags to use?
  
• Should we tailor some of our own Instagram hashtags:
  For example: Start the tag with ssf_
  #ssf_whatzit
  #ssf_greatfaces
  #ssf_Ephemera
  etc., etc.
  
• Who should we follow?
  
• What else should we do with Instagram?

posted 05-02-2016 03:18 PM            

For the forum, I could see its use for instantly sharing a photo of an interesting silver object that I see at an antique shop or show. I have taken pictures at shows for my own use and the dealers seem to like my interest.

The pictures I take with an IPhone would not be as good as I take when a camera is sitting on a tripod, but for the most part they are clear enough.

Other people may have better ideas.

posted 05-04-2016 09:42 AM            

quote:

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Originally posted by ahwt:
"Maybe just following the pictures one posts has some monetary value."

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After years with no silver info coming to the email address from Amazon .... its pretty clear Instagram makes money selling info about you and your related photo searches/looks.

The "monetary value" is your private info and interests.

posted 05-04-2016 09:50 PM            

I think Scott is to be commended for being open-minded to social media and other forms of Internet presence. But I have often observed in other situations that the best cross-applications occur when someone who is actively involved in one form of social media sees a great match with something else they are involved in.

My sense....I wouldn't force it. But maybe someone else here who uses Instagram or something else (Pinterest maybe?)more frequently than I do can make recommendations.

Actually, Instagram (and Pinterest) remind me of a very frustrating Real World experience I had today. I wandered into a shop I hadn't visited for some time, someone who is well known as a silver dealer. Objects were sitting on shelves. There were no identification tags (let alone prices). Nothing. One would have to be an expert to discern if a piece was American, English, Scottish, whatever. And pretty much no way to discern who the makers were (at least for us ordinary mortals). I am often annoyed with this shop, but was even more so today.

posted 05-05-2016 11:22 AM            

This doesn't mean I won't help members create an SSF presence (its just not something I want to do regularly).

So if members want to take the lead let us know.

posted 05-05-2016 04:07 PM            

It really is pretty amazing what one can see on the internet. I was talking to a friend this morning who lost his smart phone. He went to Google Maps and put in his telephone number and located it on the map. It also had information as to where the phone had been for some time period in the past.

posted 05-07-2016 12:12 PM            

I understand. For most, Silver is a passion. The SSF is a passing pleasure that compliments the Silver passion. There is only so much time and volunteering is a commitment.

If I didn't have other issues ... I couldn't spend as much time as I do at with the SSF. So I really do understand.