Sam Parr  ⚪️

@theSamParr you might be looking at quantity of engagement instead of quality.

I've been doing community for 10 years. Still have a lot to learn. But in my opinion, Slack is mostly a platform people think will be good for community, but never is. FAcebooks' best because it has the eyeballs. People are already on it. It has lots of downsides. But is best

Being part of a Facebook group means wading through the rest of Facebook. Slack group is the group without the noise.

Slack without the noise? WTF!? How many Slack notifications do you get a day? 100s, 1,000s? A TON!

It would be interesting to know who voted that also runs successful groups. I have tried them all. I can tell you that if the group is in the hundreds (and definitely if it’s in the thousands), FB is your best option.

THANK YOU. I have to fight people about this. "let's create a community on slack!" It sounds so good. Like "Your sales page has too much copy, make it shorter!" But in my experience, it rarely works well in practice.

I respect your opinion, because I think you're more knowledgeable than I am on the subject, but I loathe Facebook. I find the organization repugnant and I personally don't know anyone in my tech circles who uses their Facebook anymore. Most keep the profile or have placeholder.

Maybe people say the same thing. But still, everyone has one. and most check at least weekly. Which is better than most forums.