It's funny; I have usually been interested to know what camera/lens took a particular photo, but ultimately I don't care. For instance, I no longer find myself drawn to the camera specific image threads because you could merge all the Sony, Fuji, Micro 4/3, Ricoh, Samsung, etc threads into one and be more likely to group images based on who took them rather than what camera took them. I think that what I am saying is that if seriouscompacts was to open the door to larger cameras it should be more than just a single "DSLR Image Thread".
I find that brand and format based trolling and bullying on camera forums to be largely ineffective these days since enough photographic evidence exists to counter it, so I don't feel that users of big bodied, big sensored DSLRs are suddenly going to be over-running the place and lording it up over anyone else. The potential for a larger user base would be a good thing to add more variety to the site and to encourage that I do feel that consideration of employing a less restrictive (reactive rather than proactive) moderation policy would also help such that debates are allowed to run (within reason, of course).
Hanging out on the Nikon FX forum on DPR, the brand/format superiority is somewhat amusing. I think it used to be that DSLRs were just plain better, partly operationally and partially because it was about the only way to get an APS or larger sensor. Now there are PLENTY of options for getting optically great APS setups that are operationally good enough for MOST users. Full frame is still mostly a DSLR game, because only Sony has made an effort at mirrorless full frame yet and it doesn't have enough lenses to offer a full-blown alternative. Yet. It'll happen soon enough, but it hasn't happened yet. Which is what moved me to go to Nikon DSLR - I fell totally in love with what I could do with full frame sensors via the RX1 and DSLRs, for now, are still the way to get a full frame sensor with a variety of native AF lenses. I've always been happy enough with the performance characteristics of mirrorless, so that aspect of DSLR shooting isn't a big deal to me.
So now the brand and format bullies are pretty much down to performance based stuff like burst rates and tracking AF. Because that's all that's left, for as long as it lasts before mirrorless catches up there too. There's a growing acceptance that an APS sensor is gonna look equally good regardless of whether it's in a DSLR or a mirrorless camera. And that day will come with full frame soon enough, once there are enough mirrorless options out there. But it's amazing how absolutely critical stuff like burst rate and tracking AF have gotten on those DSLR forums - how could anyone get by with mirrorless tracking? Yeah, the burst rates are HIGHER, but you can't AF or see what you're shooting between shots so how could you ever have a camera like that?!?!? Well, I guess that's a legit concern for some number of sports and wildlife photographers, but I suspect it's not for a huge percentage of DSLR users. It's not for me. I find the Df and D610 AF as good as anything I've used and the best I've ever tried at tracking AF (particularly in burst mode), but the AF systems in these cameras are routinely demonized as far below the minimum necessary by those using the more robust AF systems in the higher end D4 and D800 series cameras. There's also an amazing amount of "EVF's suck and will NEVER equal a good OVF" type of sentiment, but more and more people who have tried recent EVFs are now coming around to "they're not quite as good as an OVF for some things but they're BETTER than an OVF for others". There's less and less "I don't want to look at a tiny little TV" type of stuff, but you can still find it.
The bottom line is that people just want to love their gear and feel like its the best there is, even if it's only the best for them. For me, full frame is now my addiction - I really do like it better whether I "NEED" it or not. And for now DSLRs are the only way to get a really decent system together for this, if you want auto-focus in most or all of your lenses. At some point, there will be enough choices of mirrorless full frame gear that I'll probably move back over if there's any real advantage (proably size and weight related) to doing so. I don't know if that'll be the case - bodies are and will be smaller but unless the lenses are too the body size doesn't matter that much to me. So time will tell. And maybe APS will get SOOOOO good that I'll get over this full frame bug that's bit me. But for now, it's full frame DSLR for me.
And yet, I'm still dedicated to keeping it as compact as I can. I mostly shoot with small primes, for example, and that keeps a Df system pretty close to a Fuji APS system in terms of size and weight. So I still look at it as a damn serious compact, just a bit more emphasis on serious and a little bit less on compact... I know there are at least a few others around here who are shooting partly or mostly with DSLRs, even full frame ones. I hope there will continue to be room here for this part of our hobbies...
-Ray