RetroTechie
Flashlight Enthusiast
Hello all,
There's been a recurring phenomena here on CPF: a newby user gets introduced to modern lights, first purchases are lights with ever increasing lumens output, and after a while things 'settle down' and other things like LED tint, switch type(s), body materials, custom mods etc become more interesting.
User archimedes illustrated it best in this post (lumens vs. CPF post count), which by now many will have seen.
I think it occurs often enough that this curve, :thinking: or more specifically: the peak in that curve, deserves its own name. If you'd actually find a way to plot a 'curve', I'm sure there's a variety of curve shapes out there that already have a fitting name. Not so the peak in this specific curve...
So I propose we give this phenomena / the peak in this curve its own name. Along the lines of "peak oil", the "Ballmer peak", "Streisand effect", etc, etc. So that in discussions, we can say that user X hasn't hit its .... peak yet, or is long past his/her .... peak. Simply a quick/concise way to describe where user X is in their hobby, without needing to refer to above thread or image. Imho best would be a name that doesn't have CPF in it, but does hint at its origin somehow. So that it may be picked up, used & popularized by other sites too.
Good idea? If so: suggestions please!
There's been a recurring phenomena here on CPF: a newby user gets introduced to modern lights, first purchases are lights with ever increasing lumens output, and after a while things 'settle down' and other things like LED tint, switch type(s), body materials, custom mods etc become more interesting.
User archimedes illustrated it best in this post (lumens vs. CPF post count), which by now many will have seen.
I think it occurs often enough that this curve, :thinking: or more specifically: the peak in that curve, deserves its own name. If you'd actually find a way to plot a 'curve', I'm sure there's a variety of curve shapes out there that already have a fitting name. Not so the peak in this specific curve...
So I propose we give this phenomena / the peak in this curve its own name. Along the lines of "peak oil", the "Ballmer peak", "Streisand effect", etc, etc. So that in discussions, we can say that user X hasn't hit its .... peak yet, or is long past his/her .... peak. Simply a quick/concise way to describe where user X is in their hobby, without needing to refer to above thread or image. Imho best would be a name that doesn't have CPF in it, but does hint at its origin somehow. So that it may be picked up, used & popularized by other sites too.
Good idea? If so: suggestions please!