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TwinStar:
I've messaged Campbell and voiced my concerns to him. I'm sharing my concerns here for additional input and perhaps differing opinions.

I flat out don't like the Facebook page. The posts and comments there are sometimes in lieu of or duplicates of posts here. They also aren't categorized nor easily searchable. There also already appears to be a division among the group with another member creating a second RailPro user map. It's not that anyone doesn't have the right to do such but both maps are now incomplete with only partial data.

The split among the two platforms already reminds me of the different Rock Island Railroad groups. Too many people have tried to create 'the' Rock Island group and you have to post and follow 4-6 different groups with duplicates, partial replies, etc. It's a mess and disorganization at its worst.

The original RPUG was hosted on yahoo! groups and was started by me. When Bill approached me about moving to an actual forum I was fully supportive of that effort and thrilled that we were upgrading. As such, following the import of conversations from yahoo! that group was shutdown to bring everything under this roof. We seem to be going backwards by now branching out. It is my feeling that any other platform should be read only and serve as a redirect to this forum so that we can keep all the RailPro users together.

The opinions of the rest of you are solicited.

atsfguy:
 I agree that is is bad to have two websites purporting to be THE Railpro group. The other fellow should have selected a different title for his site since he followed you.
 I dislike facebook and will not go to the website but that that is just my preference. I like this group and will remain part of it until it ends.

William Brillinger:
Facebook is a very large social mass. People there are talking about RailPro and it makes sense to me that there is a group there. Many people on facebook do not use other forums. It works for them and is accessible from the devices that they use to navigate "the internets" (as we call it in my house).

It is unfortunate that this kind of thing results in splintered communities, and I know that was not Campbell's intention when he created the group. I have followed the group but have not participated very actively.

I think "it is what it is." We can't really control how people choose to interact. Many people who are on facebook will not come here and vice versa. That is ok.

darryl.trains:
 For what it is worth, this is home to me and rightly so as I have gained a lot of info from many members here on RPUG.
No beating up on members, I don't think there has been much in the way of disagreements either?. So here I reside now and until the final bell rings, hopefully not too so, not too soon... The old fardt in Yuma AZ

KPack:
Like Bill said I believe there are many who use Facebook and not forums, and others (like myself) that use forums and do not have a Facebook account.  If questions regarding Railpro are coming up on Facebook, then it makes sense to have a Railpro user presence on there to answer the questions and promote Railpro. 

Facebook is not, like Jacob said, a great place to use for reference as it is not organized nor easily searchable, so I feel that it would be wise to direct Facebook users to the forum to aid in answering their questions.  I do this on various model railroad forums.....answer the question, then direct them to the forum for more information.

-Kevin

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