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Are you saying that without Facebook the community wouldn't exist because participants wouldn't pay to play? I'm just not quite clear on your comment.
by shanecleveland 5y ago
Are you saying that without Facebook the community wouldn't exist because participants wouldn't pay to play? I'm just not quite clear on your comment.
- ryandrake 5y agoI think OP's point was: Nobody is forced to use Facebook. People choose to use it even though they hate supporting the ecosystem, because it makes some things convenient. Pretty obvious point but some people here (not you) claim that participation is something you are essentially forced to do, for whatever reason.
- shanecleveland 5y agoThat makes sense. I totally agree. There are existing, well-established online communities outside of Facebook for this particular topic I am interested in. And now that I have found out about the Facebook group, I see why they appear to be slowly dying. OP seemed to imply it's Facebook or nothing. I disagree with that. And I think there are many examples of communities outside of Facebook that do it well in a privacy-friendly way that are well supported by its members. I am definitely making an un-forced choice to join to have access to their content. The trade-off, of course, is that I have to agree to their terms and offer my pseudo "support."