Facebook slowly strangling this site?

[bigfatolly]

Very quiet in the For Sale section ,and pretty much everywhere else on here from what I can see.
Took the plunge and joined the Rad Facebook group and that seems a bit busier,a fair few parts being bought and sold on there.
Shame as I don't think the FB format is as good as a proper website.
Thoughts ?

[Bfellows]

Can't be arsed with facebook, I probably miss out on a few sales and dib dobs, but that said RAD offers me a reasonable amount of confidence / trust when I'm dealing.  Each to their own though 

[Gnarlyscoots]

Facebook is good for quick, small sales but when it comes to expensive items, I think people are weary unless they have dealt with the person before or know them from Rad or the Museum.

The thing with facebook, you make a quick sale as it is instant to upload photo's and if anybody needs any more, they can be done on your phone and uploaded within seconds. The chat is instant too so you can a full conversation with many people in real time.

The downfall of Facebook, is all the idiots that troll and the pages disappear into the abyss after a day. There is no reference pages or proper layout like Rad.

[Bfellows]

^^^^ like Terry said 

[That Swan Guy]

Facebook is full of money grabbing morons who think their shit item is the crown jewels and when you comment by fook their teddies get thrown. It's these idiots that are putting the prices up. Use rad and fook them off!

[Gnarlyscoots]

Facebook is full of money grabbing morons who think their shit item is the crown jewels and when you comment by fook their teddies get thrown. It's these idiots that are putting the prices up. Use rad and fook them off!

They are everywhere though Nick. There is this at the moment on RB.com The guy buys it from Ebay and tries to triple his money on RB.

http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php't=43319

Then there is this guy who wants triple what his bike is worth and throws the toys from the pram when people try to give him advice 

http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php't=43304

[CustardLips]

Be a shame to lose what's been built up on Rad over the last 10 yrs for a solitary moment in time on facebook.   

[Gish]

Why don't the Rad Facebook page be closed down then maybe sales on here may pick up.
Also it's a way of people not paying for a S/S tag to sell on here 

[bigfatolly]

That's what I was thinking Gish.
If people are selling on FB for free,they may not renew their SS Tags and that will have a knock on effect for this site as regards the upkeep and MK etc.
I suppose though even if the Rad group on FB was shut down ,there are other groups on there where you can sell your parts.

[Gnarlyscoots]

Be a shame to lose what's been built up on Rad over the last 10 yrs for a solitary moment in time on facebook.   

Very very true. I will always be on here though 

I posted this today on here at 1454hrs  >>  http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,177920.0.html

It has had 25 views and no replies. I posted it on the Museum FB page at 1934 and got my answer, with picture confirmation, within 10 minutes.

That's the sign of the times on here. Many people with the knowledge are just not around anymore. Take a build for instance. You spend months and plenty of time, preperation and money getting a build done and when you post on here, you may get 200 odd views but only 3 or 4 comments. People would rather hit the like button than take a few momnets to write a couple of words. Some say "so what, you built the bike for yourself, that's all that matters" etc...True but, it is nice for people to acknowledge the work that has gone into the build. After all, that's the spirit of BMX and a few warm comments go a long way to make someone feel they have done something worthwhile 

[That Swan Guy]

Don't get me on the Museum facebook page!

What a bunch of idiots.

What's this worth questions do my noggin in. If it's not a million $ they kick off.
You can't get a sensible answer out of most of them.
What is this? Another bonehead question: DO YOU OWN HOMEWORK FFS!

I've left that stupid group!

[Retrodan72]

I've protested against the FB page for ages now, and been ignored.

There's absolutely no need for it whatsoever NOW.

Close it and drive the serious BMX collectors/enthusiasts/riders back here.

It's THAT simple.

 

[Gish]

I've protested against the FB page for ages now, and been ignored.

There's absolutely no need for it whatsoever NOW.

Close it and drive the serious BMX collectors/enthusiasts/riders back here.

It's THAT simple.

 

whos the man with the delete button Dan   

i think he needs a wee nudge 

[oldschoolace]

Kill it with Fire! 

[Retrodan72]

I've protested against the FB page for ages now, and been ignored.

There's absolutely no need for it whatsoever NOW.

Close it and drive the serious BMX collectors/enthusiasts/riders back here.

It's THAT simple.

 

whos the man with the delete button Dan   

i think he needs a wee nudge 

Griff and Ed control it mate.

[CustardLips]

I agree it needs kicking in to touch. 

[bigfatolly]

Added a little fun poll,let's see what everyone thinks....

[Mat]

Face what ??

[NORTY40]

Fook it off once and for all FFS !!!

[Gish]

Griff & Ed hope your reading this fellas 

But I blame Dave Brummie cos he's stopped dibbing  everything now 

[eddie kidd]

I'm not on Facebook, and have no intention of joining it either...

The short time i've been on here i've gained a lot of valuable information...

Spent a fortune mind you, but that's part and parcel of the love for BMX...

[stevesredvxr]

Get rid of the Facebook site and get this forum back to how it was.....

A great set of guys, same hobby, same attitudes and same admiration of each other's builds.

Not to mention the SST contributions must be suffering too.

Kill it. 

[denzil]

I use Facebook a lot, but ther are that many other bmx site on there now it's just getting lost. So my vote is yes shut it down and get the real site sorted out .

[griff]

For the record, I don't control it and neither does Ed, we just help with admins along with other mods
It was set up by Nick when the site went down before as a backup and has carried on from there as an extension of this place

While it will never replace Rad as a useful long term resource it does come in handy for short term things like organising events/sharing pics and it has brought a few decent new members to the forum (hands up if you found the FB group first before coming here...)

Not convinced by any arguments that simply deleting the group will suddenly give the forum a boost, it's just not as simple as that - there are dozens of other FB BMX groups that people could just as easily use as a substitute. Site tag sales are not exactly suffering either as true radsters know where the money goes regardless of whether they use the sales section here or not

Other older-tech forums have suffered badly because of social media but we continue to add new members all the time, inevitably some long standing members will move on but then you often see people return after a break.

If you want to give the forum a boost then start a thread, sell stuff here first exclusively or post links on the FB group to this place
In my humble opinion binning off the FB group is just like sticking your head in the sand and hoping the problem goes away by itself - it won't!

[oldschoolib]

darent use facebook so keep everythingon here link it fromfacebook to here