The issue I see or feel that is relevant when looking at this topic is that the nature of a forum or online message board such as Scubaboard is very different then that of current social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, twitter etc. I see sites such as Scubaboard, Decostop, The hull truth just to name a few other examples as places where people can have organized discussions of specific topics within the general scope that the particular website is built around. When it comes to social media, its more about pushing media; pictures, videos, news, events etc. whether from the perspective of an individual person or an organization, the views come from the frequency of the content as well as how appealing it is to a reasonable size audience in this case divers. I feel that for Scubaboard as a message board functions as a collective of its members and there thoughts, were as for it work on these social media platform it needs to act as company or organization. In which it post content and then the users (us) react and discuss said content. It would just be different from what we are used to here. perhaps not a bad thing as newer audiences are already used to being exposed to content in this manner. I also do believe that Message board like this one are kind of becoming a thing of the past. Fewer and fewer people I meet seem to even know that sites like this are a thing for any particular subject.
I'm interested in knowing how this site has grown as of late.....or...hasn't?, perhaps via site statistics. Is the move to expand to social media really something that should be pursued seeing as this site functions under its specific niche. Has member growth / retention been dwindling lately or something?
