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I find it interesting to note the difference between places like Fakebook and forums like Access Norton. Our lovely (generally) polite forum is miles ahead of the social media from a lot of different viewpoints. When new people enter our world, they are generally here to acquire knowledge from the experienced people on here.
Fakebook is an entirely different thing. Somebody posts on FB about their wonderful, rare model and proceed to tell you all about the outstanding features like the 16" wide rear rim, the Combat 850 motor with the "race" cam, all, of course, fitted at the factory. All of this was told to them by the previous owner, who'd had the bike stored for ten years waiting for a new owner who could appreciate all of these options. and pay the requisite amount of money to acquire this rare, previously unheard of, one of a kind, factory race bike. Because he'd been told this by the bloke he'd bought it from!
I joined Fakebook basically for my two businesses, but after being called "mouthy" and a "Facebook fuckwit" by a man who has an "SS Combat Interstate", I'm over it. After pointing out a few facts regarding what he actually had, the childish, ignorant and abusive shit that seems to be part and parcel of Fakebook life descended on me.
They actually treat FB as an information source rather than the social media sandbox that it is. I'm going to bail out as the marketing and promotional side of things is just not worth the crap you put up with.
Thank God for Jerry Doe and Access Norton!
Fakebook is an entirely different thing. Somebody posts on FB about their wonderful, rare model and proceed to tell you all about the outstanding features like the 16" wide rear rim, the Combat 850 motor with the "race" cam, all, of course, fitted at the factory. All of this was told to them by the previous owner, who'd had the bike stored for ten years waiting for a new owner who could appreciate all of these options. and pay the requisite amount of money to acquire this rare, previously unheard of, one of a kind, factory race bike. Because he'd been told this by the bloke he'd bought it from!
I joined Fakebook basically for my two businesses, but after being called "mouthy" and a "Facebook fuckwit" by a man who has an "SS Combat Interstate", I'm over it. After pointing out a few facts regarding what he actually had, the childish, ignorant and abusive shit that seems to be part and parcel of Fakebook life descended on me.
They actually treat FB as an information source rather than the social media sandbox that it is. I'm going to bail out as the marketing and promotional side of things is just not worth the crap you put up with.
Thank God for Jerry Doe and Access Norton!