Community Chat

[Kachina624]

I love Facebook groups and have learned so much reading what others write and relate their experiences.  My favorites are a turquoise collectors group, a Rocky Mountains trail rider's group, an American Indian antiquaties group,  a Collie rescue group, a Bromeliad growers group, Arabian horse breeders and I follow a young woman who breeds champion Quarter Horses and raises miniature farm animals.  She also is a cosmetic queen.

People who don't follow their interests on Facebook are missing a lot of fun and great information.  Facebook is not all about posting family photos...I've never posted one.

[Estellee]

I belong to a few ATT Retiree Groups.

[Laura14]

Writing and Publishing groups for me. 

[mrshckynut]

@Dusty1   too many to remember 

mrshckynut 

[monicakm]

@Dusty1 

I hate FB

[ALRATIBA]

I just checked .... I belong to 117 groups.   Won't name them .... but these are the categories:

All the schools I attended

Majority are knitting / crochet related 

Religion related 

Genealogy related groups (including DNA and nationality groups)

Couple of author or publisher groups

Music related groups (genre and artists)

Humor 

Some favorite shops

Travel

Etc. .... a wide variety 

[Love my grandkids]

@Dusty1 I belong to  my local FB group and a few others but I'm not listing them here.

[threecees]

Thrifting and saving groups

Animal rescue 

Golden retriever groups

Local news

Grocery store savings group

Soap opera fan group 

[Stray]

None

[Tori3569]

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@Icegoddess wrote:

@Tinkrbl44 There are different privacy settings, but Groups are different than your Newsfeed.  If a Group is set to Private, only people in that group will see the posts.  There are even Groups that you can't even find unless you are invited to it by another member.  Of course, it's always good to remember that someone can take a screenshot, but that's for anywhere on the internet. 

I don't see FB as being any more of a waste of time than these boards.  It's what you make of it and how much time you allow it to take up.  I often find answers in my Groups, thus making it a time saver.  I wouldn't find those answers posting the question on my main page since my FB Friends don't share the same interests I do, so that would be a waste of time even asking there.  

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Very true!  As much as I come here daily, I definitely get more enjoyment and information from IG and FB.  You're also exactly right about private groups and how they work.  You can't even tag someone on a private group post unless they're in the group.