13-01-2022, 07:20 PM
you don't have to join... free country!
Having thought it through, having a concentrated indexable (via hashtag) series of posts which are in a VERY narrow range can be a good thing. Facebook groups can be made more searchable. The forum is very, very broad and frequently goes off topic, even if the post title was useful in the first place.
Another impetus is also that free wordpress sites (of the various 'narrow focus' A7 archive sites) are not terribly good for interactions; people can comment as a secondary (less visible) prompt to a main post. But not add photos without the wordpress organiser having to do it all, which isn't really sustainable for the longer term unless other people actually want to come on board.
Having thought it through, having a concentrated indexable (via hashtag) series of posts which are in a VERY narrow range can be a good thing. Facebook groups can be made more searchable. The forum is very, very broad and frequently goes off topic, even if the post title was useful in the first place.
Another impetus is also that free wordpress sites (of the various 'narrow focus' A7 archive sites) are not terribly good for interactions; people can comment as a secondary (less visible) prompt to a main post. But not add photos without the wordpress organiser having to do it all, which isn't really sustainable for the longer term unless other people actually want to come on board.