Social media vs forums

[Arnold]

My roots are message boards, I started this one in 2000. The past several years everything has switched to social media like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

My question is which do you prefer and why?

 

[Curt James]

I like Facebook groups simply because there are so many options and it seems more participants, but I love forums for navigation, search, and the camaraderie.

 

[SheriV]

social media for close friends and family (fb)- instagram for total fucking off and pointless activity
forums for interwebs fist fights

 

[CG]

Real info - forums
Internet know it all/politicians - fb
Useless shit - ig/snap

 

[SheriV]

Omg is ig useless shit. Lol
Its utter mindless to me. I made an account after being harassed by a friend to make one and I have no idea what to do with it.

 

[CG]

Omg is ig useless shit. Lol
Its utter mindless to me. I made an account after being harassed by a friend to make one and I have no idea what to do with it.

I hear that. I've got friends that have actually made a career off of it. My SO makes a lot of her business off of it too.. to me, just a way to share funny shit and see what everyone is up to lol

 

[SheriV]

I hear that. I've got friends that have actually made a career off of it. My SO makes a lot of her business off of it too.. to me, just a way to share funny shit and see what everyone is up to lol

Yeah..I see a ton about IG branding. I wanted to stalk car people on it.

It was crazy how many hotel designers liked some table design pics I took ...I was bored and decided to dress up our table like crazy for thanksgiving ..like when I worked in fine dining and apparently I was well trained because it was well received by a bunch of businesses

 

[Sherk]

IG is for the narcissist who can't get enough of themselves with selfies and endless ass shots with filters then call themselves "fitness models" lol. But I have an account and do the same thing.

 

[fufu]

I like forums. They are simpler. They have a better community-feel because there are less overall members; they are niche.

I used to have Facebook, and was on it quite a bit. I permanently deleted my account and haven't looked back since. I don't use any social media besides LinkedIn, and I barely use that.

Forums FTW.