Greetings

[aaroninmaine]

Like DanfromNJ, to me, the FB Group has been a disappointment.

For me, I wouldn't say it is a disappointment because there are a lot of good folks on there and it has it's purpose.  I still check it out and drop a comment here and there.  It just isn't necessarily conducive to good discussion and quality information sharing with that type of social media environment.

Facebook makes it too easy to just drop in, comment, like something, and post a picture that is just another variation of 100 other photos I have seen in the last 24 hours!  Everything just gets lost in the shuffle.  Again though, I use Facebook, it has it's place and purpose... but for good online discussion nothing beats this format here or the previous express site.  Ideally we would all hang in the basement, shooting pool, listening to good music while talking about this stuff, but there are geographical challenges!

There has been a lot of disappointment in numerous TSO forums and a lot of friends and enemies made ... for right and wrong reasons over the years. But, when I was invited to this forum .... the tag line included something like 'let's get this forum off to a good start!' The discussion to expand topic categories is one of those starts.

Personally, I like discussion over an endless array of photos too. And, videos are good but I don't need every song and every concert. I actually have tucked away an old email from one TSO forum where someone was in a discussion with me and others about what is and what is not a concept album. One of the most interesting discussions I've had on a forum.