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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I do not have to be on the abhorrent (to me) Facebook to have an opinion of it Neil.
I have, in the past, seen the format of the site when my daughter has used it(she does not use it anymore).
Facebook has nothing to offer me...and while you tell me it has its' benefits, I think many more troubles are caused/inflamed by it than are solved by it.
Now, of course, that will not be your stance...as an admin on the site, it cannot be.
I have only time for one forum...and it is NEVER going to be Facebook...not while I have a functioning bumhole.
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I'm admin on a few Facebook groups, I use Facebook a lot for learning about my hobby and interacting with people around the world in the same hobby. Of all the recent social media platforms Facebook makes the most sense to me. You decide who are your friends (really family, friends, acquaintances or whoever you chose) and you decide who can see what you post. A lot of good comes from Facebook and also some bad but that will hopefully change as the government try to make the social media networks more responsible for what they allow on their sites.
The main advantage over forums is that everything you follow comes to you in one place, you don't have to go looking through many different forums. I'm a member of a local lost dog group, if a dog is found/lost then a post will appear in my feed. If that was a forum I would have to check it several times a day to be a useful member helping get lost pets back home.
Forums like this still are the best way to archive information for things like car repairs etc because the search is superb on forums and rubbish on Facebook.
Each has its place but I do think Facebook will adapt its groups to be more forum like and most forums will disappear in time.