by Yes, FB is filled with people who are just learning about the game (or just remembering it existed because of the Remake or whatever) and that's cool, but I don't like the "feed" style. I don't like the barrage of pictures. I don't like the memes (animated gifs) some people post instead of responses. Call me old fashioned and a curmudgeon, but I don't have a smart phone, and I never wanted one. I never signed up for twitter and never will (I never trusted Klingons either). The scroll-load thing is annoying, not my style.
Overall it's just too much. This is a hobby for fun, not my life. I don't care about people's personal politics, and frankly I'm not interested in their private lives either (if you become my friend, then I will). I joined FB way back in the day because I wanted to share photos with certain family and friends. Lots of people use it to waste time at work or seek affirmation for their personal beliefs, I understand this.
Those of you who like it, I say more power to you. But I like these forums better. I like forums in general because you can go back as far as you want to find stuff. Facebook seems like it is trying to compete with twitter (a real toxic cesspool if there ever was one) that relies on obsessive clicking (tapping) and scrolling. It's a highly artificial environment based around data mining, advertising, and drama, and I play games to avoid that stuff, not dive into it. Since time is limited, I'd rather spend it here.
Forums aren't perfect, but compared to social media, here you can do whatever you want, you don't have to tell people your real name and show them your real face (why is that necessary to talk about a board game?). You don't have to worry about censorship from a big soulless corporation. It's easier to find stuff you want through the clutter and it doesn't overwhelm you if you take a break for awhile.
I just prefer this so I left those groups, I won't be coming back and I'll support the Inn here instead. That's all.
