I used to live on these forums, life happens and we get busier. Personalities clash and some people move on. Seems people my age aren't spending as much on hobbies that aren't RC.
Talking with my younger coworker, he's also noticed a decline of forum activity on tuner forums as people migrate to FB groups. He's stating it's convenient because he's already on FB. Maybe it's a platform issue? Is there a way to make the FB post a new thread on the forum and the replies (FB or forum) are integrated into both the FB post and MASC thread? The issue with FB groups is the absence of a search feature. Typing the same information for the same question asked 12 hours apart by two different people starts to wear on people. For me, half of my replies started being a copy and paste of me using the search bar for the exact question being asked. It turned into me searching for them and getting annoyed with it. So I stopped coming around.
Anyways, I remember manning the ReefStock booth. The most memorable thing was that most people had never heard of MASC. Some had been in RMRC and didn't like the infighting so they didn't do clubs anymore. The booth was an awesome place to tell the masses about the local reefing scene.
Having a strong FB presence would be a definite must, the personnel in charge of it would need to give a quick answer there and direct people to the forum for the detailed answers.
I think it's silly not to use every avenue at our disposal to gain members.
Hope this made sense, fell asleep twice while writing this.
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Talking with my younger coworker, he's also noticed a decline of forum activity on tuner forums as people migrate to FB groups. He's stating it's convenient because he's already on FB. Maybe it's a platform issue? Is there a way to make the FB post a new thread on the forum and the replies (FB or forum) are integrated into both the FB post and MASC thread? The issue with FB groups is the absence of a search feature. Typing the same information for the same question asked 12 hours apart by two different people starts to wear on people. For me, half of my replies started being a copy and paste of me using the search bar for the exact question being asked. It turned into me searching for them and getting annoyed with it. So I stopped coming around.
Anyways, I remember manning the ReefStock booth. The most memorable thing was that most people had never heard of MASC. Some had been in RMRC and didn't like the infighting so they didn't do clubs anymore. The booth was an awesome place to tell the masses about the local reefing scene.
Having a strong FB presence would be a definite must, the personnel in charge of it would need to give a quick answer there and direct people to the forum for the detailed answers.
I think it's silly not to use every avenue at our disposal to gain members.
Hope this made sense, fell asleep twice while writing this.
Sent from my iPhone using MASC mobile app