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The Happy Hodag! 10 years, 7 months ago.
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In all seriousness….I’d challenge anyone seeing this to go to their facebook caching pages, tell their friends there to visit here and throw some new topics out there. Refer to the post by sandlanders for ideas. 😉 I think many of the folks who used to play here would come back if anything interesting were happening.
Did you see my page Team Northwoods Geocaching? See the comment I placed under my plans for the LCG Event. That one post reached 101 people since I posted it 17 hours ago. My posts this week alone reached 1,488.
***Opinions expressed are mine alone and will change based upon new information. ***
Nice, TN. It would also help if anyone who is part of any Facebook group(s) could refer any appropriate questions to the WGA forums. For instance, if someone in a group you are in asks something about what the best GPS receiver to get might be, sure, share in that group, but also suggest… “Hey, you could reach a lot more people if you would also ask that same question in the WGA forums. They have topics for General, for Help, for Technology, and whole bunch of others there. Give it a try!”
There are many good reasons for local groups, and many topics in those might be of more interest to the locals than to the general Wisconsin caching population, but it doesn’t hurt to let the locals, especially the newbies, know that there is one big umbrella organization for the state, and the main website isn’t on Facebook.
BTW, I like the social shout-outs and other official information put out on the official WGA FB site. It’s also the go-to place when the site is down (which hasn’t been very often lately, thanks to The Cat and The Squirrel). However, I’m not sure if all the people who view the “other” WGA site on FB know that that one isn’t officially put out, maintained, or always viewed by the WGA, although a WGA member is in charge of that site.
I agree with you but it will take some time and the forums have some disadvantages you will have to make up for with content and reach that smaller groups might not get. It will take some thinking over.
Here are some excerpts from my response in the Candidates Corner.
If there is a topic in the forum that you want more input on. Post the link on every group page.
At the very bottom One Group to Rule Them All.
***Opinions expressed are mine alone and will change based upon new information. ***
I have my ideas on what should happen with the rogue WGA FB group (not a Page). Unfortunately, the name cannot be changed so there are few options for it.
Everything should point back here to the website. WGA FB page, etc should all entice people to check this out. While we had a rough month or two, we are steadily gaining members back and look at all the new posts but newbies or those grizzled ol’ veterans returning to the forums.
Following the signals from space.
I’m one of the last people in the world not on FB so I appreciate this site as my connection to caching and other cachers. Thanks to all who make the effort to post in multiple places!
Who are you calling grizzled ol’ veteran?
Not you sir, you are always here. A fixture on this great slice o’ the web.
I was referring more to the likes of the Head of Cheese and that Fella that Needs to Run and other former fixtures of the Forums that have returned to the site.
BTW, you are too young to be a grizzled veteran.
Following the signals from space.
Fortunately you don’t have to pass a test to post at the WGA forums 😉
Is there a listing somewhere of the different Wisconsin Geocaching groups that are on facebook?
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Not that I know of. The groups are of all kinds, some open, some closed, some secret. They are usually formed by area, but sometimes there is more than one. Some people host more than one, too. Some areas have no groups. It’s nothing formal; they just all sprung up over time.
I get my Wisconsin caching fix from this WGA website and the forums here. The posts are organized into topics, and the chat can go on in the off-topic. It’s so hard for me to keep track of what is going on in the Facebook groups. Being from central Wisconsin, I guess I’m partial to all parts of the state and also to none of them. And there is no central Wisconsin FB group.
I believe you are from the Milwaukee area, Cinnamongirl, so maybe someone from a FB group in that area can give you more details and an invite or whatever they do. (Just keep coming back here, though. It’s the best place. 😀 )
The only Geocaching FB group I follow is Team Northwoods as they are in my area. I think FB has destroyed many internet communities. I would rather come to one place to get my information.
The only Geocaching FB group I follow is Team Northwoods as they are in my area. I think FB has destroyed many internet communities. I would rather come to one place to get my information.
Couldn’t pick a better place than HERE!!!
I never really left, just activated super-lurker mode as I’m so busy now with everything that I don’t post in TS anymore and have essentially been ignoring FB all together even though I’m logged in so it looks like I’m on.
I only am in a group for far north caching, since that’s Trekkin’s home territory. I like having one place to visit..here. I actually pulled myself off Facebook for a longish time. I made so much better use of my time while I was away. I went back when I realized how much birding stuff I was missing. Birding groups have gone through similar changes. I think there is a place for both, and do think the way the WGA page is used to connect the two formats has been helpful. When I grudgingly reactivated Facebook, I promised myself I wouldn’t get wrapped up in all the side sites, and that’s helped with avoiding the time suck issue.
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