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I understand a lot of people are excited about this site. But I only created a login so I could post that I think this was a huge mistake. I only viewed any of the MAC Power User forums because it was on Facebook where I already am. I have a feeling there will be a large amount of people that will no longer be able to enjoy the community aspect of this group now. I for one do not have any interest in adding yet another stop in my day.

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Congratulations. Excited about the site. I moved off Facebook 2 years ago and have no regrets. I look forward to spending time here.
Les

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I am quite happy with the move from FB to here. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to participate more often.

Best,

Harry

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:star2:for dumping facebook - I wish I could for some of the groups I run.

Ignore the facebook lovers, they should know better, hopefully, this will show them there is better.

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I think this is a great idea… I would never join Facebook simply because its Facebook… Now I can contribute!!!

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Great system you have here. Love the Dark Mode and the organization of the topics. Still learning how to use it but I feel that would be a great forum. Thank you for doing this, Now I can download my FaceB** Data and Delete the service, this group was the only thing holding me there.

One thing that I am not sure in which area I can post it is some backup workflows using my NAS, iCloud and backblaze that I would like to share. Will that go in Software? Great group, great podcast and it have helped me so much on my daily business and personal workflow to achieve more and do not worry about a lot of small stuff…

Thank you.

I’m already loving this environment! Great move!

Congrats on the move! Since I never login to facebook except for birthdays and messages, I hope to be able to participate more here! Also love the customization options and shortcut keys! (#darkmode!)

That sounds like a great post for the Cool Workflows category! (Not just for workflow workflows.) I look forward to reading it :slight_smile:

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Fantastic decision to leave Facebook (I did months ago too).

So happy to be off Facebook!

I do not like Facebook. I am glad you made the move to discourse. It is going to be much easier to follow conversations, find topics, and search in general. Thank you for the move. I will definitely visit more than I did on Facebook.

Again, Thank you!

I’m ridiculously excited about this move, and I’m stoked to see the breakdown of categories. I was never a huge fan of Facebook as a platform, but this community kept me engaged there. Cheers to moving on and better days!

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Add me to the list of people excited about the move. Like many others I quit FB (3 years now) and am really happy I can contribute now.

I see a few folks that have complained that they are bothered by the need to now stop off at a new site and thought I’d respond to that just in an attempt to add some depth.

Please remember that for many of us there are very real and serious ethical questions surrounding Facebook’s ethical foundation (or lack of). I’d add that a healthy internet is, at least in part, measured by the health of the diversity of access points. In other words, while it is conveneient that for many people FB is a place to go for everything they do onthe web, it may not be the best thing for the internet as a place people go to access information. Forums such as this really are easy to use and once thrived on the internet. Just as Walmart has been a factor in the closing of smaller businesses around the country so too has Facebook eliminated some of the diversity of the web.

All that to say that I and many others could not participate via FB for ethical reasons whereas this forum is likely free of such ethical concerns which means a larger pool of people can participate. The only friction that exists is an added account, a new bookmark for your browser, and a new habit of using that bookmark. I would suggest that the problems associated with FB (business ethics and internet health) far outweigh the friction involved for individuals migrating to the new site.

I applaud the decision and offer a big thank you to David, Katie and the team that made it possible.

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Thank you for all the investment it took to move the community onto its own server. As I believe I mentioned in the FB group in the numerous threads on the topic, this is exactly the course of action I felt was best for the community, down to the software choice. It’s phenomenal we have a Discourse pro in the community, so @joebuhlig thank you enormously for your efforts there, as well as MacSparky and @RosemaryOrchard — you guys provide the context for a tremendously useful and friendly community, and I look forward to contributing to it for years to come.

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My pleasure, Brian! Feel free to hit me up with how-to questions. :wink:

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Is there a threaded view for replies? I’m fairly new to Discourse, having only used it in the Jekyllrb forums. And is there a convention on replies… will you get this message without my tagging you specifically?

Depends on how you think about it. Take a look at this reply. In the bottom left corner you’ll see “1 Reply”. Click on that and it will show you the reply to that post.

When you hit the reply button on a post itself, the author of that post and the original poster of the topic will both get a notification/email about it. But if you hit the green Reply button at the bottom of the topic, only the OP will get notified.

If you want a person to be notified and they aren’t in either of those categories, you’ll need to mention their username in the post.

Another point on this, if you quote someone (like I did for you here), the person you quoted will be notified, too.

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Good to see the move away from Facebook, and over to a forum style. I’ve been a forum user for decades but facebook killed the forums as everyone moved to Facebook, so it great to see things shifting back.

I did try to use the facebook page but I never liked the layout and the lack of any real structure to the post.

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This is great and huge. To finally move away from Facebook and all the associated ills.
This is for us and it is wonderful.
Hi Rosemary! You are perfect for this!

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