Forum versus Facebook .

[Barb bulfinch]

Been seeing a lot of tearjerker posts on Facebook . Not on the tearjerker site , but on the general site . Why are we ignoring our own forum when much of what is posted could be helpful and encouraging 🤔 to our new members ?

[Zach]

Unfortunately Facebook just gets 10000000x the traffic that the website does Any time I share something to the Liberty Bell TearJerkers group on Facebook I always point people back here. But people are just generally on Facebook a lot more (guilty myself).

[D.O.M.]

I never use facebook for this forum. Nuf said

Dennis (DOM)

[Barb bulfinch]

Thank you DOM !

[Steve Morris]

I check in here every day. I have a Facebook account (out of necessity for a community service page I run), but have zero personal interaction on my account. I check the TearJerkers Facebook Group maybe once every couple of weeks or so.

[Nick T]

I never use facebook for this forum. Nuf said

Dennis (DOM)

Ditto.
Never have, never will. Would just leave the group if my only communication option was Faceberg.

[Robert R]

It’s just the way it is now. FB is so much easier and convenient to take quick glances. But forum has so much more information.

[swoody126]

i check the forum every morning

i check FB every morning

IMHO the more information(factual) i can gather makes me better rounded individual

FB does require one to weed out the crazies on a regular basis

verifying information using several sources helps vaidate it

when conflicting information pops up on my screen i research the sources and verify which information is factual and which isn't

sources of bunk get blocked/unfollowed ...

just this old man's MO

sw

[Jeff F]

I just set up a Facebook group for the Dixie Chapter. I did explain within the description that the main posts will still be on the TearJerker Forum. Facebook just gets so many views that I felt this was a way for more folks to find out about TearJerkers and the Dixie Chapter. It is also much easier way to post pictures of our Gatherings. So I feel they will work well together.

[DJ Davis]

***IMHPO*** (in my honest personal opinion)....

Camping is supposed to be to unplug/disconnect from the stresses of home/city life, get away from EVERYTHING for a while, and enjoy the company of others that appreciate the great outdoors. While FB is a good resource for communication, it should be used sparingly at a gathering. One "authorized" use I'd approve of is sending a pic to someone that didn't come to a gathering, but constantly gripes about not enjoying things, to show them what they're missing. A lot of folks like that are lost causes, but Hey! more campsites open for us, right...?

DJ
LSCD