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#FPQuestion of the day:
What fountain-pen media do you consume (YouTube, blogs, etc.)? What about them do you find interesting, entertaining, or informative?
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Jun 16, 2023 at 12:00amWeb
Show threadalexa-488Jun 16, 2023
@penfount Instagram, reddit, and I guess here now. I like to see what people's newest are, see ink swatches and writing samples, get some news on upcoming pens, and see what the makers and artists are producing.
Show threadmvuJun 16, 2023

@penfount Will usually check out Goulet Pens' videos when they come out.

I'll watch review videos by anybody I can find when I'm trying to convince myself I need to buy a particular pen..

The FP subreddit is pretty great, but I'm taking the reddit debacle as an excuse to kick my reddit habit ;)

Show threadparadoxmoJun 16, 2023

@penfount I really like, on YouTube, Inkquiring Minds’s Doug Rathbun. He has a bit of the darker, more snarky sense of humor that I appreciate. And he gets into detail about the pens.

I like sbrebrown too but he’s less entertaining and a bit more…angry or hostile? when he doesn’t like something.

Show threadCheryl Lindo JonesJun 16, 2023
@penfount On YT I watch Figboot On Pens, Goulet Pencast (though somehow I’ve gotten 3 or 4 episodes behind), Doodlebud, Pause with a Pen, Mike Matteson, and I was watching Chris Saenz but have gotten behind on her videos, too. I love seeing pen reviews and especially ink swatching/reviews because I love buying new inks even though I already have more than I can finish. I also live vicariously through a lot of these videos since my FP budget is slashed.
Show threadCheryl Lindo JonesJun 16, 2023
@penfount There are a few more FP YT channels like Seemownay, Carrots & Olives, The Wet Pen, and probably more I’m forgetting and/or don’t watch regularly, but catch if they are recommended.
Show threadSuspect-SimilarJun 16, 2023
@penfount I mostly consume random YT videos when I'm looking for info on how to disassemble a specific pen, a lot of FPN, fountainpen.it and Reddit. Still trying to understand how to deal with Mastodon so I cannot say that I consume this in any way.
Show threadRusaPenJun 16, 2023
@penfount Mostly Reddit before..yanno. But I'd also peruse blogs on occasion
Show threadsuperplannergirlJun 16, 2023

@penfount Figboot on Pens, @penaddict , Inky Rocks... I like people who are conversational and informative. I don't often like terribly long videos unless I am watching them live or have them on in the background while doing something else.

I am only on Instagram occasionally but I use my husband's account there- I'm too much of a scroller to have my own.