To Those That Participate on FB Duck Hunting Groups

Eric Patterson

Eric Patterson

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Does the Spam not drive you away? I popped over to a few duck hunting related boards I've not visited in quite some time and holy crap the spamming going on is on a whole other level and most of it is from within the duck hunting industry like guide services, lodging, gizmos, and personal stuff for sale that you find in the classifieds. I checked out a duck call board and 90% of the posts were from a single supplier of turning blanks. Good grief I clicked off that as fast as I could. Nothing but SPAM. Is peddling goods all these communities are these days? Jeez, after ten minutes of surfing those groups I see nothing that would make someone want to hang out there.

One thing I want to add is thanks to everyone that made a donation over the past twelve months. We have a bill coming due with our software vendor and paying it, along with our monthly ISP bills is of no concern. We have the needed funds thanks to everyone who contributed. These contributions are vital to keeping this site up and running and very much appreciated. Otherwise, we'd be at FB eating a steady diet of SPAM.

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I walked away from FB for good about 12 months ago for that very reason... well, that and watching the way people were treating each other over political differences. There used to be a great call making forum, but it shifted to FB and died off probably 10 years ago now - a big loss, in my opinion. I miss some of the smaller call-making communities I'd joined on FB, but not enough to deal with the spamming BS. Thanks for keeping this forum running, will contribute again soon.
 
I only keep tabs on one Facebook hunting group "Duck Hunters of Newfoundland". The administrator of the site declines any posts for expensive hunting gear which are almost always scams. Some scam posts can leak through and they are usually obvious and the admin does take them down when they are persistent. I know the administrator really enjoys the group, I wish I had this group when I was a waterfowl manager as I think it captures the pulse of Newfoundland duck hunters. I'm sure his least favourite job is dealing with spam.
 
Scott

I have no doubt there are some good groups, especially ones that are actively moderated. I was just taken back by the amount of posts that were pure spam on several of the forums I surfed today. I'll be honest, I've never really liked FB and have always preferred communities run by individuals and not mega corporations so when I saw the spammy content I made the effort to point it out here where Carl and I don't allow that.

Early on after I joined FB I got scammed on a router attachment purchase that when it arrived it was made of cheap plastic and in a million parts with no instructions and not the nice machined aluminum tool in the picture and videos advertising it. Turns out the seller was overseas and would not refund my money. It was a scam plain and simple. I reported it to FB and nothing came of it. They got their ad money and I'm an insignificant voice amongst millions so it isn't worth their time to take any action. The only reason I haven't closed my account is I do use FB MP, which also sucks, for buying/selling used machinery and have some fraternity brothers and family members I keep in touch with. Other than that for the most part I think of FB as a net negative on society and take pot shots at them when the mood strikes.
 
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There is good and bad everywhere. I have found local dck hunting FB pages that have zero ads and spam. Quite a few. Those that have constant ads and other crap I just don't visit. I'm not missing much.

As far as being scammed, let your credit card company handle it. If they say they can't do anything, ask to be directed to their customer retention/customer service group. Say you want them to make this right, per their policy, or you will leave for antoher card that wants your business. Works pretty much everytime.

I do appreciate your site Eric, been on it since its first baby steps.

Mark
 
I use FB to keep up with friends and family, and to browse MP. And to see some cool fishing posts from all over the world.
But I no longer get involved with political “dialogue”.
Nor is it a source of “news”.
 
Mark W said:
There is good and bad everywhere. I have found local dck hunting FB pages that have zero ads and spam. Quite a few. Those that have constant ads and other crap I just don't visit. I'm not missing much.

As far as being scammed, let your credit card company handle it. If they say they can't do anything, ask to be directed to their customer retention/customer service group. Say you want them to make this right, per their policy, or you will leave for antoher card that wants your business. Works pretty much everytime.

I do appreciate your site Eric, been on it since its first baby steps.

Mark
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Let me point this out. Everything you say is true, however it is all a PAIN IN THE ASS to deal with and the risk of doing business on FB exceeds my thresh hold. Either Meta doesn't care enough to run those folks out or the problem is too big and just a reflection of the world we live in. When I stand back and look at what I see there I don't think the platform is doing the world a net positive.
 
While it's not a duck hunting group, I do run a deer hunting group on Facebook that has over 85,000 members in it. Let me tell you what. It's a full time job keeping the spammers, women of the night, keyboard warriors, and political posts out of the group. You've never seen such a mess in all your life! The number of people that argue over politics to the point of losing lifelong friends for someone that doesn't even know your name is mind boggling. What ever happened to you never discuss politics or religion in public? That's one thing I love about this group. There's none of that BS here. This is my retreat from Facebook....

Fred
 
Eric Patterson said:
Let me point this out. Everything you say is true, however it is all a PAIN IN THE ASS to deal with and the risk of doing business on FB exceeds my thresh hold. Either Meta doesn't care enough to run those folks out or the problem is too big and just a reflection of the world we live in. When I stand back and look at what I see there I don't think the platform is doing the world a net positive.
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This I understand all too well. Some days I am up for a battle and many days I am not. Medicare screwed up a $180 claim and I don't know if I have the energy nor time to try and get that back. Yes, it can be a PITA. Spent days with TMobile over many mistakes they made on our account. Was worth it as the errors were over a thousand bucks but it took a ton of time and much frustration.

Mark
 
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