Do you use social media to follow boating activities?

Do you use Facebook, Twitter or

  • Yes, on a regular basis (at least once a week)

    Votes: 36 63.2%

  • Yes, but on an ad hoc basis

    Votes: 6 10.5%

  • No, but I use social media in other contexts

    Votes: 15 26.3%
  • Total voters
    57
  • Poll closed .
E

ex-Gladys

Well-Known Member
Joined
29 Aug 2003
Messages
5,252
Location
Colchester, Essex
Visit site
As in the title... but more specifically do you use Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to follow boating activities?

If you don't use SM at all, please just reply do a normal reply...
 
Last edited:
I use Twitter to follow news sites and for football, racing and other sports news. I find it quite good. If anyone has any boater accounts on Twitter to recommend I'd love to hear from them. I have never and will never use FB especially because of the amount of private and semi-private things my wife seems to be able to find out about family, friends, neighbours and people I didn't previously even know I knew.
 
Not having much in the way of skeletons in my cupboard, I have few qualms about FB, but it doesn't play a big part in my life. I get to see a bit of what my family get up to, not all of which is welcome, but I originally joined because my class association has a couple of private pages which are entertaining and useful. I keep my friends list down to about a dozen and don't follow most of them because I'm not really interested in what they had for dinner last night. I don't Tweet, if for no other reason that I'm not that interested in what the big T has to say.
 
Facebook has great up to date coverage of the Volvo, and provides much much more also, including the yachting pages and sales/wants. I advertised on there for a spray hood for my boat. Someone on there has just very kindly given me one for free...I couldn't do without Facebook.
 
The Rival Owners Association have a FB page which is more active than their main website these days, the two are quite complimentary, serving slightly different purposes. Why is this on the ECF, wouldn't Scuttlebutt be better?
 
I read two FB group pages, the Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association Page (because I have a 1939 Uffa Fox International Fourteen) and the Ohlson 38 Page (because I have one).

I notice that both groups have their own web pages, but these are getting less use than the FB pages.

I suspect that this is because FB is just easier to use.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Other threads that may be of interest

B
ANY FRIDGE ENGINEERS IN THE UK WHO CAN DIAGNOSE AND OR FIX AN ENGEL 12V/24V 40L FRIDGE
Replies
3
Views
159
noelex
noelex

Share this page

Top