What The duck!
You Know what I am Thinking!

I was April Fooin' around! The car is still in the Powell's museum in Alabama.

Pretty much!

Why is FB more important than this site?

I’m just really curious why the lack of participation here, when FB isn’t a really good platform for being able to research prior knowledge, posts, and the fact that there is a great amount of content that is still here on this site - that’s isn’t available anywhere else, etc.

FB is an easy to use form of social media. It lacks the benefits found on the forum that you mentioned, yet the FB groups allow social contact between people with the same interests. The .ORG site was heavily impacted by social media because that site relied heavily on social interactions. Granted, it had its fair share of SSP tech, but the posts towards its end were not technical in nature, for the most part. So activity there died off, and once the webmaster passed away there was no way to keep it running.

This site also has seen a reduction in activity. There is still a good amount of tech here. I keep updating the SSP VIN Project because I enjoy promoting the research while I am "in-between" ownership of an SSP. I would love to see more folks post up here. The format here is still conducive to being viable. We just need to hear from our members more often. With regular forum contact, we can collectively promote the hobby.

Hi Bill,

Yes that is more along the lines of what I meant - like members still supporting this site instead on only the FB group(s).

I enjoy this site and all it has to offer; lots of tech, lots of history and lots of great folks. I’ve tried reaching out to some members on here via PM’s but got nothing back at all. Maybe they’re no longer are on here or elsewhere or don’t own an SSP any more (possible).

I post here with things I find, hoping those finds will help others seeking sorting different if never seen before or something they’ve been looking for but didn’t hit on it.

I think what is missed the most is the activity here from others.

Tell the FB Group to stop in once in a a while…. LOL!


Always good to hear from you and the hostages you do here are also appreciated.:)

As Bill indicated, it’s easy to use. Not to say a forum is not easy, but Facebook is easier and has an exponentially wider reach. Given that, one might mention it has “greater bang for the buck”.

This site is still great, which is why I return, but the ship has sailed in the sense a forum site (any of them) activity will never reach the scale of Facebook. I wish that wasn’t the case, but just being realistic.