There is a B4X developers private group from 7 years ago on Facebook...
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Well, I did search for it before, and if you only use "B4X' as your search term, It doesn't even show!
If you search for the entire "B4X DEVELOPERS' term, it shows up in 5th position (by default FB only shows the first 3 results, thus one needs to click the "show more" to find it!)
Almost 400 members, not bad, specially since it was created without any "support" from the B4X community.
Why our new group is different?... 7 years ago were weren't over 110k members in the forum, and although the will to spread the word about B4X was present, it never had real traction... A private group only takes you so far... the postings are not seen by anyone else but the members, so getting new members is hard!
A public group, like the one we created 2 weeks ago, will be able to capture more public, simply because our posts will be seem by anyone visiting the group, so they can have a glimpse of what B4X is about.
Do you feel the social pressure? I don't. No social networks for me, thank you!
Its everybody's choice... I've joined B4PPC over 25 years ago! and choose to stay... this is a social network too, according to the accepted definition
Joined FB around the same time.
And did you know that everything you publish on Facebook becomes the property of Meta?
So are the fidelity card companies you joined to get some discounts on their supermarkets, or your internet operator...
We are the only ones responsible for WHAT we share, being it in social networks, in live chats, in forums, in real life when talking with strangers...
Meta is no different, and honestly, being "there" for over 25 years, I never had my data exploited in ways I would consider unlawful...
I get some pub, so what? we get it while watching tv, listening to the radio, or even on the streets while taking a stroll !
Again, Its everyone's choice, but the arguments I read nowadays... just don't convince me... but that's me!