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Originally Posted by jambutty

As I understand it, social networking sites like FaceBook and Blackburn 247 as it is now, are web sites where you invite other name individuals to participate in your part of it. Your bit isn’t open for anyone to drop in and have their say.

A forum like AccyWeb and Blackburn247 as it used to be, is open for any member to join in any thread of their choosing and to start their own threads where any other member can join in. Some forums even allow guests to post.

Missed this post. Just to reiterate, we're waiting for the forum software so on Blackburn247 there will be an open forum for all members to join in any thread. The site is still in beta, as it says on the home page.

I suspect by "Your bit isn’t open for anyone to drop in and have their say." you mean profile pages, because that's the only thing that you can't comment on unless you are a member - or unless the member has set their albums/other content to be private. But again the forums will be open for all, as long as they are a member.

I think you miss the point of social networking though, as it's more than "web sites where you invite other name individuals to participate in your part of it." but it's really something you have to discover yourself to appreciate it. It's not just a forum system where it's straightforward. It certainly can be if you want (in our case, at least eventually), but it can be more complex than that if you wish.