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TheOtherStu · 04-04-2021, 07:16 AM

I know this is a bit of a holy thread resurrection (but being Easter Day, I hope I'll be allowed), but I saw this thread exactly after getting annoyed at multiple posts on FB.

I'm a member of a number of hobby forums (Cars, Radio and others) and I genuinely find that people on forums tend to actually know stuff. They do their research. For instance, the car forums I'm a member of have specialist mechanics who regularly give their time for advice and you quickly learn which ones to listen to.

The problem with Facebook and the like is that it's quite often Facebook has rather strict admins who have their own opinions and whilst they think they're doing it for the right reason, actually come across as "know-it-alls" and foist that opinion.

In addition, there are people who have their own opinion and present it as absolute fact. If you ask a question about food, for instance, there's quite often someone who'll say "You can't feed that to a hamster" really quickly, until you read about 20 posts down the thread that there's someone who'll say "Actually my hamster is 4 years old and I've fed it that weekly". Unfortunately, unlike a forum, it just gets missed and Facebook's algorythm will hide it for the rest of time.

Forums generally have great search engines and don't need the same questions time after time after time - anyone who knows how to use a forum will know that it's very rare that really you need to start a thread - the answer (particularly one that's as large and varied as this) is already here!

Whereas Facebook tends to be the same question over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.

04-04-2021, 07:16 AM
TheOtherStu Newborn Pup Join Date: Jan 2021 Posts: 5	Re: Cage/Peer pressure on social media I know this is a bit of a holy thread resurrection (but being Easter Day, I hope I'll be allowed), but I saw this thread exactly after getting annoyed at multiple posts on FB. I'm a member of a number of hobby forums (Cars, Radio and others) and I genuinely find that people on forums tend to actually know stuff. They do their research. For instance, the car forums I'm a member of have specialist mechanics who regularly give their time for advice and you quickly learn which ones to listen to. The problem with Facebook and the like is that it's quite often Facebook has rather strict admins who have their own opinions and whilst they think they're doing it for the right reason, actually come across as "know-it-alls" and foist that opinion. In addition, there are people who have their own opinion and present it as absolute fact. If you ask a question about food, for instance, there's quite often someone who'll say "You can't feed that to a hamster" really quickly, until you read about 20 posts down the thread that there's someone who'll say "Actually my hamster is 4 years old and I've fed it that weekly". Unfortunately, unlike a forum, it just gets missed and Facebook's algorythm will hide it for the rest of time. Forums generally have great search engines and don't need the same questions time after time after time - anyone who knows how to use a forum will know that it's very rare that really you need to start a thread - the answer (particularly one that's as large and varied as this) is already here! Whereas Facebook tends to be the same question over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.