Has FB And Twitter Taken Most AZB Members?

[Poolplaya9]

I think Facebook is a more popular forum for pros to post because there's less negativity.
The people who can see their posts are those who sought them out and friended them.
It's unusual for someone to actively friend you on facebook and then start getting nasty
with you in a debate. It's also dead easy to ignore a post or delete someone
who is pissing you off. Two clicks.

Facebook is also a more quick, casual thing. A forum thread is involved.
Sitting on the forums and responding to all posts is a multi-hour chore. Facebook
you just pop in, sound off, and then go back to your life (which in shane's case
seems to be too busy and fulfilling to waste on forums).

Your first paragraph is more or less correct. Some people just want to limit the group they are having a conversation with. Although it is just as easy to put someone on ignore here as it is to defriend them on facebook. Facebook is just more about conversation with "only the small group I want" as opposed to "the entire world except the few I exclude".

Your second paragraph I disagree with. Facebook is no more quicker than AzB in any way at all. It takes the same basic time to do the same basic things. Now you may treat one differently than the other by choice, like only popping onto facebook and making a comment and not bothering to respond back to all posts as you basically said, but if you did it would take the same time as it would on AzB, maybe even more since it is not so easy to quote etc. But you could use AzB the same way as you described using facebook and it would be just as casual and quick as facebook is. The difference is in how you personally choose to participate at each--the time involved is the same for the same behaviors.

 

[Lonestar_jim]

I don't do spacebook or myface. Doing these forums are tough enough. Hang in there.

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[ceebee]

It does seem there is less techno-talk & more talk about personalities & such, to me.

AZBilliards is a great forum, don't know what Pool & Billiard folks would do without AZB

 

[easy-e]

Your second paragraph I disagree with. Facebook is no more quicker than AzB in any way at all. It takes the same basic time to do the same basic things. Now you may treat one differently than the other by choice, like only popping onto facebook and making a comment and not bothering to respond back to all posts as you basically said, but if you did it would take the same time as it would on AzB, maybe even more since it is not so easy to quote etc. But you could use AzB the same way as you described using facebook and it would be just as casual and quick as facebook is. The difference is in how you personally choose to participate at each--the time involved is the same for the same behaviors.

I think you'd be right on if you could only see threads from people you wanted. You'd have to "ignore" way too many people here to only see threads from people you wanted to.

 

[Poolplaya9]

I think you'd be right on if you could only see threads from people you wanted. You'd have to "ignore" way too many people here to only see threads from people you wanted to.

I think you are right in that respect. I didn't mention it because from that standpoint I thought it kind of went without saying. If there are less people, and less "threads", and the people that are there were more or less hand picked by you which means people will more often tend to agree on things, then from that standpoint of having less quantity to sort through it is a little quicker (unless you have a really huge friend list that are all active posters perhaps).

 

[ceebee]

I think you'd be right on if you could only see threads from people you wanted. You'd have to "ignore" way too many people here to only see threads from people you wanted to.

I think ignoring people is an insult & I also know that it's meant to be an insult.

Being on a forum should be a friendly informational exchange. If you think you're gonna go thru life without some differences of opinion, you need to reset & relax. AZB is a big group & most are great folks to know.

 

[easy-e]

I think ignoring people is an insult & I also know that it's meant to be an insult.

Being on a forum should be a friendly informational exchange. If you think you're gonna go thru life without some differences of opinion, you need to reset & relax. AZB is a big group & most are great folks to know.

Some people deserve to be ignored. You are right, it that it should be a friendly environment. I was called a child molester by a prominent member, not as a joke either. Why shouldn't I ignore him?

 

[easy-e]

I think you are right in that respect. I didn't mention it because from that standpoint I thought it kind of went without saying. If there are less people, and less "threads", and the people that are there were more or less hand picked by you which means people will more often tend to agree on things, then from that standpoint of having less quantity to sort through it is a little quicker (unless you have a really huge friend list that are all active posters perhaps).

That's a good point. When you choose the majority of people you interact with, you will most-likely be in a more pleasant environment. Less arguments, more happiness.

 

[Pushout]

Some people deserve to be ignored. You are right, it that it should be a friendly environment. I was called a child molester by a prominent member, not as a joke either. Why shouldn't I ignore him?

They shouldn't know they are on ignore if you don't tell them I often do. You're right, some people deserve to be ignored.

 

[Quesports]

Things have gotten very ugly lately on AZ. Not to sure why but it is becoming less and less fun all the time. It's too bad really it's just as easy to be nice as it is to be an ass. The mods are allowing way to much leeway and if it is not addressed will just get worse.. Like many others I participate on other forums and the mods I see there I far more active in controlling the cyber bully thugs that are just making nasty comments for the sake of being mean.. Here at AZ not so much...

 

[Blue Hog ridr]

Let's take Shane for example. Here's a young man completely on top of the US Pool World. He's completely computer literate, smart phone etc. He is a member here at AZ so he obviously knows about the site.

He almost never posts here. I wonder why?

Shane is an avid fisherman. On Face Book, he can post pictures of the fish he caught and what they look like when they are on his plate. Thats one reason.

If I remember, Jerry Forsythe mentioned in John Barton's thread that AZB gets 6 million hits a month. That seems not too shabby to me.

Also on Face Book, where the Pros have their fans, its easy to feed them what you want them to hear. Pull it off on AZB and someone might
call you on it.

Weren't we just discussing this on AZB re CSI not that long ago.

 

[BRussell]

I think Facebook is a more popular forum for pros to post because there's less negativity.
The people who can see their posts are those who sought them out and friended them.
It's unusual for someone to actively friend you on facebook and then start getting nasty
with you in a debate. It's also dead easy to ignore a post or delete someone
who is pissing you off. Two clicks.

Facebook is also a more quick, casual thing. A forum thread is involved.
Sitting on the forums and responding to all posts is a multi-hour chore. Facebook
you just pop in, sound off, and then go back to your life (which in shane's case
seems to be too busy and fulfilling to waste on forums).

And to me the most important thing: AZB is, or can be, anonymous. On Facebook people (mostly) use their real identities.

 

[onepocketron]

Don't do facebook or any of the other social media. Really don't see any reason to start.

 

[Pushout]

Things have gotten very ugly lately on AZ. Not to sure why but it is becoming less and less fun all the time. It's too bad really it's just as easy to be nice as it is to be an ass. The mods are allowing way to much leeway and if it is not addressed will just get worse.. Like many others I participate on other forums and the mods I see there I far more active in controlling the cyber bully thugs that are just making nasty comments for the sake of being mean.. Here at AZ not so much...

Agreed. I don't participate in a lot of other forums, just a few. But, one I do visit quite regularly has, literally, thousands of members on at any given time. There are NO arguments, *****ing, name calling, whining, religious crap, politics, etc. If I remember right, you get one warning, then you get banned. Permanently.

 

[Quesports]

Agreed. I don't participate in a lot of other forums, just a few. But, one I do visit quite regularly has, literally, thousands of members on at any given time. There are NO arguments, *****ing, name calling, whining, religious crap, politics, etc. If I remember right, you get one warning, then you get banned. Permanently.

The crap that went down in the WFS section tonight was ridiculous! Facebook not invited in my little world... Don't need it don't want it..

 

[spartan]

Pool is a social game so by extension should be more popular on social media like fb, twitter. Though fb and twitter is also losing ground to mobile apps like whatsapp,snapchat
Forums, bulletin boards like these are pretty old school

 

[easy-e]

Don't do facebook or any of the other social media. Really don't see any reason to start.

Because it's like this... only better.

 

[Double-Dave]

To answer the original question: No, not really.

These are the months when we reached the next milestone posts:

1 million jan 2008
2 million sep 2009 (20 months)
3 million mai 2011 (23 months)
4 million feb 2013 (21 months)

This is post number 4715141 so we are on track for around 20 months to get to 5 million.

So it has stayed pretty constant over the last 6 years.

gr. Dave

 

[JAM]

There have been MANY, MANY, MANY pros who have come to this forum and not asked for one red cent. MANY! It is not fair to stereotype all of them under one umbrella. just like I won't stereotype all of the unidentified, multiple-identied, and banned members posting as AzBilliards Forum members.

How about the industry members who don't have one ad banner that use this forum as an advertisement vehicle for their product, whether it be challenge matches, live streams, chalk holders, et cetera? How about the members who are non-pros who also use this forum as an advertisement vehicle to reach the pool-playing public?

It is fine to dislike a pro players and/or professional pool for that matter, but some of the pros who have posted on here, those not asking for one red cent, have been beaten to death on this forum, so much so that they don't post here any more.

The truth of the matter is, while we on this forum are talking, the pros are actually chalking. They may not have time to read this forum as often as some members here do.

About the ignore feature, what a joke! Are we that sensitive that we can't *not* read a post from an unidentified troll? There's a couple unidentified clowns on this forum who post, well, I'm just putting you on ignore. Really? Did you announcing this make you feel all big and bad? Do you think it hurt the person you put on ignore? It's laughable, especially when they come back with this: "Just put them on ignore like me. You won't have to read them anymore. I have them on ignore all the time." Really? Did this announcement from you, an unidentified clown who the entire forum knows what a jerk you are, make you feel better? That ignore feature is stupid. If you can't maintain yourself without an ignore feature, you shouldn't even be on this forum. I ignore without the ignore feature quite often, and when that doesn't work, I take a hiatus. Works just fine for me. :smile:

I opened a Facebook (FB) account a few years ago but never utilized it -- UNTIL I realized how much cleaner the proverbial air smells on FB in the pool world. I find out much more about what's happening that I am interested in the pool world on FB, though when it comes to news about tournaments and other pool-related happenings, the Main Page on this forum's website is best.

Keith and I both have rekindled our friendships with people in our younger lives on FB, and the rewards are priceless. Take this photo, for example. Keith's family broke up after his mother passed away from cancer. His older two brothers and father, everybody kind of went their own way. Keith turned to his neighborhood pool room, Bob's Billiards. Long story short, the school authorities reported Keith to the State of California for having too much money on him that he won at the horses, and Keith was made a ward of the State and put in a foster home. Bob Wallace, the owner of Bob's Billiards, took a liking to young Keith and petitioned to adopt him to get him out of foster homes.

Bob Wallace's biological son, I recently met on FB. Check out this vintage pool photo taken at Bob's. From left to right, the owner of Bob's Billiards, Jimmy Moore, Joe Balsis, and a Japanese pool champion that Keith can't remember his name.

Keith said when this picture was taken, he played Jimmy Moore the next night in an exhibition. Keith was 15 years old and just starting to show some speed. He said he thinks this was taken on a Friday night, because Saturday night was the exhibition. Keith ran 26 balls and got three innings against Jimmy Moore. Jimmy Moore ran out on Keith, about 50 or 60, but Keith said Jimmy was definitely worried about getting beat by a 15-year-old.

Keith said Jimmy Moore probably had the prettiest stroke of anybody in the history of the game, something he will always cherish and never forget.

I have contributed a lot of pool content and photos to AzBilliards over the years, and believe it or not, I still use this place as a pool archives for my writings. I don't contribute as much as I used to, because I'm not here much anymore, but I will always treasure some of the gems on this forum shared by many pool peeps. It is hard to step over the mud puddles sometimes to find the green pastures of this forum, but they do exist. :smile:

 

[chefjeff]

Just about everyone i know who used their real name on Forums has come to regret it. It's different on FB as you get to choose who interacts with you.

I've used my name and town openly for 10 years here and have NO regrets or trouble from doing so. And, anyone who has read my stuff knows, I post some extremely controversial stuff on npr, for sure...stuff that could literally get me hanged someday. But when I meet pool players in real life, no one has ever approached me to cause me trouble because of my postings. I think it is because I post as honestly as I can and that is my protection.

I think posting one's name give more cred to one's posts. I consider putting my name at the bottom of every one of my post as my signature, saying that I, not someone else, posted this and that I stand behind it.

Also, anyone who really wants to find out your identity can do it now without your help. Privacy is dead, so why not be totally upfront and take the high road and gain some credibility? imho



Jeff Livingston