Daisy wrote:We can't lose the archive of knowledge that members have spent many years building, and something faecesbook can't do.
I vaguely remember similar opinions when forums took over from mailing lists and USENET newsgroups, and when mailing lists and USENET took over from message boards.
I was active on the aus.motorcycles newsgroup and a few mailing lists for some time, way back when dial-up ruled the roost. I don't even remember what message boards I was on. The knowledge is still around, it is just accessed differently.
I'm no fan of Farcebook and I don't have an account there and I probably miss out on some useful aspects, but I think that with each iteration of technology the knowledge-to-noise ratio has declined.
Daisy wrote:That said, younger people don't seem as interested in murdercycles these days ...
Yeah, some things get priority such as housing affordability, HECS debt, etc. Bikes are a bit of a luxury item these days.
On top of that there is the aging population thing (which includes me). Proportionally there are less younger people around. Maybe one day bikes will be seen as an old fogey thing instead of a young rebel or underpaid food deliverer thing.