Has facebook killed the forum?
1 February, 2010 - 16:24
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Where did everybody go?
Hope you are enjoying the snow. Having just returned from California, the cold and slipperyness is a bit of an adjustment, but it looks pretty from my apartment window, at least!
1 February, 2010 - 19:40
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Not dead yet.
Sure seems that way. Maybe in hibernation is a more appropriate term.
The site got a bit of interest at the start, but has really gotten quiet lately.
The "guide" part of the site is a total dead end, it never really took off. On reflection I think it should rather be a more open wiki style page and will look into changing the format when time allows.
I will change the ad page back now as well - At least I was able to sell my ironing board ;)
Dean.
Many of those posting here seem to be long-time Oslo residents. It took me over a year-and-a-half of living here before I discovered NTO, but my instinct today, if entering a new city, is to search Facebook for a real-world social community, and Linked-In and other sources for professional networking. That said, I was really satisfied in having discovered NTO :)
One benefit that I perceive of the NTO forum is actually having a porous layer of privacy between my activity on Facebook and NTO. NTO is sort of a place where an unsolicited MySpace "buddy" and a Linked-In contact could peacefully coexist in my relationship consciousness. That, of course and the fact that one has the opportunity to meet up at the monthly pub night.