This is sort of a rant... Recently I picked up a motorcycle again after a few years... first thing I do, check a few forums I used to frequent to see what's going, get up to date on stuff, see who is still there, etc...
WTF... Forums are EMPTY, it's all on fucking Facebook.
But there is a huge problem with Facebook... everyone can create their own little group, kick whoever they want out, moderate content.
So instead of a larger forum with tons of good infos, some local sections for rides, a good For Sale section, and some great content I am now left having to register to 3425423 stupid groups, half of them seem empty or useless, others are too active and I don't have time to browse 45 pages of boring useless blablabla in Facebook style to see if there is anything interesting. This is even worst when you want to know what's going on in another city, I tried to look into groups around Montreal, holy fawk... 95% of the posts are "Look at my new bike> with a bunch of likes... no content, no discussions, no good talk about the new bike Yamaha/Suzuki/Kawasaki released. Just social media look at me crap.
I don't have time to keep up with all those Facebook Groups... This is nuts!
I'm gonna sound like an old fart but I really miss the early 2000s era of Internet Forums, it was awesome and we did not know it.
WTF... Forums are EMPTY, it's all on fucking Facebook.
But there is a huge problem with Facebook... everyone can create their own little group, kick whoever they want out, moderate content.
So instead of a larger forum with tons of good infos, some local sections for rides, a good For Sale section, and some great content I am now left having to register to 3425423 stupid groups, half of them seem empty or useless, others are too active and I don't have time to browse 45 pages of boring useless blablabla in Facebook style to see if there is anything interesting. This is even worst when you want to know what's going on in another city, I tried to look into groups around Montreal, holy fawk... 95% of the posts are "Look at my new bike> with a bunch of likes... no content, no discussions, no good talk about the new bike Yamaha/Suzuki/Kawasaki released. Just social media look at me crap.
I don't have time to keep up with all those Facebook Groups... This is nuts!
I'm gonna sound like an old fart but I really miss the early 2000s era of Internet Forums, it was awesome and we did not know it.