[PSUBS-MAILIST] Facebook? [formerly web forum]

[Benny Fritz <ctssbowtie@yahoo.com>]

Both are excellent points.  Luke is right about getting the younger generation's attention in a media they respond to but Jon is also right about access and the 'aww look at the kitty' kind of distractions that will detract from the page.

I have a FB page chronicling the development of my own sub (not building yet) which includes schematic photos, links to web pages like PSubs.org and other items like that radial thruster that was posted earlier.  

To me, FB is very easy to manage, organize and run.  I receive a lot of the incoming communications in a simple and understandable way.  There's no digging through tabs and windows to find things.  My favorite thing is the 'wall' format which allows a running history of posts and activity to be shown.  

http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/#!/pages/Orange-Park-FL/Submersible-Marine-Designs/303289671530

this is my FB page, just so you can get an idea of what I've done with it.

--- On Fri, 9/3/10, Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org> wrote:

> From: Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org>
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Web forum
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 12:59 PM
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion Luke.  I see a few issues
> with a facebook account such as it being yet another
> software tool to manage and an inability to control
> content.  I am facebook illiterate for the most part
> but I believe you can either have open or closed
> access.  If closed, it means we would have to manage
> adding people.  If open, it means anyone can write
> anything they like (start music discussions for example)
> that could detract from the intent of the account. 
> Given what we've discussed about the web forum, facebook
> doesn't sound attractive to me unless it can be limited as a
> portal to point to the official website.
> 
> Jon
> 
> On 9/3/2010 10:42 AM, Luke D Oldham wrote:
> > Apologies for reviving a older topic and this doesn't
> really have to do with the topic. But I'm on facebook and I
> bet some in this group are too. Why not have a PSUBS
> facebook site/group/page? It would open this website and its
> wealth of knowledge to the younger generation and possibly
> gain more interest in them. What are your thoughts on this
> idea? 
> 
> 
> 
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