[Rhodes22-list] Facebook

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NOT going to inyourfacebook.
I know many people are socialized there so good luck and happy rhoding!
I prefer privacy and control over socialism. 

> On Feb 10, 2016, at 9:16 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> https://www.facebook.com/General-Boats-Rhodes-22-Sailboat-155705167787639/timeline
> is a Facebook page not a group. As such, anything that you post to 
> the page (as someone who likes the page) is NOT likely to be seen by 
> any other person who likes the page UNLESS that person is also a 
> friend of yours on FB.
> 
> You will note that the posts by anyone other than the owner of the 
> page show up in the "Visitor posts" section on the left hand side of 
> the page. Posts by the owner of the page will show up on the wall of 
> the page and perhaps in the newsfeed of the people who like the page 
> but even there the chance is low.
> 
> On a good day posts that I make to a page I administer 
> (https://www.facebook.com/mainstayrockhall/) reach about 15-20% of 
> the people who like the page. Facebooks proprietary algorithms 
> determine who sees the posts made by a page.
> 
> Facebook groups are better. They can be open or closed. If someone 
> subscribes to a group, there is a good likelihood that they will see 
> the posts from the other members of the group. They do take a bit of 
> administration to keep out the spam and the trolls and of course 
> there are a lot of people who are uncomfortable with Facebook's 
> mining of their personal information and/or posting in such a 
> wide-open worldwide forum.
> 
> For our purposes - sharing info about our boats, I like the email 
> list a whole lot better and I would like it even more if we could see 
> who is sending a message. My second choice would be a threaded 
> bulletin board like the ones at the trailersailor.com. Phil Herring, 
> who runs all of the sailboatowners.com websites is a good guy. 
> Facebook would be a distant 3rd.
> 
> I'm so glad that John and MJM have kept us going all these years. And 
> thanks to Mike for giving us a new home.
> 
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22  Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
> 
> 
> At 09:57 AM 2/10/2016, you wrote:
>> There are 84 people on the Facebook page.  If these conversations move to
>> that, we should be in good shape.  And Facebook ties over to Stan's website
>> and business, so it would help him out with a more unified web presence.
>> 
>> Rick
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