Getting the Same Environment as Facebook Groups

[Jason76]

Lots of people are chatting on FB groups. How can we get them to come over to a forum and do the same? I'm thinking engaging content would be one thing. 🙂

 

[Gus]

Lots of people are chatting on FB groups. How can we get them to come over to a forum and do the same? I'm thinking engaging content would be one thing. 🙂

Why not create your own Facebook group?

 

[Bawse]

Unique and quality content. Also sharing posts in your group that'll spike interest from your members is a good way to attract members to your forum. I'm also a owner of an active Facebook group that recently opened forums on my site.

 

[daica85]

Beside FB group, I see that now aday people usually uses Skype chat group or Slack group to interact each other.

 

[Page]

Discord tends to be good now on getting good chat going with people

 

[IkaBula]

Why not create your own Facebook group?

Because not every damn person is on/likes Facebook. 😛

But seriously, forums have a place on the internet and are dying because Facebook and other big playaz are like the new Wal-Mart* that came to town and is killing off the little guys (who by the way, don't invade privacy, or treat their members as their product and make big dollaz off of them...But, ya'know.)

*Did I do an American thing right? Am I learning?

 

[Jason76]

Why not create your own Facebook group?

Because not every damn person is on/likes Facebook. 😛

But seriously, forums have a place on the internet and are dying because Facebook and other big playaz are like the new Wal-Mart* that came to down and is killing off the little guys (who by the way, don't invade privacy, or treat their members as their product and make big dollaz off of them...But, ya'know.)

*Did I do an American thing right? Am I learning?

Definitely, Facebook is a forum monopoly.

 

[Phuturism]

Facebook has the landscape to be the public's internet. Remember back in the AoL days when people would describe the net, they meant logging into and saying within the safe confines of the AOL walled garden. Everyone is using Facebook (relative speaking) and their friends and family are there so, why should they ever leave the garden of Facebook.

I like the comparison of Facebook to Walmart. Fits it pretty much to a tee.

 

[Jason76]

Facebook has the landscape to be the public's internet. Remember back in the AoL days when people would describe the net, they meant logging into and saying within the safe confines of the AOL walled garden. Everyone is using Facebook (relative speaking) and their friends and family are there so, why should they ever leave the garden of Facebook.

I like the comparison of Facebook to Walmart. Fits it pretty much to a tee.

I got nothing necessarily against Facebook. It's definitely a good way to access traffic - and it's often free. Nonetheless, it shouldn't be the whole show. I want some on Facebook to go to private forums made by XenForo, MyBB, phpBB or whatever. Anyhow, Facebook groups are boring cause even with customization, there is still the blue background (somewhat) etc..

 

[IkaBula]

Full discloser: I have a lot against Facebook, Twitter, Insta, SnapChat, WhatsApp...Dislike all.

 

[Gus]

It would be cool if Facebook had some sort of ad revenue sharing program. Let's say you do decide to (go where the people are and) make your own FB group. If it gets a lot of traffic, they'd send you some money every month.

 

[IkaBula]

It would be cool if Facebook had some sort of ad revenue sharing program. Let's say you do decide to (go where the people are and) make your own FB group. If it gets a lot of traffic, they'd send you some money every month.

lol dream on.

 

[Gus]

It would be cool if Facebook had some sort of ad revenue sharing program. Let's say you do decide to (go where the people are and) make your own FB group. If it gets a lot of traffic, they'd send you some money every month.

lol dream on.

K

 

[Japanese Metal Forum]

We currently have a page and a group on Facebook, and there's been some mild success with them both. The group is definitely more active than the page, and it has earned us a handful of new members, one of them ending up as a regular.

 

[Page]

Just as hard to promote the page group then a darn website

 

[Japanese Metal Forum]

Offer a distinctive outlet, and they will follow. 🙂

 

[Page]

There is an increasing tendency of using mobile for the generation X (who was born between 1990 to 2000). I think they are the potential ones that you want to target at, so you should develop a forum mobile app which provides the same convenience like Facebook group.

There are many forums now that are responsiveness

 

[IkaBula]

There is an increasing tendency of using mobile for the generation X (who was born between 1990 to 2000). I think they are the potential ones that you want to target at, so you should develop a forum mobile app which provides the same convenience like Facebook group.

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