In light of FB's hatred of guns, GOTR is creating a presence on Pheed.

[gcmj45acp]

http://www.pheed.com/GunOverTexasRadio

I'm still feeling it out but, it looks we're going to start migrating away from FB and toward Pheed.com. Has anyone else tried this?

 

[scgstuff]

Never heard of it......

 

[gcmj45acp]

Seems pretty new but, so far, we like it. Not a big firearms presence yet but, we'd like to change that.

 

[Dredge]

What's a pheed?

 

[gcmj45acp]

New website. Features a timeline format similar to FB but, as of yet, they haven't demonstrated a desire to silence those supportive of the 2nd Amendment.

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

I think the hardest part is going to get a major following over there. Remember when Google tried launching Google Plus? It was a joke because everyone was comfortable with FB. Now Google has to force you to sign up for a Google Plus account if you want to do anything other than search around on Google.

 

[gcmj45acp]

Agreed on all points but, it seems that FB will make the decision for us one way or another. Pheed looks interesting and could work, if they don't FB and/or Google it up.

 

[stdreb27]

Google plus still exists?

 

[Shotgun Jeremy]

I'm on my phone so I can't see if you have already or not-but have you thought about sponsoring TGT? No clue how much that is though. Or maybe just making a presence at all the gun ranges around you and the meetups you hear about (gun shows, group meetups, etc). I'm sure if you got some of us on board with you we could go to meetups further out from you and pass out some stickers or something.

 

[Dredge]

I clicked on the link from your FB post. There's a picture of the back of a head that I am assuming is a dude. Looks like somebody that may have recently moved to Colorado for "respiratory" reasons. Time will tell about FB.

 

[SIG_Fiend]

FB is still the billion dollar social site used by hundreds of millions of people per day, or whatever the current stats are. Personally, I think it is a mistake to "jump ship". I'd make the most with what you've got on those types of sites to hedge your bets. Doesn't have to be the sole focus of course. It's kind of like all of the people in this community that refuse to use social media because they "don't want to be on a list". They're still on lists somewhere since they are alive and in this country. All it really means is that they've cut themselves off from the world and from some powerful tools to interact with more people than is possible in any other way. Work within the system.

 

[BG1960]

FB is a tool like any other, just because the owner(s) doesn't like firearms doesn't mean I don't use the living hell out of it to keep up with the firearms industry.

 

[45tex]

FB is still the billion dollar social site used by hundreds of millions of people per day, or whatever the current stats are. Personally, I think it is a mistake to "jump ship". I'd make the most with what you've got on those types of sites to hedge your bets. Doesn't have to be the sole focus of course. It's kind of like all of the people in this community that refuse to use social media because they "don't want to be on a list". They're still on lists somewhere since they are alive and in this country. All it really means is that they've cut themselves off from the world and from some powerful tools to interact with more people than is possible in any other way. Work within the system.

If FB is thought of as the "real" world, its a sad world indeed.

 

[GRAYWOLF]

Another new one to check out...Just saw it on FB:
Shooters Office - Welcome to the Shooters Office

 

[cbigclarke]

If FB is thought of as the "real" world, its a sad world indeed.

yup

 

[gcmj45acp]

We're not abandoning the FB media space just yet. I recognize its current reach but, I see no reason not to explore other options and try to reach more people or provide different options. That said, there have been some new developments in the issues that led to this decision. I've just been too busy at work the last week to deal with much of it. FWIW, here's a blog post by one of the guys whose page was shutdown by FB.

How I Almost Lost Two Years Worth of Hard Work | AR15NEWS.COM - Your AR-15 news source!

 

[SIG_Fiend]

If FB is thought of as the "real" world, its a sad world indeed.

Like it or not, it's how the world is now, and it's a very "social" place. If people would stop trying so hard to be hermits, they'd see that this could be a useful tool to overwhelmingly influence everyone in our favor, instead of continuing to allow the government, politicians, and insane philanthropists to take advantage of those types of media to try and turn public opinion against their own civil rights.

At the beginning of this year, we did a forged AR15 lower giveaway on Facebook. With a 1 week run time of that sponsored post on Facebook, we received over 20,000 new likes on the TGT FB page. I think we received something like ~3k+ new members. The ad reached a total of something like ~1.5 MILLION people in the span of just one week! Offline, you could never possibly reach a fraction of that number without spending some serious dough, and certainly a hell of a lot more than the price of an AR lower.

It amazes me how people still don't even realize that the ONLY reason Obama even won his first presidential election is the fact that his campaign absolutely BLEW UP social media and completely destroyed McCain like it was nothing. Without that sort of "viral" following, it never would have happened for him. We can live in the past and be doomed to fail, or we can take advantage of the system from within and learn to use it better than the other side.

 

[GRAYWOLF]

Don't forget the part about McCain not being much of an alternative...definitely not enough to bring out R voters.

 

[Jakashh]

Facebook is anti gun? News to me

 

[UncleSamsMisguidedChild]

There seems to be a surge of pro 2A comments and such being either deleted or plagued with errors. I've not experienced any myself, but maybe I just haven't been flagged?...