Facebook

**Beef Oven** · 26-06-13, 21:24

Originally posted by french frank View Post

We accepted an offer to have a Facebook page set up - called Rescue Radio 3. It's here https://www.facebook.com/groups/RescueRadio3/ .

If you're a Facebook member perhaps you'd pop over and leave a message - maybe with suggestions as to what content it should have?

Bit of an experiment as far as I'm concerned - I'm afraid I didn't even write the welcome message (and I'm personally at a bit of a loss as I don't understand how it all works). I'm assured, however, that many others do...

Extending democracy!

**antongould** · 26-06-13, 21:35

Tried to join ff ....must be being vetted by the politburo .....

**Beef Oven** · 26-06-13, 21:36

Originally posted by antongould View Post

Tried to join ff ....must be being vetted by the politburo .....

Take those white gloves off and try again.

**antongould** · 26-06-13, 21:38

Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post

Take those white gloves off and try again.

I'm sure like you when I go back I'll be, like you, one of thousands...

**french frank** · 26-06-13, 21:39

Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post

Extending democracy!

Yes, the revolution starts here.

I think it's set so that anyone can join, and any member can join anyone else. But don't ask me

**Petrushka** · 26-06-13, 21:43

A couple of years ago a relative persuaded me to join Facebook and in a moment of madness, I did. I de-activated it just after Christmas since when the amount of spam I get has fallen sharply.

No thanks, not for me. I won't touch it.

**EdgeleyRob** · 26-06-13, 21:48

I don't do Facebook,Twitter or owt like that.
A waste of valuable music listening time.

**Beef Oven** · 26-06-13, 21:49

Originally posted by Petrushka View Post

A couple of years ago a relative persuaded me to join Facebook and in a moment of madness, I did. I de-activated it just after Christmas since when the amount of spam I get has fallen sharply.

No thanks, not for me. I won't touch it.

I hate spam too. And I won't fritter my time on Facebook.

Also, unlike here, you can get unliked.

The downside of the R3Forum is that you can't get liked in the first place

**teamsaint** · 26-06-13, 21:56

Originally posted by Beef Oven View Post

I hate spam too. And I won't fritter my time on Facebook.

Also, unlike here, you can get unliked.

The downside of the R3Forum is that you can't get liked in the first place

LOL

**David-G** · 26-06-13, 22:43

One of the things I hate about Facebook is the difficulty of finding the "Logout" button.

**french frank** · 27-06-13, 08:11

Originally posted by David-G View Post

One of the things I hate about Facebook is the difficulty of finding the "Logout" button.

Unfortunately, I don't see the normal view because I'm the (bumbling) administrator - not like here, eh! But I see a blue band at the top of the page to the right with my name. Along further right is a little cog wheel symbol. If you click on that you get a drop down menu with the Log Out option. But since the other options appear to be administrative, you may have a different view. Can any more experienced people help on this?

(I've just added a Comment instead of a Post. Bah!)

**salymap** · 27-06-13, 08:18

I wouldn't touch it with the proverbial Bargepole.

Some years ago a cousin's daughter's father in law put him on Facebook and even I, no connection, got rubbish through that link.

Scary stuff.

**Beef Oven** · 27-06-13, 08:27

Originally posted by french frank View Post

Unfortunately, I don't see the normal view because I'm the (bumbling) administrator - not like here, eh! But I see a blue band at the top of the page to the right with my name. Along further right is a little cog wheel symbol. If you click on that you get a drop down menu with the Log Out option. But since the other options appear to be administrative, you may have a different view. Can any more experienced people help on this?

(I've just added a Comment instead of a Post. Bah!)

Same for individuals. Cogwheel on right has drop-down, one of the options is log-out.

**french frank** · 27-06-13, 08:32

Originally posted by salymap View Post

Scary stuff.

I think you can regard this as a measure of our desperation in going round in circles with the various layers of BBC bureaucracy pitching us from one uncomprehending brush-off to another.

It boils down - as I shall make clear - to one question: Why should Radio 3's classical music output be directed so disproportionately at a 'potential' audience which knows 'little about' classical music (disproportionately as in 100% of the peak time listening slots) when even the BBC itself says 'other BBC services are better placed' to cater for these audiences?

Why?

And why is so much of the classical music output generally so undemanding and unadventurous, especially during the week? (With apols to the non-classical people, but their complaints of being buffeted about are of a different kind: but we (FoR3) do support them.)