Very interesting one there Rick, Yes I see even while watching Question Time last night that the BBC have firmly embraced Twitter and Facebook as they put the links to these sites on the screen...no links to Doverforum alas!
Yes I suppose in time it will be harder to keep going...too many giants at your shoulder waiting to gobble you up. Our plan of action was and is to keep this website very local with long term active Dover/Deal only members who want to debate. I see another local forum drew in members by the hundreds from Facebook but not sure if that was good for them, in my view this would kill off what we are trying to offer on Doverforum...small town relevence. The members must be local for it to work, in my view. There are enough general forums out there, and of course nobody could take on Facebook..it is all enveloping but sadly with apparently no controls.
As for email, I like it when it works, but recently for some bizarre reason that Ive never come across before in all the years, it has blocked out some guys who I always email for absolutely no apparent reason. No matter what email source you use it still wont let them through. Im now trying switching off the McAfee Firewall to see if that makes a difference.
