Just to comment....
I use the word
Fleeting
To describe the Big Picture of a Facebook Group. Whatever you post there is fleeting, it's like a vapor, it's there for a moment and then gone.
Compared to the interface or format provided by a forum it sucks. I don't use the word sucks in public very often but it's accurate. With a forum you do this,
Bold Heading - To tell the reader what the body copy will be about
Body copy - The body copy goes here, it goes into the details of the heading and is usually a paragraph or two or three. It's the writer's opportunity to go deep into a topic and provide real or helpful information.
Image - Then a picture can be placed in a linear format, that is sandwiched in-between one group of headings and copy and the next group of headings and copy. The image fortifies the topic being discussed.
Like this,
Dogs and Kittens
One of the most heart warming things you can experience in life is to watch the relationship between a full grown, full size large dog and a tiny, weeks-old kitten. The kitten has no fear? And the dog knows with a single swipe of their paw they can send the kitten flying across the room, but their gentle nature is patient and welcoming to their new small friend.
You cannot do the above on Facebook or on a Facebook Group. What you can do is type your message and then add your pictures in a jumbled mess. Nothing wrong with this it's simply not a good format for education or sharing information in a way that makes it easy for the brain to absorb and retain.
People around me tell me all the time,
Forums are dying
or even more to the point...
Forums are dead
So be it. The market place like always, will decide the winners and the losers, even if it means we're all losers. Of course, the people that I hear say this are also not people that create new content. That's one of the things I excel at - creating new content.
Maybe someday Facebook will work more like a forum.
