Like Us On Facebook!

Four words I thought I'd never say... Like Us On Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/YachtForumscom/1018801701463296

I'll be honest... I was never a Facebook fan. Frankly, I didn't get it. It's fine for catching up with old friends, but for business, I always thought the popularity of Facebook was perpetrated by the media because it diverted focus from their own content deprived websites.

As an admin, I'd like to believe I'm ahead of the digital curve, but I'm reluctantly conceding that I'm all back-of-the-bus now. To me, forums are original social media and still prevail as the most educational, informative and sometimes entertaining platforms on the web. They are most certainly an important tool in pre-purchase decisions.

Short of exchanging ideas that further the advancement of specific interests, Facebook just feels like a high school popularity contest to me. That said, I want to date the prom queen. Please like us on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/YachtForumscom/1018801701463296

Carl

An important note, we're using Facebook as an "Alter Ego" page for YF, highlighting important or popular threads that get buried in the forums as new threads take life. For those of us who have been on YF for many years, we know these threads, but most newcomers never see them.

In laying up the YF Facebook page, I chose images that were likely to get the most 'shares'. After our initial FB page promotion, we'll begin adding popular YF discussion threads to our FB page to help increase participation.

I looked at a lot of FB pages and I was pretty unimpressed that most of the yachting magazines and websites were simply using newly released images from yards to drive traffic. They don't have much useful content, just pretty pictures and a like button! Sad.

And don't get me started on the lack of privacy issues with Facebook. It's borderline criminal!

I'm still in disbelief too.

Thanks Dag! I just went live with a Facebook page for JetForums a couple hours ago too...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/JetForumsnet/891887784223928?ref=hl

Prior to launching these pages, I could count on one hand the number of minutes I've spent on Facebook over the past 5 years. There are aspects that are pretty cool, but some things are kinda clunky. I've experienced glitches switching between FB pages for YF & JF, mandating page refreshes. Also, their system sometimes can't decide whether to post in a titled format or traditional post format. In some cases, it won't prompt for an image attachment and if it does, it may not be an image in the linked thread. Instead it will show random pics from the page, like one of YF's banners. With the revenue and number of coders FB has, I would have expected the system to be more seamless?