Facebook taking over Blatchat??

[IBDAET]

If you are a luddite who belives Facebook serves no useful purpose than sexual grooming or messaging between under 16's then ignore this post.

If not you may be pleased to learn that Chris, Christian and I have expanded the foodprint of the Caterham & Lotus 7 Owners Group on FB to include dedicated groups as follows:

Caterham & Lotus 7 Owners Group - TechTalk
Caterham & Lotus 7 Owners Group - Marketplace

Seach using FB search and though shalt find.


They are of course free to use for both reading and posting.

[zed4]

Great. I've submitted a join request.

[S1X OK]

Permission to come aboard requested.

[Smitters]

Likewise - permission to board requested...

[anonymous-user]

Does "membership" include free popcorn?

[DaveK-S1]

Excellent news

[DVandrews]

Facebook? It'll never catch on..

Dave

[ghibbett]

In answer to the title, there's certainly more activity on the FB pages than on BC. Well, unless you're Jonathan Kay that is.

[Smollet]

ghibbett said:

In answer to the title, there's certainly more activity on the FB pages than on BC. Well, unless you're Jonathan Kay that is.

He's been very quiet today. Probably trying to find out if PH has more variable components than BC with a correlation to the input factor of the demographic of the typical FB user.

[nigelpugh7]

I have joined both groups now too!

[pikeyboy]

Not being 16 nor wishing to be groomed, I'll hang back with ludites.

[IBDAET]

ghibbett said:

In answer to the title, there's certainly more activity on the FB pages than on BC. Well, unless you're Jonathan Kay that is.

Like!

[IBDAET]

Over 100 members on both FB groups in under 24hrs! Excellent!

[kenny.R400]

boy said:

Not being 16 nor wishing to be groomed, I'll hang back with ludites.

All the luddites left long ago And I'd assume the current Blatchat won't entice them back, especially with its lack of content at present.

[framerateuk]

kenny.R400 said:

boy said:

Not being 16 nor wishing to be groomed, I'll hang back with ludites.

All the luddites left long ago And I'd assume the current Blatchat won't entice them back, especially with its lack of content at present.

Facebook is mostly 20 to 40 year olds these days. The 16 year olds have moved onto newer things!

[Hoonabator]

I'm a member of the Facebook group and great as they are I feel they're not as good as an open to all style forum could be.

To me as a new comer to the whole Facebook thing I find the postings/threads too instant and short lived.


Maybe I/someone needs to start an open free forum for 7 minded people.

Will dedicated forums take over from car clubs?? Probably......

[Smollet]

Hoonabator said:

Will dedicated forums take over from car clubs?? Probably......

Highly unlikely imo as FB in isn't present form can't offer the same sort of continuity as a dedicated car club can. Both have their place as both fulfil different criteria.

[HurryUpAndWait]

Smollet said:

Hoonabator said:

Will dedicated forums take over from car clubs?? Probably......

Highly unlikely imo as FB in isn't present form can't offer the same sort of continuity as a dedicated car club can. Both have their place as both fulfil different criteria.

I sort of agree with this (sorry Arnie!). As a repository for useful technical info, BC is excellent. Facebook cannot replicate that - it can be very difficult to find things once they're more than a few days old, and that includes dedicated 'Groups' (NTTTWG included )

[kenny.R400]

Then the only way around it seems to be a sticky link at the top of a Facebook group to a dedicated forum.

[Gingerbread Man]

I thought people might have just gravitated to use the PH forum for more technical posts?

PH search is a bit naff though, granted.