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Facebook?
Hi all
Just me venting frustration regarding clubs using Facebook. I may sound like im the odd one out but im pretty sure there are many like me. 'I HATE FACEBOOK!!!' and refuse to use it. Yes Facebook is a great social media platform and has great coverage and massive subscription. I have been through several clubs in the oople section to find simple calender details etc, I found quite a few saying 'this page is no longer used' then a Facebook link below!. I am not a Facebook member so I can't view any of the details. Unfortunately more and more clubs are restricting themselves to this media and not updating details and events on either Oople or even on thier own club websites. This makes non Facebook users unable to access a great deal of information about events going on. This I am sure has a detrimental effect to some extent to clubs. Call me old fashioned and outdated but why can't clubs use the sites accesible for all like Oople and more so thier own club websites instead of restricting to Facebook. Please feel free to leave your comments, I would like to know if I am in lonely place? Thanks for reading
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I don't have facebook either
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So you won't use a website provided by a multi billion dollar corporation, which is based in a country whose government puts many many (many) rules in place about how data is handled and stored. (And you can use Facebook with virtually no personal information, other than your name and ip address (which are easy to fake))
But you do put all your details onto a website run by a bloke in a house near Leeds. I'd say it's an epic failure to understand how the internet works. |
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My hatred for FB is from seeing what drivel goes through it and what i have seen going on between fellow friends and racers as a direct result. I have never seen that level of rubbish happen here on Oople, my hat is off to the man near Leeds because I personnaly think he does an AWSOME job of running this website. Oople
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I'll second that jimmy does an awesome job far better than other sites
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I agree, I hate face book rest of my family are glued to it poxy thing. I am thinking of joining but turn all privacy settings up so I don't get all those messages etc about people I went to school with 20 years ago,and as has already been said all the crap that starts on there.But can see racing info as thats were it seems to be.
I have just run the 1st of the EOE regionals at my club, ended up having to ask another member for info as to what was going on as it was just about all going on on FB! sadly I have see a lot of activity leave oople in FB's direction:thumb down:
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Really?
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FWIW my main use of fb is to keep up on news from friends and family back in the UK. But it also gives people access to ready made websites, photos, forums, calendars, event organising software. Pretty much for free. What's not to like? Unless you let yourself be drawn into the drivel. Last edited by mattr; 04-05-2015 at 05:15 PM. |
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The club I attend seems to be run on Facebook tbh. I personally don't like Facebook as I see it as a public argument. I think it's a shame that some people practically live their lives on it but these are the times we live in I suppose.
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Yep really easy to know how the internet works, nothing is private!
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We try as a club to use FB, oOple and our own website (still haven't really pushed Twitter).
You can never please everyone but we try. We have members without email address!!
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I would guess that fb is a preferred method to use, it's not limited to a closed network of users ( ie if your on oople your probably a racer anyway ) but fb offers greater visibility for attracting new blood to the sport, friends of friends can see how much fun were having ! 😃 fb has got to be a good thing I think. How about you sign up to fb lock down all the privacy settings and just use it to view the clubs fb pages that your interested in.
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I agree that FB is a great platform but i feel clubs shouldn't lock themsleves to it. E.G. If they are updating calenders and venue details on FB then do it on thier own website too, maybe reverse the process. By this I mean that clubs have disabled thier website pages and tell you to look at thier FB page(which restricts visibilty to FB users), why not do everything on your website then provide the link on FB to your website, now this is open for ALL to view.
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I agree that in an ideal world all clubs would have up to date ( modern ) websites designed well for easy access browsing etc along with fb and oople being updated, with a team of admins that can manage it all ... But the reality of the situation( I think) is that not all websites are the same, some websites can't be updated as easily as others, some websites will need an admin with a certain amount of technical knowledge ( that you will be reliant upon to update the site when he / she is not working ), some websites are just too old and need a complete re vamp, but this all costs money and time. When you have a free resource such as fb where info can be updated by almost any club member and viewers can view the info by simply opening their Fb app on their phone at any time quickly and easily it's hard to think of a good reason not to utilise the service. I agree there are always going to be trolls posting un interesting or even offensive stuff on fb, but it takes no more than 2 clicks on the mouse to block that user so you never have to see anything from them again.
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I don't know what the issue is with Facebook??
As long as your uncheck 'following' on each friend/group then you don't get any unwanted stuff. All my liked pages and groups are down the left hand side and it tells you if there's been any new posts etc... I find it works just like a forum, you can read all the posts if you want to waste a day or just the ones you're interested in. Easy eh?
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