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Craig, this might help you.

Good discussion, I read the whole thing!
Rand

I can't paddle a river locally anymore without kuyakers yelling at me 'No pumps!"... It's good fun, whether you use them or not.

FullGnarlzOC wrote:I can't paddle a river locally anymore without kuyakers yelling at me 'No pumps!"... It's good fun, whether you use them or not.

True. I laughed when Craig yelled it last weekend.

at last a thread with some humor, info, politics, opinions and not much in the way of bashing :^)

dafriend wrote:Craig, this might help you.

Thanks Dave... have you seen this yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

this thread shows the power of boards vs FB in general. You`ll never find such a concentrated discusssion on FB.

Craig Smerda wrote:Thanks Dave... have you seen this yet

Ouch. That's cruel.

fez - i gotta disagree with you on that one - you find concentrated conversations on a much larger scale on facebook all over the place. actually i think the only reason this thread had so many post, and so many views so quickly... was because of FB.

You think so ? A a real discussion with different views, with pro and contra about pumps vs no pumps - where do you find that on FB ? On GDI ? Haven`t seen it being discussed there.

I like the "two faces" of the internet but also see also the differences. (generally speaking, without judgement)
FB: thousands of impressions about a field of interest, no controversial debates or deeper insights on this themes < vs > internetboards: different views & discussions about themes

(sorry folks for threadhijacking)

well fullgnarls might be right. those whim enjoy watching this sort of action will enjoy it. those that don't won't. http://youtu.be/WJX1Whluz-c" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

what a view

fez wrote:You think so ? A a real discussion with different views, with pro and contra about pumps vs no pumps - where do you find that on FB ? On GDI ? Haven`t seen it being discussed there.

I like the "two faces" of the internet but also see also the differences. (generally speaking, without judgement)
FB: thousands of impressions about a field of interest, no controversial debates or deeper insights on this themes < vs > internetboards: different views & discussions about themes

(sorry folks for threadhijacking)

You do get some interesting conversations on FB, but it's rarer and the site is not really set up for having an in-depth discussion, a long FB comment thread is almost unreadable.

The real trouble with FB is that it's a tool for social interaction and we tend to bias social interaction towards people we find agreeable, so interactions become clouded by the "Spiral of Silence" and "False-Consensus Effect" biases... The same thing happens with internet fora which are very small or have an overwhelming and homogenous majority, but not quite so easily.

I think you re over estimating the depth of this thread.

The pros are obvious- you don't have to dump you boat.
The cons are obvious- you look like wuss and there s some maintenance

Plus, at least half the posts are meant to be a joke.