Valid points, but if Facebook and Twitter and Instagram fill people's time with their little attention buzz, people are then trained for short, disposable messaging.I don't know about y'all but I absolutely abhor some things about facebook and I don't see those ever changing, and I know other abhor them too. Can't search beyond marginally, if you get an alert or email about a post in a thread with multiple sub-comments and you click that link, half the time it doesn't bring to you that exact post, you have to dig through and expand 20 different "see more replies" to see your comments, everyone repeats answers, repeats questions, over and over and over...some question can be totally resolved and days later people are still replying as if no one answered...it's flippin ridiculous.
No recovery of deleted posts
No way to tell who deleted a post
No way to control who can and cannot delete/edit/revise a post
No revision history
No way to really effectively search one person's posts for other posts on the same topic -> no way to tell if the person giving you advice is any good at anything they claim to be good at
Not to mention, what I've noticed is that people tend to be bigger jackwagons on FB under their real name than they are on a forum under a username/handle! At least that's the way it is in my little niche of FB groups.
FB is good for the end user because it's just a plain simple interface and while it has it's nuances, most people are fine with it. It has limitations on mobile devices as well. Like you can't edit certain groups like "close friends" on a phone, even in browser - you have to be on a PC. Oh and zero support from FB, they never reply
FB is a nightmare for an admin, if you have drama in a group and you aren't there to quell it, watch out. Not saying that it can't happen on forums but there is super less control on FB
Users need to understand the difference and why a forum is worth the learning curve for a niche market
Forums need to understand the super ease of use of facebook and integrate some types of ease of use methodology without modeling like a copy of FB. Just the user factor, not the structure. Because FB's structure sucks royal donkey %$#@!%#
My main input into this discussion is maintaining, and allowing visitors and participants, the experience of owning original intellectual property. Something forums address very well indeed.
Do they?
Really ? Surprising.Not to mention, what I've noticed is that people tend to be bigger jackwagons on FB under their real name than they are on a forum under a username/handle! At least that's the way it is in my little niche of FB groups.
Cool site.Our association home page is http://nawcc.org.
Do they?"
The "information superhighway" was actually TV set-top boxes connected to your local cable company, which everyone believed were poised to take over the world and eventually do everything the web does now. At least they believed that until the web (not the Internet) relegated those boxes to the forlorn dustbin of home electronics history.The internet is an information highway.
100.It seems like the younger generation don't care about Privacy that is for sure.
I ran across this layout after joining the SolidWorks community that I find appealing and it is powered by Jive. It takes all latest threads created and adds them to this layout. To me, this is what might come across as more familiar to folks unfamiliar with the traditional forum layout. Thoughts? Even as a portal system, this would be appealing I think.
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I think your premise is mistaken.The common look of forums is majorly outdated, doesn't invite social shares, and needs a major overhaul with more attention and integration of media and ease of use.
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