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    The end of the football forum ?

    With Twitter and Facebook etc...Death notice sent out for chat on soccer fora? Or can it survive?

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    Personally I don't feel the target audiences of fora and mainstream social media overlap as much as you'd think. A forum is very specially focused (the reason I come here!) whereas football will only ever be a subsection of a Facebook / Twitter feed. While niche interests exist, their fora should persist.

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    What he said.

    I don't see the likes of Facebook and Twitter taking over from a specialised forum. If it did, I couldn't see myself getting into it in the same way.
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    Twitter and Facebook are grand for quick updates on games but forums are needed for better discussion.

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    Much easier to wind people up on twitter.
    Here on a technicality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PartySaint View Post
    Much easier to wind people up on twitter.
    Much bigger pay off here though so worth the effort

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