to fb or not to fb... that is the ?

Never and under no circumstances would I use FB.

Thanks, Andrea--just requested to join your page. I am also a member of "Magnepan Users Group" and "Fans of Audio Research". Lots of great information, conversation with fellow users, photos of systems, and the trolls and meanies usually get bounced right out. I like this forum, too.

Thanks for the laugh tablejockey... too funny. Oh, I forgot to mention... that it is a closed group... people request to join. This hopefully keeps the Nay sayers and trolls out : )

Thanks jafreeman... will check out "Fans of Audio Research"  : )

Best of luck with your forum, Andera.

I belong to a few Facebook groups as well as a number of other forums devoted to things like computers, videography, and sound recording. And I must say that the format of the Facebook groups is the one and only one of them that I find to be a constant source of annoyance. The "shortcuts" on my Facebook home page list how many new posts have been placed in each group I belong to since my last visit, but finding those new posts involves a seemingly endless series of clicks of "view more comments," "view more replies," and "see more" links, most of which simply expose things I've already seen.

Not to mention that the technique required to simply put a space between paragraphs when submitting a comment is very non-obvious, at least when using a desktop or laptop computer rather than a mobile device, and requires pressing two keys simultaneously under many circumstances.

I'll mention also that I registered on Facebook only to be able to see other people's profiles and to join the groups I referred to. As a matter of privacy and security I provide zero information on my own profile page.

Again, though, good luck. Regards,
-- Al