VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

georgethetech

Hey folks:
I am as guilty as many of you surely are... we're taking our conversations to Facebook and LinkedIn Groups more and more. It's a momentum that is very hard to fight. I'm going to try something. When I am about to write more than a 1 sentence response in a FB Group about a specific topic of interest (mainly tech-related in my case), I'm going to take that response and the discussion leading up to it and bring it here. I'm then going to post a link to the discussion on VO-BB on Facebook and say "If you want my thoughts on this, click here".

What do you guys think about this? It just really bugs the shit out of me that all of our energy and experience are being locked away on Facebook, where they can't be stumbled upon or searched for from Google, and therefor benefiting a lot fewer folks. And, all that content belongs to Facebook, not to us.
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Andy · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:07 pm Post subject:

I think it's a good idea. I am guilty of coming here less frequently and spending MUCH MORE time on the ACX Narrators group an dthe RX4 group and the like but I have been at this for a few years now and doing ok. When I was brand new at this, the VO BB was an invaluable source of info for me. I'm sure I was not alone.
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todd ellis · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:25 pm Post subject:

this is the ONLY place, baby.

facetube is a fad. this is family.
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Bailey · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:34 pm Post subject:

What's Facebook?
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todd ellis · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:59 pm Post subject:

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Bruce · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:03 pm Post subject:

That makes a huge amount of sense to me. There are at least a dozen different forums for VO on FB. Who the heck has time to go through them all? OK, the underemployed do, but that's another topic.

All of the major voiceover disciplines are covered here in one place. This can be the home for one and all and, to my thinking, should be. Heck, Faffcon was spawned out of here.

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Matto · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject:

I'm off Facebook, so I'm onboard with this notion!

I just need to lurk less, for a start. I have noticed a dwindling number of engaging topics though.

Will try to play a part in the resurgence...
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Mike Harrison · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:44 pm Post subject:

The VO-BB has my unwavering support!
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RJ McNicol · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:10 pm Post subject:

Facebook is soooo 2000. Seriously, facebook is a locked in environment similar to the 90s AOL world. Old and it's not as robust as bb's or even the new instant chats. But hey, I'm an old fart.

Lee Gordon · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 12:29 am Post subject:

I totally agree with George. Just no posting pictures of what you had for dinner. And none of those "Name a Vegetable That Doesn't Have an 'E' In It" quizzes, please. Now, where's that "Like" button? Wink

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todd ellis · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 7:27 am Post subject:

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Jason Huggins · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 8:03 am Post subject:

One of my new years resolutions was to do away with superfluous posting...maybe the things I have chosen not to comment on should decline Smile

This year's new years resolution: Split the difference.

Deirdre · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:47 am Post subject:

Sounds spiffy! And thank you. I lose track of the fact that FB is unsearchable.

Of course, I may not have been saying much that is notable in the past few. . . increments of time.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 2:15 pm Post subject:

Actually, Facebook groups are VERY searchable. But I'm onboard with this idea.
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Bailey · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:26 pm Post subject:

Two sites I visit daily...

VO-BB

Find A Grave

... it works for me, and Find A Grave has a very low floor level. Smile

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