Timeline for Hey, did our description change? (Enthusiasts → Amateurs)
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Apr 13, 2017 at 12:44 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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Jun 11, 2011 at 13:41 | vote | accept | mattdm | ||
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Apr 29, 2011 at 7:56 | answer | added | labnut | timeline score: 1 | |
Apr 28, 2011 at 18:51 | comment | added | Jari Keinänen | @Stan that's about how I distinct the terms too: enthusiast has a crush on photography, but amateur is married to it. Both love each other, but amateur's love is more mature. Professionals do it also for money, but I wouldn't go too metaphorical with that idea. I think the suggestion in the end of @jrista's answer is a win-win option. | |
Apr 28, 2011 at 0:26 | comment | added | user2719 | Ah, the vagaries of language -- amateur was, once upon a time, a much stronger term than enthusiast. An enthusiast merely likes what he (or she) is doing; an amateur loves it. | |
Apr 27, 2011 at 19:28 | answer | added | Roland | timeline score: 4 | |
Apr 27, 2011 at 2:32 | answer | added | jristaMod | timeline score: 8 | |
Apr 26, 2011 at 22:50 | comment | added | labnut | After some more consideration I think we should revert to the Enthusiast title. As you say, amateur is slightly derogatory. By setting a slightly more elitist tone we make the site seem more desirable. And in any case almost every non-professional photographer thinks he is an enthusiast even if others regard him as an amateur. | |
Apr 26, 2011 at 21:54 | comment | added | mattdm | Note that in one of its senses, amateur is a synonym for enthusiast. But it also has negative connotations, and the perhaps-neutral connotation of 'inexpert" — which is the one I'm concerned about. | |
Apr 26, 2011 at 21:51 | comment | added | labnut | Hmmm, I think it has been changed (but I am not sure). By whom? Should it have been discussed in meta first? We have been getting a lot of questions from the Amateur as opposed to Enthusiast photographers so I suppose the change reflects current reality. | |
Apr 26, 2011 at 21:16 | history | asked | mattdm | CC BY-SA 3.0 |