There’s no denying we’re in the modern age and computers, internet, and social networking are now regular every day things. So how many on here have a web space (myspace, twitter, facebook) for their model railroad? I’m not referring to a site you have and talk about your RR on it, I mean say a myspace page/account solely for your model RR.
As a rule, I stay out of these social media. This forum suits me fine for all my communication needs, providing it is not dead slow again.
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This forum is the only thing in which I participate that even remotely qualifies as a social network.
I prefer to do my socializing in person.
I used to have a web page with geocities/yahoo since 1998 but since they went to an all pay web hosting model and deleted all free web hosting I’ve not had any web presence…and won’t until I can get it for free.
As far as facebook goes, I don’t have an account and have no plans of ever getting one. IMO it’s one collosal waste of time. There are too many other things that waste my time in the hours of every day (like these forums).
-G-
We use Flickr for our Layout webpage. I use it to post pics on this forum as well. Here’s an example:
I don’t have a Facebook or Twitter account, have never used either. I have a free web site for my layout on Tripod. I have joined several discussion forums. I did join one that turned out to be a “social media” for model railroaders so never visited that site again. I pretty much either ignore or turn down any requests to become a “friend” or “like” or “start a conversation” or any of that stuff.
I have a facebook account and under the photos section I put, “My hobbies” as a folder.
I place all my MRR pics there.
If people are interesting, they will browse them.
“Virtual” friends will never come to your layout and help you. They will not help you move either.
Only “Real” friends will.
Facebook will steal your privacy also and tell everyone all they know about you.
If you are insecure and need attention, OK go for it.
Rich
Our club has a Facebook page. We use it to get the word out about our swap meets and special events. We have several photos and videos of our layout posted on our page. We haven’t set up a Twitter account yet but we may do so in the future.
Might be one of the dumbest things I have heard this week… How are they virtual friends? Are robots creating accounts now?
Insecure and need attention? Boy, it must make you mad when women vote… because thats how old you sound right now.
and BTW for the original poster, myspace died off a few years ago. The only ones you will find on there now are 13 year old girls and people chased by Chris Mathews.
Never for Facebook or any other site like that. I have a blogger and these forums (and other RR ones). FB and those kind of sites are never very nice about respecting pages devoted to anything that is not “mainstream” or the like, so I avoid them.
I pretty much agree with the other posters here. I pretty much only use this forum to discuss model railroads. I do have a face book account, dont use it. I have heard that when looking for jobs that potential empoyeers will look at your accounts to determine if you are some one they want to hire. I keep my personnel info close. Seen to many times some site, bank , buisness etc…that has been hacked and peoples lives have been wrecked and they have to spend way to much time trying to clean up the mess.
Well, I burp and belch but I don’t tweet and twitter, and I don’t show my face. I do have a website for my Santa Fe line, and I actually update it but that is about it. I come from a generation that still valued some privacy in life and I actually still read books and magazines that are not on the internet. that really shows my age.
Bob
I belong to Facebook and use it to keep in touch with distant friends. However, I use it wisely and sparingly. I also have my own MRRing web site and choose to keep my layout pics posted there rather than Facebook.
Tom
I joined Facebook at the urging of my old college gang. I did re-connect briefly with some old friends, but mostly it’s just silly and even annoying at times.
I occasionally look in on City Classics and Jon Grant’s Sweethome pages.
I’m not sure too many people fully comprehended what I was getting at.
I was asking because I was contemplating creating a facebook page for my model railroad, but from what I’m hearing so far it might not be worth it. I’m not talking about my personal fb page with a photo section of my hobbies, what I meant was a web page dedicated in whole to my model RR and nothing else. Photo’s, updates such as construction, reviews, new purchases, and announcements like when an operating session will take place and how the last session went.
But, as I said, it doesn’t seem to be a popular or common enough idea to really pursue.
I have a Facebook account, but you’re lucky if you see 4 status updates from me in a year, I’m not on their constantly updating it like some people do.
For my model railroad, I have a seperate dedicated web site, not a Facebook account. That’s where I chronical work on my layout (there hasn’t been any for a few weeks as I’ve heen horribly busy at work). I prefer a traditional web site for this more so than newer things liek Facebook or a blog site.
–Randy
Facebook, twitter, myspace etc are for people who want to push updates about what they are doing and thinking and so on and so forth to as many “friends” as possible. The recipient will normally get your updates mixed with a pile of updates from various other “friends”
A lot of people seem to think that they should share with everybody they know every random thought that goes through their brain - at the moment the thought strikes them. .
A blog, on the other hand, is a web page about your project - which people have to seek out to follow your progress. People can subscribe to notifications when there is something new, if they think it is worthwhile. Several forum members here have excellent blogs.
I would suggest a blog rather than a facebook page.
Smile,
Stein, who neither has a blog nor a facebook page - I post in a few MR web forums, and that’s it 
Yea, that one completely mystifies me, Stein. A random thought once a day is fine. What someone ate, is eating, or is contemplating eating for dinner is just waaaaay too much information.
Tom