Administrators Eric Posted June 19, 2022 Administrators Share Posted June 19, 2022 Back in 2006 or 2007, when I still owned Glock Talk, I added a GT Group to my FB account. After I sold GT, I forgot about the Group and it apparently has drifted rutterless for a decade. One of the group members recently contacted me about all the spam on the group. I wasn't even sure what group he was talking about, at first. I went in and checked and there was still a GT Group on my FB account and I was still the admin. The majority of the content there was spam, of one sort or another. So, instead of just shutting down the group, I repurposed it for TBS. So, TBS now has a FB Group. I'm not sure how many of the old members are active and how many will stick around after the change, but I am going to try to revamp the Group. I will tie it to TBS and some content from here will get posted there. Anyway, if you FaceBook and would care to joing the group, here is a link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2221459263 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeorge Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Nice I'll look for the new group 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted June 19, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted June 19, 2022 The ninth anniversary of Okie's passing is coming up, on 8 July. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2221459263/permalink/10159915841379264/ 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 In. I don't see it lasting very long on FB, but others have survived. I guess it survived for years in auto pilot. Amazing it took this long for an admin notice. I mod a group there and it seems there are a dozen reported posts a day or more. It's a large group and most are for spam. Good luck with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted June 19, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted June 19, 2022 20 minutes ago, LostinTexas said: In. I don't see it lasting very long on FB, but others have survived. I guess it survived for years in auto pilot. Amazing it took this long for an admin notice. I mod a group there and it seems there are a dozen reported posts a day or more. It's a large group and most are for spam. Good luck with it. I was the only admin. It has been flying along on autopilot. I am amazed it went on alone as long as it did. Anyway, growing a site like TBS, in this day-and-age, is a damned difficult proposition. Leveraging a FB group might help me gain some traction. We'll see, I guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Looks like it has a decent following. Kind of interesting it has managed itself over the years. Well, I guess it works, so no need in fixing it. Maybe we can get some intermingling here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I've never had an honest facebook account before, besides creating a fake account for work. I'm not sure I see any reason to join facebook for real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted June 19, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted June 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, LostinTexas said: Looks like it has a decent following. Kind of interesting it has managed itself over the years. Well, I guess it works, so no need in fixing it. Maybe we can get some intermingling here. I have posted there a bit tonight and there was a decent response so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Why not Twitter? The censorship there isn't as bad as it used to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted June 19, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted June 19, 2022 44 minutes ago, Maser said: Why not Twitter? The censorship there isn't as bad as it used to be. Because I didn't have an old GT account on Twitter that recently came back to my attention. This just kind of happened. I will be pursuing similar efforts on other social media platforms. They are the reason that it is so much more difficult to grow a site like this, than it was when I built GT. If I can use them to help me grow this place, I will do so. I'm not a fan of social media, but that is where the people are at. When Willie Sutton (Don't know who he is? Google) was once asked why he robbed banks, he replied, "Because that is where the money is." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 11:11 PM, Eric said: The ninth anniversary of Okie's passing is coming up, on 8 July. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2221459263/permalink/10159915841379264/ I don't do Facebook, but I do remember Okie. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I had a hard enough time getting RID of FB, that I never want to have again ...or why should I? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fog Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 So, this means Eric is once again the rutter? https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted June 20, 2022 Author Administrators Share Posted June 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Fog said: So, this means Eric is once again the rutter? https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbie18 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I don't have a Facebook account, other than a fake one I use to track local gangs (I'm a black male 17 years old from LA, I'm totally gangsta). You'd be surprised how well that actually works on people. Anywho...I did visit the Facebook for TBS without logging in, and I really like it. I approve. I will lurk there quietly... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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