I have just taken my first look at the HU Facebook page and found it interesting in the same way that the HUBB pub is but it is not a useful source of information with the catagorised sections we have here, I think the HUBB is safe.

I am glad about that because I don't use Facebook and it would be a shame if all the great info we get is split between two different sites. There only really needs to be one port of call for information

Wayne


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I tried posting a few questions on the Facebook page. The response was both good and bad. One user accused me of being immoral for wanting to know where I might obtain something in KTM Nepal? I've seen several troll type responses on FB page. While it has it's uses, the real good stuff and good people, are on the HUBB.

The difference in my view is as follows:

HUBB users - people who do KNOW
FB users - people who think they know.

probably get trolled now

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Learning my craft for the big stuff, it won't be long now and it's not that far anyway

Good point..

I think about this a lot too.

In some ways yes.... A lot of the social aspect of the hubb has migrated onto the hubb but any content on the Facebook HU page is pretty much drivel.

And what's not drivel is pure advertising. It's just people selling books, dvds etc. It's throw away.

The HU website is still a great source of information and when you need REAL quality information, it's where I come.

And you can't search Facebook for info etc.

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I concur with the above sentiments.

Fb hu is purely for hot air, the occasional good picture and is full of people flogging their wares. Although, due to the sheer volume of traffic, there's the occasional useful snippet of information.

When I was recently trying to source a new shocker for my KLR in Bolivia I did get a good lead via fb hu (after I managed to persuade the other bloke who wanted to discuss striking Bolivian miners to stop spamming my thread...) , rather than from the hubb that seems to only have a small number of (the same) visitors, of whom only very few have up to date local knowledge.

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Our thinking is that FB is generally entertainment, with as noted some snippets of good info here and there, BUT "you can't search FB" so it's very transitory. And if you actually wanted to read it all - even just our HU group - you'd do nothing else forever.

The HUBB is all about shared interest and INFORMATION - with some entertainment in the HUBB Pub!

We are "okay" with FB, and realize that for us it really doesn't matter HOW we connect with people, it just matters that we do, and keep doing so by whatever means. Of course we want to drive people to the HUBB and the website generally so they can benefit form the huge pool of information, so anything we - or you - can do to send people is good, but nothing wrong with sending people to the group from the HUBB also.

Remember for us it's ALWAYS been about travellers sharing information with other travellers!

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The wealth of information and inspiration accumulated on HUBB by Grant and every single traveller is just immense.

When we came on our africa trip this time, I decided not to take the laptop with me and getting most of the things done on the mobile and tablet. I guess this is more and more how it is going to be.

Grant has done incredibly building and customising this forum and I think we should try and help him move all this information onto a modern platform, which works nicely on mobile - links with facebook and google better. There is probably a huge leap in user experience from upgrading to the latest version of vBulletin. I'm sure there are customisations that won't work out of the box, but they can be rebuilt and usually the second iteration is better than the first. Think there are native apps too.

I was thinking we should set up a Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign for the site upgrade - of course if Grant is interested in this. I think $10k would buy 10 freelancer weeks, which should be a great start if not enough to finish an upgrade. Collecting $100 each from 100 members shouldn't be too hard - that's way less than I have already saved using the information here.

We'll end up with the same information, but faster and more accessible. More powerful inspiration for the next generation of travellers. And finally, Grant will find it easier to sell a bit of advertising to the site to maintain it.

What do you think? I'd be happy to set up and seed a campaign as I'm bored in Lagos and waiting for our bikes to clear customs.

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Bang on Grant

Mezo.