Are Forums a dying media

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torqued
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Are Forums a dying media

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Just wondering your thoughts?
Are forums a dying Media with people moving towards Facebook groups?
For me i cannot stand the spam that is Facebook.
Seems every 2nd question seems to be the same and something i did want to look up from yesterday is gone to the bottom of the trash pile.

Dunno, Maybe i am oldhat.
But i prefer being able to look for something that was posted a month ago.
Read up on past projects the such....

Just a quick ramble from me
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They are but 95% time on Facebook groups is people selling crappy shit and idiots. I think Forums are a good way to weed out the time wasters
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Seems like the facebook groups are where the actual discussion takes place nowadays, while all the build threads and technical data lurks on the forums.
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I think that the forums still have their place with still being able to retain information from old threads and are a great searching tool also.

Definitley weeds out the dickheads also. A lot more bragging and overly opinionated people who create arguements.
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Peoples on line time is being swallowed up more by the book of faces. So people do have a bit less time to spend on forums. I sold parts to a new guy on here recently, and he commented that he was surprised this forum was still going, as so many have died out.
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I generally forget to go onto forums now I just jump on freind book catch up with the world for 30mins and done
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nah not dying, just aging. this place is still better than that gay facebook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Na not dying
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People will come back to the forums

God damn advertising/shit on the news feed sends me back everytime.
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I think forums are a great tool for asking question's about cars and people wanting to help others as its more local , On Fb i follow alot of car pages and what people ask and others say is always a great source of laughter. But really some people have no idea on what they are talking about.
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