Bongo Fury

I think you've summed it up perfectly Chris. Facebook feeds the compulsive side by pushing phone app notifications at you, but historically BF has been so much meatier as a Bongo chat experience. The trouble is that with people being pulled into FB and finding plenty of company there, BF becomes short of new posts to read. I'm now FB'ing a fair bit but trying to point people to BF wherever i can, because there's more legacy sound advice to be found on here. And BF exists solely for Bongo lovers whereas FB exists solely for profit.

mikeonb4c wrote: ........... "And BF exists solely for Bongo lovers whereas FB exists solely for profit".

Ummm .. Sorry but I don't entirely agree ..

mikeWalsall wrote:

mikeonb4c wrote: ........... "And BF exists solely for Bongo lovers whereas FB exists solely for profit".

Ummm .. Sorry but I don't entirely agree ..

Ok Mike agee a bit of poetic license there but BF is essentially Bongo specific, is what i'm suggesting.

While I admit I think Forums are far 'superior' to FB with more in depth / more easily to access a knowledgeable 'data base' ..

I also personally dislike some Forums (not just BF) where you need to be a paid up member, so in effect charge for certain information that in a lot of cases was freely contributed my enthusiastic members ..

Another dislike is with the larger % of female Facebook members who sometimes get queries answered by some of the 'dumbo brigade do not have a clue' .. FB contributors, who I hate it when they offer childish answers / remarks when (say) some one asked what a button / switch is for ...

Although saying that, I think more 'simple' questions get asked, than maybe members would not ask on a 'proper Forum' like .. wheres the engine dip stick .. how do I check the gearbox fluid .. tyre pressures etc: good / bad dealers .. servicing .. spares etc: most which get a quick (usually instant) response..

Agree totally with all of that Mike. I've seen some bad advice given out on FB (as used once to happen on here but much less so now).

Yes I have to agree as well, the number of times I cringe when I see a response that is totally guessed at or from some other reality!
You then have to find a set of words that won't offend, whilst correcting the situation if you can, not always easily possible

I think I've said it before but my first point if call is a Google search, the top results invariably contain multiple forum links to another Bongo Forum but never forum posts on here.

Jimbobvfr400 wrote:I think I've said it before but my first point if call is a Google search, the top results invariably contain multiple forum links to another Bongo Forum but never forum posts on here.

Interesting. Bongoforum was started a while after BF but still some years back, by a then Bongo owner who lives near me and bought one after looking over mine. When last i looked it was a lot less busy than BF but maybe that's changed. I tried posting on it also but found one forum was enough for me! I think BF has done more by far than any other forum/group to further the knowledge base for Bongos and promoting a strong following. But they all work to the same end, which is good.

So, after all of the advice and discussion following my original post I decided to sign up to FB. Oh dear. Is there a button to say I'll Ask You When I Want To Contact Someone, rather than the other way round? I now have a list of people that I May Know. Some I do, some I did, some I've vaguely heard of and most I don't. Interestingly my wife, who's also on Facebook, isn't listed!

Send her a text.

MalcW wrote:So, after all of the advice and discussion following my original post I decided to sign up to FB. Oh dear. Is there a button to say I'll Ask You When I Want To Contact Someone, rather than the other way round? I now have a list of people that I May Know. Some I do, some I did, some I've vaguely heard of and most I don't. Interestingly my wife, who's also on Facebook, isn't listed!

And another maybe that stops my phone from alerting me when someone has posted on FB to say 'I've got a blue Bongo called Billy and I've just farted in it. Just wondered if anyone else has a blue Bongo called Billy and has farted in theirs'.

Sorry, no offence intended, but it does feel like that sometimes. And of course, being me, i feel compelled to reply.

Mine's black, and just very rarely, and only after beans and cider...

Bob wrote:Mine's black, and just very rarely, and only after beans and cider...

Oh dear. Remind me never to buy a black Bongo whose owners named him Bob and claimed the engine could be run on LPG produced from beans and zider

Gives a hole new meaning to 'sitting in the hot seat' especially if you slur your esses

Goodness Gracious ....what are things coming too.