I’m starting to think that I’m the only one who’s using the mini nook site. I’ve posted photos of my projects and information on them. I even posted my own blog post to the site’s blog feature, which almost seems like a non-feature because the insert photos function doesn’t work properly. It’s possible that I’m doing something wrong, but I don’t think that a site should be that user-unfriendly. After posting to their blog, I received comments on my post but they were spam in three different languages. I think this needs to be fixed. I guess that I should mention it to TPTB who run the site.
The photo album function on the site is horrible because the file size limits on the uploaded images are too constraining. Also, I think I’ve mentioned this before, but you can’t change the order of the photos in the albums, which isn’t good. I like having a place to share what I’m doing with that hobby, but I wish that I felt that I was at least communing with others who share the same interest.
I’m contemplating submitting an article based on my post about my bathroom floor project to a miniature magazine. If this happens it will probably be to one that I can submit to via email.
Maybe this whole single hobby centric social networking is actually in its infancy with some hobbies and I’ve basically entered into it at the ground floor level and that’s why I have that sole contributor’s feeling. It’s quite possible that dollhouse manufacturers or the mail order miniature companies may have some small social networking feature on their sites and I should investigate this.
It could be that the people who are interested in this hobby aren’t people who use the internet to network with others. Genealogists, stitchers, and knitters have been using the internet for years due to sites such as Ancestry.com, the Usenet group RCTN, and I’m sure before Ravelry that there was one for knitting and crocheting.
I saw online that there’s a site being developed called MeeNeeMe for those interested in miniatures. This sounds interesting and hopefully will be popular. You can subscribe to their newsletter and will presumably get updates and an invite when their social networking universe is up and running. Again, I’m not sure how popular a social networking site would be with miniaturists, but the world is changing and becoming smaller every day. I wouldn’t think that a site such as Ravelry would be such a big hit with the yarn crowd, but it’s wonderful and is quite popular as well as useful to the yarn enthusiast. The smart thing for the MeeNeeMee.com people to do is to publicize what they’re working on in miniature magazines and organizations such as NAME (National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts).
