O/T The Differences Between Net54baseball and Facebook?

[Leon]

Many times I have been asked the question about how this forum is different than the FB groups with vintage cards? I am on FB a little bit and, to me, it just seems like a whole different experience here. Other's thoughts...

and a very scarce horizontal R315 strip...
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[x2drich2000]

100% agree that it is a different experience. Maybe it is the groups I'm in or the separation here, but I find this site more informational and facebook more transactional. One of my biggest pet peeves with Facebook is the way posts disappear either from the original poster or a mod deleting it. You post something someone doesn't agree with or call someone out on something like a fake and within 10 min all the posts disappear. I also really appreciate the long history here. I know I still constantly reference back to old posts on this forum from 5, 10, 15 years ago to get info and I can't see that happening with any facebook groups.

[rjackson44]

No facebook group is run like leon runs this . Not even close!

[butchie_t]

Ignorance is bliss from my standpoint. I have no Facebook anything and won't ever have one.

So this place wins by default!

Cheers,

B. T.

[GrewUpWithJunkWax]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

Ignorance is bliss from my standpoint. I have no Facebook anything and won't ever have one.

So this place wins by default!

Cheers,

B. T.

I'm with you on that.

[bnorth]

I rarely use Facebook. I got the personal account years ago so I could open a business account to promote my business. Now I mainly use it to learn about products. Usually their FB page is way better that their web page when needing info.

The big difference for me is: 99.9% of the time when I get a message from another Net54 member I am happy to get it. Most messages I get on FB are from people I have not seen for years and I would really like to extend that not communicating with them streak as long as possible.

[darwinbulldog]

I appreciate both that there is a policy against political posts here and that there is not such a policy on Facebook as it's important for me to engage in discussions of [redacted]. That said, though I probably spend more time on Facebook than on Net54, I don't spend any of my Facebook time in sportscard-related groups.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

100% agree that it is a different experience. Maybe it is the groups I'm in or the separation here, but I find this site more informational and facebook more transactional. One of my biggest pet peeves with Facebook is the way posts disappear either from the original poster or a mod deleting it. You post something someone doesn't agree with or call someone out on something like a fake and within 10 min all the posts disappear. I also really appreciate the long history here. I know I still constantly reference back to old posts on this forum from 5, 10, 15 years ago to get info and I can't see that happening with any facebook groups.

This.

[BCauley]

I appreciate the actual discussions on here and find that there appears to be a hell of a lot more knowledge of cards and the hobby than there is on Facebook. Not saying it's not there on FB, but if it is it gets drowned out by the multitude of people who apparently are lacking something in their life and like to just be jerks to others.

I don't post/comment much on here but do read nearly all of the threads. I've learned a lot since coming to this forum and have done a few deals both buying and selling. I can't say I've learned anything from any of the groups on FB I'm a part of. For the most part, I just like to see people's pickups in the FB groups. Haven't done any buying/selling on there and really can't see myself ever doing so.

Oh, and I also appreciate that people on here seemingly still prefer to use scanners instead of a phone pic.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I have no social media accounts. Does Facebook use those ridiculous @ signs or is that Twitter?

[timzcardz]

Never been on that Book of Faces, and don't see why I ever will be.

There is nothing lacking here that would drive me to look someplace else.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I have no social media accounts. Does Facebook use those ridiculous @ signs or is that Twitter?

That’s Twitter.

[Johnny630]

For the most part Facebook is Emotionally Driven....Net54 has more intellect and wisdom in cards and collecting:-)

Both have their ups and downs.

[jcmtiger]

I use Facebook sites where I grew up places I worked etc. I have sold some cards on Facebook sites though. Nothing like Net54. Joe

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

That’s Twitter.

I know it's a generational bias, but I just don't understand the people who seem to play out their lives on social media.

[maniac_73]

on FB only a few messages pop up and most get lost in the abyss. Also, the layout focuses more on show and tell and less on actual discussion. I prefer the board where you can go through as many old threads as you want and easily see and reply to the discussion

[JeremyW]

I'm not on any social media sites. Maybe I'm missing out. This site has all the info that I'm looking for.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I know it's a generational bias, but I just don't understand the people who seem to play out their lives on social media.

I, for one, would like to know what you had for lunch today!

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I know it's a generational bias, but I just don't understand the people who seem to play out their lives on social media.

Facebook and Instagram seem to be more about curating your life experience to convince other people for some reason how special your existence is. Whenever I see these people who post about every meal they ate or ever place they've gone or every show they've seen I immediately think they must be very unfulfilled people. "Here is the fantastic piece of apple pie I had last evening. . . ." Really? "Here I am cooking bacon. . ." Huh? If you go see a good show, who cares that other people know you went to it. Live in the moment. Saw a great show a few weeks ago and people were filming and posting it as it was happening. Weird. Like the "atta boys" from other people were more important than the artist on stage.

There's precious little boasting on 54 about what someone owns. It's largely not a dick measuring contest. It's really about sharing information. That's the biggest difference for me from other forms of social media.

[JimC]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I know it's a generational bias, but I just don't understand the people who seem to play out their lives on social media.

Peter that's because it is far too late for you to play yours out on social media!

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I have no social media accounts. Does Facebook use those ridiculous @ signs or is that Twitter?

Both use them but in slightly different ways. You're most likely thinking of Twitter. They also both use # signs.

[Tabe]

I use Facebook extensively besides reading this site regularly. The two experiences are wildly different.

This board clearly skews older in many ways - the items collected, the physical age of the members, the experience of the collectors, and so on. The knowledge for anything pre-2000 or so is incredibly deep here. It doesn't take long to get an answer if you're asking about some obscure 1916 postcard that only has 3 exemplars - and someone here probably owns one of the three. You won't find that on Facebook.

This board also has a superior structure for promoting actual discussion. Posts don't appear in a random order and they rarely disappear.

Facebook has the advantage of having a much larger audience. And the knowledge on newer products is far higher.

But the structure of Facebook stinks. Posts appear in seemingly random order, show up as new 3 days after they were posted originally, and so on. You never quite know what you're getting.

Like I said, I use Facebook extensively. Not so much for cards - though I'm a member of some groups - but for personal interaction with friends. I rarely post on my Facebook wall anymore but I am very active in a handful of groups and have made many, many good friends through them.