Why is the Class B forum so dead?
I recall it being a lot busier in the past. Is it the season or something else?
Forum Discussion
Facebook, Twitter, discussion groups, fora, whatever...they just different interfaces. Each has strengths and weaknesses--all of them are adequate, none of them is great. If you just want to "hang out" and chat, any of them will do.
BUT, there is one function that IMO the discussion groups do far better than any of the au courant social media sites, and that is the accumulation of a referenceable archive of information. Many of the long-standing discussion groups have evolved over the years into treasure troves of valuable and reasonably well-curated information. Every once in awhile one of these venerable groups suddenly disappears for one reason or another. If you have ever experienced this with a group in which you were invested, you know the sense of loss. Stuff does sort of accumulate on Facebook, but it is essentially a medium for ephemera. I don't think anybody really expects stuff submitted there to survive for the long-term.
BUT, there is one function that IMO the discussion groups do far better than any of the au courant social media sites, and that is the accumulation of a referenceable archive of information. Many of the long-standing discussion groups have evolved over the years into treasure troves of valuable and reasonably well-curated information. Every once in awhile one of these venerable groups suddenly disappears for one reason or another. If you have ever experienced this with a group in which you were invested, you know the sense of loss. Stuff does sort of accumulate on Facebook, but it is essentially a medium for ephemera. I don't think anybody really expects stuff submitted there to survive for the long-term.
