To sum several posts up: Yes, with the multi million dollar ad campaign launched last year, I'm quite convinced that all bulb enthusiasts already know about PBS and additional exposure albeit free and easy is a complete waste of time. It would be insane to tap into this network since it's just kids or adults wanting to be kids. The rumors of thousands of plant collectors in FB are false, nobody could possibly join PBS via finding it on facebook. Everyone that would want to join PBS already has, and nobody new will ever come along, unless they find it through the website. Granted the website was a new avenue for PBS that is probably responsible for most new memberships. However, using other new avenues will be disastrous leading to tons of spam sending middle-age crisis having non enthusiast FB users ruining everything. Given all of the news stories on businesses crashing after more FB exposure we should abandon this nonsense now. No group or society or business can reap any benefits from exposure to over 100 million users in a network where people with similar interests can find each. It's bad it's bad it's bad I don't know how to set up privacy features and I'm scared of it, it's bad bad bad!! Seriously people, if you don't like it don't use it. If it weren't for the web even more plant societies would have folded already. Using new technologies and interactive functions is the key to survival for most plant societies. Some now only exist in digital form, if not they'd be gone already. Any decent plant enthusiast's goal is to share and teach and hope others will share their passion. Limiting avenues to do this is not very productive. I avoided FB for years thinking it was just a younger crowd and just a source of gossip for many. That sect is there but when I joined it was mainly for relatives that I can't see very often, then found some plant friends, and their friends etc. In a short amount of time I've seen tons of rare ginger (my main interest) photos that otherwise I'd never have seen or known about. I also can talk to the people who have these rarities etc. I'm 37, I know I'm 37, don't care to be younger or older, never been stalked or spammed, nor have any other bad things ever happened. Tim Chapman On Jul 31, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> wrote: > Offensive? Hmmmm. I'm just thinking that nobody will pay $20 (or $25) to > join PBS if they are not already a bulb connoisseur. > > I'm sorry that my perspective offends you. > > PS: You have a great collection of Pings! I loooooooove that genus. > > > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Kiyel Boland <kyle.b1@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > >> "I wholeheartedly agree. Anyone who finds PBS via Facebook is probably not >> much of a bulb connoisseur in the first place." >> >> Well excuse me, >> But when you search Facebook for "Oxalis" my website comes up, and i get so >> many hits on both, my website and online photo album. >> I also find that comment really offensive >> And I'm glad folk out side of "Pacific Bulb Society" won't see that >> comment, other wise they would think we were a "Bunch of judgmental bulb >> snobs", to quote John T Lonsdale >> Kiyel >> >> Kiyel Boland >> kyle.b1@xtra.co.nz >> http://www.savagegardenz.co.nz/ >> http://public.fotki.com/savagegardenz/ >> >> >> On 1/08/2011, at 2:42 AM, Dennis Kramb wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 10:27 AM, John T Lonsdale <john@johnlonsdale.net >>> wrote: >>> >>>> "I would imagine a whole lot of >>>> people on Facebook might bump into bulbs there for the first time, and >> then >>>> come to the PBS for more." >>>> >>>> >>> And I can't possibly imagine that. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/