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factory pilot:
I'm loving all this metaphorical shit!  ;)

ED209:

--- Quote from: factory pilot on June 08, 2016, 10:28 AM ---Lovely words and thoughts Ed ... Yeah Facebook is putting Grolsch bottle tops on your Doc Martens ...( 'Trendy 'and of the moment )
Rad is a Lacoste Polo Shirt   ( a timeless classic and here for ever! )  :4_17_5:

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you nailed it :-)

Facebook is Kriss Kross wearing clothes backwards
RADBMX is RunDMC's Adidas Shell Toes

Why isnt this working:

--- Quote from: dancetothedrummersbeat on June 08, 2016, 08:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: ED209 on June 08, 2016, 08:21 AM ---
--- Quote from: rodriguez on June 04, 2016, 04:43 PM ---The forum format is dying.

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In 1990 BMX was dead ... yet here we all are.

Forums aren't in fashion... thats all it is. Myspace used to be where it was at... FriendsReunited anyone? ... all fads ... all gone... replaced.

here's my big thought ( one a year ) Facebook is Scooters ... Forums are BMX

Facebook is all about the next next next ... newest thing .. the latest post. What happened last week is forgotten. There's no organization. No etiquette. No manners. Wanna find a pic you saw appear 2 or 3 weeks back on Facebook? it will take you a while and a load of scrolling. The format is just not conducive to building a valuable resource ... all its interested in is the now. Facebook is Scooters.

Forums are organised, based around being able to store and search for information... the community of a forum is based around regular postings and shared trust ... abuse this at your peril. You can go off and do Facebook but, like scooters, you will ultimately feel unfulfilled and will look for something with some substance ... like BMX ... or skating for that matter.

Maybe that's all bullshit but as long as there's a few people who log on and post it will never be dead... as long as theres that small community of people to chat with ( ride with ) then it will bobble along down the stream just fine... just like BMX.

There was something about BMX that we loved and stayed in us until we were ready to come back ... forums are the same.

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Absolutely and completely agree. To me you've summed it up perfectly.

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--- Quote from: factory pilot on June 08, 2016, 10:28 AM ---Lovely words and thoughts Ed ... Yeah Facebook is putting Grolsch bottle tops on your Doc Martens ...( 'Trendy 'and of the moment )
Rad is a Lacoste Polo Shirt   ( a timeless classic and here for ever! )  :4_17_5:

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Absolutely fantastic lads.... :) Heres to RADBMX.... :4_17_5:

Si... :daumenhoch:

Gnarlyscoots:
Bang on Guys, nicely written  fistblump

I am always on here, my first port of call every day. I would be nice to see it buzzing more, and more replies to any thread would be ace too. So many views logged, hardly any posts. Get them keyboards back out, and get typing.

dinglem:
I still quite enjoy reading the step-by-step build/resto threads on here, and will continue to post my own. Not so many viewers or posters at the minute but the threads will always be here on RAD for the future. Fb doesn't really lend itself to the ins and outs of a build - it's more for people posting pictures of their complete bikes at the end of a long resto, and then the post is way down the list and forgotten in a few short days.

I am a member of forums for my two other interests (Hillman Imp and Lotus Elise) and I have sadly seen both of those forums decline over the same time period as Fb has completely taken those over. I'm pleased to see  :radbmxsmilie: still hanging in there   :daumenhoch:

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