Groups, does anyone ever use them?

Mosaic

Super Moderator
I don't think so, everyone just posts in the forum. I have looked at them but don't see any activity.
~Mosaic
 

onela

New member
When I first signed up, I found the groups function here at the forum to be not very user-friendly (hard to search, hard to browse). I haven't tried to use them since.
 

onela

New member
LOL and I made 2 groups there, I feel like an idiot! No one ever posts...:lol:

I suspect (but don't know for sure) that the groups function here suffer from the same difficulties as groups and pages on facebook. What doesn't work about those features on facebook is that if somebody's posted something new or replied to something you've put up, facebook doesn't notify you of that fact. You only know the next time you happen to be at that group/page. Is that the same as the groups here? Honestly I've found it so hard to find groups that interest me (the interface for finding groups is so poor that I gave up pretty quickly) that I have no idea if the forum e-mails you or whatever to tell you that there's activity on your group...
 

Amulya

Moderator
I think it is the notification system. I don't understand the pages and groups on Facebook, why 2 why not just groups?
 

onela

New member
Oh, I forget why facebook's done it- I think pages might have used to have been called fanpages to further complicate matters. I think it's to do with the difference between if you just like something or if you're actually involved in it (business, etc). *or something*.
 

Amulya

Moderator
Exactly, no use at all. And I find fan pages a little bit vain if made by the dancer themselves. That's why I don't make one for myself.
 

Reen.Blom

New member
Groups and Pages serve different purposes on Facebook. Groups are meant to foster group discussion around a particular topic area while Pages allow entities such as public figures and organizations to broadcast information to their fans. Only the authorized representative of the entity can run a Page.
 
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