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Written by Neil Darlow :gotosocial: :silverblue: :xmpp: on 2024-12-03 at 11:32

Wow! Social media engagement is short-lived.

I covered, photographically, our town's Christmas Lights switch-on festivities. It was a busy day with me rolling-up around 10:00 AM to capture stall setups and finishing at 5:30 PM after the switch-on and final stage act.

Returning home, somewhat tired after all that time on my feet, I transferred the images to my computer and did a preliminary assessment before relaxing for the rest of the day.

I pushed the processed images to facebook mid-morning on a Monday and throughout the day I got a few likes from the town's retirees and at-home parents. A flurry of likes followed after folks had returned from work and engaged in their evening surfing session. The day after? Nothing.

It really looks like you've got to rush stuff out the same day otherwise you can expect people's attention to have moved on elsewhere. Event photography, for general consumption, is something you need to do purely for self-satisfaction.

[#]photography #events #engagement

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