F*ck Facebook (PG13)

**HB Vic** · 12-20-2014, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by RogerThat99

Jerry, I believe the point Vic is making is that when rhe majority of content is posted on FB, there is no need to come onto a forum. If people don't come on the forum (drive site traffic), the advertisers won't pay to advertise. If there are no advertising dollars, then HB isn't able to sponsor races or events.

In short, when people choose to post their content on FB, the resulting ad dollars / revenue is not reinvested in sponsorship of boating events.

Bingo

**Sharp shooter** · 12-20-2014, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by RogerThat99

Jerry, I believe the point Vic is making is that when rhe majority of content is posted on FB, there is no need to come onto a forum. If people don't come on the forum (drive site traffic), the advertisers won't pay to advertise. If there are no advertising dollars, then HB isn't able to sponsor races or events.

In short, when people choose to post their content on FB, the resulting ad dollars / revenue is not reinvested in sponsorship of boating events.

Originally Posted by Vic

Bingo

Ok, I see your point/s.

I do believe a lot of people post their content both on FB and on forums. That's what I do. I don't simply pile a bunch of pics onto FB and nowhere else and I see this with others as well (Scott you do this too I think).

Vic, I believe that when you post your watermarked pics on FB (or anybody does) somebody somewhere will at minimum do a fly by on your site. At that point, hopefully the site will carry itself resulting in another new member. I think your odds are best if you have even more pics here and info that people are interested in.

If FB and IG are truly killing forums why aren't they all gone?

I'm just offering another perspective and I hope you don't take this as an attack because I'm really trying to help (whether you want it or not

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**HB Vic** · 12-20-2014, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by Sharp shooter

Ok, I see your point/s.

I do believe a lot of people post their content both on FB and on forums. That's what I do. I don't simply pile a bunch of pics onto FB and nowhere else and I see this with others as well (Scott you do this too I think).

Vic, I believe that when you post your watermarked pics on FB (or anybody does) somebody somewhere will at minimum do a fly by on your site. At that point, hopefully the site will carry itself resulting in another new member. I think your odds are best if you have even more pics here and info that people are interested in.

If FB and IG are truly killing forums why aren't they all gone?

I'm just offering another perspective and I hope you don't take this as an attack because I'm really trying to help (whether you want it or not

).

From what I've seen, unless they are posting on some secret site, most of the posts are on FB and no where else. So not just hurting this site but the others as well. It has to be a two way street. Sponsorship dollars are expected to come back in some form or fashion. You can't just take the money and run, it won't last.

I intentionally do not post a lot of content (what little we have anyway) on FB or IG. And I will definitely tell people to come here to see all the pics. But the point is the bulk of the content whether it be chatter or actual event info, is, from what I can see, posted on FB and/or IG and not on sites such as this. And in the end that will definitely hurt the sport by in the end loss of ad dollars.

But what do I know