[Gupz]

Surely this post is just an echo of the thing you are damming facebook for?

If you don't write personal thoughts, feelings, events or otherwise...Facebook can be used in an extremely effective way to gain a much wider audience that this hobby could never hope to reach before.

Facebook is free. There are many small clubs out there that simple can't afford to run a domain name of their own, or that know anyone with the skill to make up their own website.

I'm part of the Mendip RC Raceway committee and find that writing up the club results and race day events gets a much greater response and audience than any other platform. When a club creates a page on FB, they can see how many people the post has reached, how many have clicked the post, shared it among fellow racers etc, etc.....

I love oOple and will always hold this site in a very high regard (Thanks Jimmy) but, the difference is this..... One post on here gets viewed, at most a couple hundred times...... One post on Facebook, viewed over a thousand times, in less than an hour. The result of FB for our club has been that we get a much wider audience, a better turn out at club events and ultimately more members. Not only that, but the younger racers have family members that can see their progress and will support them. Giving praise etc.... How many people have family members on oOple, that see their race results? I doubt there would be many.

Rather than damn a free enterprise that gives millions access to a whole host of different events, sports and many other things, why not sign up, set your privacy settings to maximum (as I have) so you don't get any randoms from years ago having a look at your personal info and do your best not to join the Jeremy Kyle show by posting every life event on there. You may find it is more of a help than anything else.

Just my two pence worth

Long live oOple!