It’s been a crazy 18 months – nearly 2 years now – and whilst we’re intrinsically social creatures and the “regular” social media platforms served us well previously, women are now looking for better and deeper connections – not just the fleeting “showing off” we mostly see.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
So how is this going to pan out? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Well, things seem to be accelerating since the Facebook outage last week<\/a> and so people are increasingly exploring new options to host and engage in social networking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The days of “spray and pray” seem to be coming to a close and people are just simply fed up with the noise and babble out there, the endless scrolling and the low-vibe stuff.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n To curate a quality audience, you need somewhere both you and they can express themselves in a calmer, more gentle manner of networking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n To take a considered approach and do your due diligence, you need to be able to read\/view, think and weigh up your options.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This is why I think we’re looking at a return to a more “forum-based” form of social networks<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Facebook seems to have gone completely crazy lately and we’re all being shown things which have zero interest to us and for women who are RUNNING A BUSINESS – not fannying around on Social Media (!) – they want to slip in quickly, do what needs to be done, network with like-minded women and then get back to work.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Forums were popular 20 years ago – and, contrary to popular belief some are still going VERY strong! Generally those in a niche area of interest – I’m thinking figure-skating\/horse & hound to name but two.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The advantage of a curated and specific forum means that you don’t have to wade through a ton of crap to get straight to the nub of what you’re actually there for.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Women my age are tiring of superfluous connections and empty hours spent seeing empty messages.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n We want to connect and we want to talk, share ideas, encourage and grow – but we want to be able to do that and “pick up the conversation again tomorrow” – not just “post and run”.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n When I use Social Media, it’s for very specific reasons because I think we’re all aware of the danger of being sucked in – and Facebook for example freely admit it’s been designed to be addictive – and that does us no favours if we spend all afternoon scrolling and not actually building our business.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I’m still very much exploring these options myself to work out which best fits for me and the way I want to work, but here are some examples of alternatives to Facebook Groups:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Whilst exploring I came across many, many options – but these above are the ones I felt best to replace the Social Media platforms we’ve become used to – but also allow us to communicate in that slightly more “old-fashioned” way of using forums – but still with a splash of fun!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n PS It does occur to me I’ve thoroughly displayed my age given my excitement at seeing they were app-based… ummm<\/em>… it’s 2021 – of COURSE they all have apps! Update: 27th October 2021: Huzzah! I made a decision. I’ve chosen to build a discerning community on Circle where we can build meaningful relationships with like-minded peers. Do pop in if you think this is something which sounds good to you – I’d be delighted to have you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Listen to the jungle drums or put your ear to the railway line and you’ll hear rumblings of what’s coming… Now I can only speak from the pov of being a knocking-on-50 woman, BUT – I see my age range getting sick of the regular Social Media platforms. 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