I never really got into groups until a few weeks ago. It helped one of my best photos reach 458 views in a month and a half.
thesoftcollision.deviantart.co…I've joined many band and model-related groups as well as nature, vintage, Nikon, trains and black and white groups. You can see a list of the groups I've joined here:
thesoftcollision.deviantart.co… . But a couple of the bnw groups never seem to accept my photos, despite trying to only submit good photos.
It seems kind of redundant when there are several groups for one idea such as black and white. The smaller the group, the easier it is to get something submitted (often not even requiring approval) and your limit of how many you can submit in a week is greater. That's why I enjoy the small groups. I don't really consider the size when joining.
I like that I can watch the Deviations of a group to get to see variety of photographers' shots, but the problem is that it really pushes up the amount of unread Deviations I receive. It's over 10 000 now and I only look at a few occasionally. But I often look at the galleries of Deviants who interact with me and my gallery.