Thread: UK owners headcount
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Old Nov 16, 2014 | 09:38 AM
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Default Re: UK owners headcount
Originally Posted by Steve - UK
Why do you think that UK Crossfires Club would discourage its use! Quite the opposite, this was, and still should still be a great forum. The early UK owners met in here in 2007, and through the friendships made here I instigated this UK section of this forum way back then. A few of us oldies are still about (Chris, Ken, Jon) and all still look in here regularly. This forum is always recommended as "the source of techy info" and it would be a shame to ever loose it. In fact many of us have donated financially towards the up keep of this forum in previous years. As said, many folks have migrated to Facebook which is better for instant conversation with pictures etc. and many folks access Facebook via phones and tablets. As the values of XFs has dropped so has the age of the average owner with a lot of younger owners who prefer mediums like Facebook and Twitter to chat. It has been noticeable that some new owners have come in here and after getting a rough ride in here have never come back. So a number of factors here. On behalf of the UK Crossfires Club, long live the Crossfire Forum!
Steve

Thanks for your response, Steve.
Just to clarify, "reluctant to encourage" is not quite the same as "discourage".
It's just the impression I've got from stuff on the forum (or recent lack of it from the UK) and the few conversations I've had with other members.
Fair point about the increased use of social media sites but I get the feeling that 'newbies' are getting mixed messages about what is the main point of contact and best place to get advice.
The same seems to be happening to lesser extent with the UKCruisers forum with some even thinking members' personal FB pages are 'the' club site.

Not having any other need for a smartphone, I find accessing the forum via laptop/desktop is easiest for me and, until recently, it's been the best point of contact - I just thought it a shame that the UK club seemed to favour the FB route over the forum.

But, maybe it's just me - and one day I'll have to accept being dragged kicking and screaming into the FB/Twitter-sphere...
 
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