Freya Gin wrote on Jun 2
nd, 2018 at 1:14pm:
I agree with Steel Wheels. I wish the FB page was dropped in favor of the forum, even though I'm on FB. I know I"ve said that I feel like I know you guys but I don't feel the same with the FB crowd that doesn't post here, and I prefer a little privacy online. I learned a hard lesson about putting my real name online 12 years ago, a lesson I won't soon forget. Thus, if the RO forum were to disappear, I'd disappear with it. The only person who's ever posted here that I'm in contact with on FB is gypsymofo.
In fairness, we just use the facebook page as an alternative outlet for news stories which are also posted here. Whilst it gets a lot of hits and has over 13,000 followers/members, there's not much actual discussion on it.
In general, its a different type of fan that uses facebook - the Stones own official social media sites are the same. They'll ask fans what songs they want the band to play and you guarantee that most of the replies are from people who apparently seem to be under the impression that the Stones wont play 'Brown Sugar' unless they're asked to do so on facebook.
The people who are still members here but who dont (or hardly ever) post anymore arent posting on the facebook page instead. They're mostly using their own pages, from what I can see.