Have people really moved to Facebook?  I am surprised.  FB is not the same thing as a local community forum.

I still find it helpful here for practical support.  There are a few old timers around prepared to answer my [sometimes stupid] questions and for that I am grateful.  Invaluable for buying and selling too.

Business might pick up if more people knew about the DB Forum.  Do they for instance advertise in Around DB?

There are several facebook groups,

DB Mums
DB mumma
Mothers of DB
DB ladies
DB matters
DB females


Being slightly facetious, but it isn't far from the truth. That is what they are basically all called. Because it's not anonymous it doesn't really cover the topics that people would be shy to ask about.


A moderator would have been good, but I think it is more about a change in technology usage.

Ger, I joined a few FB groups for the news feed but not engaged in any discussion. The great thing about forums is the anonymity which provides some safety against crazy people.

Poka, I don't think it's anything to do with the moderator. This forum has largely been free from spam posts (unlike the other Dbay forum). I think it's more to do with seeing abusive replies and not wanting to be subject to nasty comments. A forum is pretty much only as good as its community. A lot of interesting people have left because they received excessive online abuse. Two members in particular are BlondieHK and manou.

Heck, even "Windies" was abusive to HK1980 by calling him  a pedophile. That guy was not right in the head but his posts were fun to read but he too got on the receiving end of abuse when he was caught asking for books to donate and using them to teach kids (i.e. profited from people's kindness)

Garmato and HK1980 - this video floated past my FB page.  Reproduced here for your interest.  Good Cantonese from these foreigners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbK4GtIqr-4&feature=youtu.be

Poka, haha, good point. And there are a lot of dead accounts (45,955 registered members)

Ger, that video at 2:38 happens to me on a few rare occasions. I'm more surprised when I hear a Pakistani or Indonesian speak Cantonese especially when they speak without an accent.

I can suggest searching "reading hate comments" on Youtube for laughs. I wish I was good at throwing shade (making witty comeback remarks). More fun than ignoring rude comments.

Oh, and don't get me started on the 80 personalities of Walter.

He tried to convince us he has USD20M in McDonalds shares 

So sad to read this discussion after all my years of "hanging round" , well...off and on .....with this forum.

Unfortunately the forum has rather faded , killed off slowly by those new but inferior Facebook substitutes.

I have enjoyed contributing to this forum , not always politely, I admit, but it has always been my view that if it's in the "Pub" section, then anything goes except for the use of profanities  and porn.

If readers wish to be reminded of some of "SayNoTo PrivateCars" (SNTPC) crude attempts at photo-montage these should be accessible at http://s1103.photobucket.com/user/chinarail1/library/MiscellaneousSNTPC?sort=3&p... on the "Photobucket" website.

To those leaving ( HK1980 ?) farewell ! But I hope you might change your mind.

I will stick around and will try to check the site more often than I have in recent months

PS

And .........If you really cannot put down that phone and get away from Facebook now.... check out this page
https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=facebook+jokes&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CYHpNmNHWdyQ...

Then the mums have too much time to spare

I think it’s hilarious and fitting that our favorite Roach survives  .

No doubt most people have migrated to Facebook. Just look at the interface on this creaky old message board, it's outdated, unintuitive and frustrating to use.

People expect the simplicity of Facebook - the ability to easily update their profiles, drop in photos or videos, like & share, filter & search etc and to do it from their phones.

Maybe if the site was still owned by someone, it could have been migrated to something more user-friendly and a few more people might still use it.

The forum is good but as previous poster says technology has moved on. Facebook threads are so much richer and very quick to upload a photo and so much easier to contribute with a few clicks on your mobile.