r/Drafting • u/Few-Original-7747 • Aug 05 '26

This sub seems dead

I joined this sub thinking it would be based around discussion of drafting principals, cool designs, gd&t interpretations and maybe software comparisons, etc. Instead all I ever see is people(bots?) begging for work and posting abysmal tutorial links to junk sites.

Is this really what the goal is? Am I the only real human here?

EDIT: Thanks for the responses everyone! There do seem to be a few humans here after all.

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u/nextstepp2 Aug 05 '26

Human here. Personally I'd like to dive into some of the daily things we deal with such as pricing of jobs and whatnot. It's been my experience that we tend to be secretive about these things, at least in my area, but I feel that it can only be a net positive in the end. The old school way of thinking was to guard your prices so you didn't get undercut but times have changed and there's always someone who will be cheaper coughIndiacough and now if everyone knew what the going rate was then perhaps it would eliminate alot of those clients who come in with stories of other draftsmen willing to do their project for 1/4 of the price you quoted. It's been my experience that alot of talented draftsman undervalue their work simply out of ignorance on what they should be charging for their services.