Private comment from one of the most highly regarded (and recently
retired) meteoriticist:
"Facebook is for old people with way too much time on their hands"
(Yes, he allowed me to repeat it).
Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
impact...@aol.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85...@gmail.com>
To: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritem...@gmail.com>
Cc: Meteorite-list <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 4:46 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Facebook.... a viable forum?
Thanks Mike,
Good to read what works for you.....I appreciate it! Just in the last
few minutes since this post I've had 10 emails singing the praises of
FB and also people sending friend requests. I'll post articles,
photos, hunting videos and commentary but YES I will also post ADS.
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks
<meteoritem...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Ruben,
I also resisted FB and Twitter for a long time. It just seemed silly
and trivial.
However, I have since become a big fan of both, especially FB. It is
great for networking. I have met some good people who I now consider
friends, and I have also met some new sources of material. A few of
my FB friends are traders and we swap material. It's been a boon for
business as well because it is a great promotional tool.
A couple of tips for new meteorite people on FB :
1) search the groups for meteorite-related groups. There are many,
and some are not so good, but others are very good for discussions
and/or sales.
2) find a few meteorite people who have large friend lists that are
visible. You can farm those lists for new contacts and send friend
requests to them. Many dealers, including myself, keep the visibility
of their friends list on private to prevent this. But if you look
around, you can find the meteorite dealers and collectors this way.
3) If you intend on selling on FB, be very up-front about that fact to
people who "friend" you. Many people do not want to see ads. I
oblige those people by removing them from my friend's list, or warning
them up front that I do post ads in addition to other normal
(non-commercial) posts.
Send me a request - FB name (galacticstone)
Best regards,
MikeG
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On 3/12/14, Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I just re-signed up on Facebook (I was on years ago but got off
within
weeks of signing up) and was wondering how you like it as a forum for
meteorite chat/news and also an advertising medium.
Does it work for you? Why?
Honestly, I've been resisting the move to FB - but if that's where
the action is, what choice is there?
If you have suggestions please let me know.
BTW - Feel free to send me a friend request (although I've not even
set up my page, but I'm working on it now)
Here is my link
https://www.facebook.com/ruben.mrmeteoritegarcia
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