CSC Facebook Page

[Lods]

I think it's quite specific until the algorithms catch up.
It's just 'Carlton Supporters Club' for now.
Do that search in Facebook and we're  the 2nd one down at present.

[northernblue]

I think it's quite specific until the algorithms catch up.
It's just 'Carlton Supporters Club' for now.
Do that search in Facebook and we're  the 2nd one down at present.

Thats what I'm seeing too, but i'm the admin, so i'd guess I can't hide from the algorithms, and if you've visited prior to doing your search it'll have you pegged too Lods.
We've got 9 members now, i suspect every member will increase our "searchablility"

[Thryleon]

IT also shows you information based on your cookies so everyone might get different results if they come here a lot or a little.

As an aside, this is another way to hit up members who may want to become part of the forum:

https://www.carltonfc.com.au/fans/groups/

Clicking the tab for each state might get you in touch with people who are in touch with fans, and help swell the numbers.

[spf]

It's also probably worth stressing again that we face two issues- growing the forum, and the long term viability and maintenance....and we shouldn't lose sight of the second.

If we attract new members, we may also get a greater spread of skill base and thus potential technical people to assist. Perhaps also post out onto some IT / programming forums "are you interested in the Carlton Football Club - we have an opportunity for you" etc. Encourage them to tell their friends. One tells ten etc.

[Gointocarlton]

Without wanting to sound elitist or toff, the ONLY problem I see with a FB page is if it attracts the DH contingent of the rank and file supporters. Some of the stuff I have seen on some supporter Facebook pages ranges from irrational to down right abhorrent. Our site vets and moderates stuff extremely well, not sure how well it will work on FB. Perhaps I have this all wrong.

[northernblue]

Without wanting to sound elitist or toff, the ONLY problem I see with a FB page is if it attracts the DH contingent of the rank and file supporters. Some of the stuff I have seen on some supporter Facebook pages ranges from irrational to down right abhorrent. Our site vets and moderates stuff extremely well, not sure how well it will work on FB. Perhaps I have this all wrong.

Its a reasonable concern GTC.
Its reasonable to assume that an increase in contributors will require an increase of Mod input, sadly thats just human nature but with more traffic we'll have more applicants for Mod positions, hopefully...

[DJC]

Good points G2C, but it’s fairly easy to control a members only page.

One of our local community pages is set up so that inflammatory and aggressive language is not possible.  I tried to post a response today with the phrase “entitled twat” and I got a polite message informing me that my post didn’t meet community standards.  Suitably chastened, I changed it to “entitled person” ?

As long as the page rules are clear, members have to toe the line or get banished.

[northernblue]

Good points G2C, but it’s fairly easy to control a members only page.

One of our local community pages is set up so that inflammatory and aggressive language is not possible.  I tried to post a response today with the phrase “entitled twat” and I got a polite message informing me that my post didn’t meet community standards.  Suitably chastened, I changed it to “entitled person” ?

As long as the page rules are clear, members have to toe the line or get banished.

I got a 30 day holiday on fb after my sister put up a post on her page about her hubby finding a snake in their couch in the living room of their Townsville house, my comment "Burn the place down"
Fb did explain that there was an international panel who i could appeal to if i so wished and showed a pic and gave a profile of each, a Sri Lankan woman, a Belgian man etc... I just took the holiday...

[Lods]

We probably all have slightly different ideas about how this will work

I'm kind of envisaging the Facebook page as a bit of a 'portal' into the magical world of CSC.
If a 'ratbag' survives the 'preliminaries' of the Facebook page he'll get knocked for six in the finals when he gets to the full forum.

I see the Facebook page as filling these kind of functions.
-a linking page to the full forum
-a place for short discussions
-an emergency site for times when the main site has an issue
- a bit of a social page where folks can organise things like catch-ups before and during games.

I'm seeing it as an extension to the main site rather than an alternative.
Think of it as two rooms of the same house.

[kruddler]

To me, if we want to attract people to this site, we offer them snippets of something with a 'Click here for more....' type scenario.

Once you get people coming here, they can see what else we have here.

What would inspire people to 'click here for more'? Thats the million dollar question.
If possible, if we could get some interviews with players/coaches/whoever, that would be worth a view.

Other ideas would be....If we post a snapshot of a (somewhat?) controversial topic, people would follow.

Some interesting stats....
Some random trivia questions....
Something that piques peoples interest and they have to know more.

In short, clickbait.