Cromulon1994 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 The biggest UK airsoft facebook group has been removed. It was only a matter of time. Hopefully the upside is a return to forums, ideally this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davegolf Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Do you know the reasoning for removal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enid_Puceflange Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I’ve only just started using Facebook (almost 50 years old,and a Luddite) It won’t be a huge loss to me, I do prefer a forum, I find it far easier to navigate for information and a lot less tolerant of cockwombles and keyboard warriors 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonLancs Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 13 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said: I’ve only just started using Facebook (almost 50 years old,and a Luddite) It won’t be a huge loss to me, I do prefer a forum, I find it far easier to navigate for information and a lot less tolerant of cockwombles and keyboard warriors 👍 Here here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromulon1994 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, Davegolf said: Do you know the reasoning for removal? A friend admins it. A post over a year old, flagged by a bot it appears. No idea really why but poof, UKAC is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamal Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, Enid_Puceflange said: I’ve only just started using Facebook (almost 50 years old,and a Luddite) Almost 66 and never have and never will subscribe or partake of the absolute crap which is fishhook. Luddite and proud! There, rant over. That wasn't too bad was it? Peace and good happiness stuff👍🙂 Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedbird_666 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 52 minutes ago, Cromulon1994 said: Hopefully the upside is a return to forums, ideally this one. I think this is inevitable in the long term for Airsoft. Facebook hates anything contrary to their arbitrary values and politics in the bubble known as Silicon Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Adolf Hamster Posted January 4, 2021 Supporters Share Posted January 4, 2021 Must admit, i'm not a fan of the habit of stuff getting straight up yeeted these days. Unless its seriously egregious can it at least just be locked so what information is on there isnt lost to time? Tbh ive never partaken in fb groups for hobbies like these, the forum environment is just superior, only time i go on there is to check when a site opens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tackle Posted January 4, 2021 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2021 Can't understand why people persist in trying to resurrect the FB Airsoft groups that keep getting closed down, new variants on a name etc won't change the fact that FB opposes anything that relates to guns, even toy ones, & half the population of said FB pages are juvenile cockwombles that can't follow the simplest of rules. The sensible members need to give up flogging a dead horse & migrate back to the forums such as this one. As for the cockwombles, they can just fuck off full stop 😜. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaBear Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 @TackleHey I used to like the Wombles... 😂 . Hold on, the more you think of the theme tune the more wrong it sounds 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zitch Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I’ve never found Facebook groups particularly helpful on subjects like this anyway, too much censorship/control not able to organise discussions or threads. This place is so much more helpful and easy to navigate IMO. Facebook does have its uses for quick updates or sharing of info/company adverts but that’s where it’s limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Enid_Puceflange said: I’ve only just started using Facebook (almost 50 years old,and a Luddite) It won’t be a huge loss to me, I do prefer a forum, I find it far easier to navigate for information and a lot less tolerant of cockwombles and keyboard warriors 👍 Also you get answers from people who actually know what they are doing rather than ' my mate's brothers , bosses dog walker reckons' Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonLancs Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, Nick G said: Also you get answers from people who actually know what they are doing rather than ' my mate's brothers , bosses dog walker reckons' Nick Lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davegolf Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Facebook is shite for finding useful info, or re-finding anything, and yes - wombles. Forums FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DrAlexanderTobacco Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 No great loss TBH - FB groups are intolerable - though it must be frustrating for your friend for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tackle Posted January 4, 2021 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, AlphaBear said: @TackleHey I used to like the Wombles... 😂 . Hold on, the more you think of the theme tune the more wrong it sounds 😂 Lol, showing your age now, I'm 53 & can't remember the theme tune, you must be feckin ancient..... Is this you at your last game 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonLancs Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, Tackle said: Lol, showing your age now, I'm 53 & can't remember the theme tune, you must be feckin ancient..... Is this you at your last game 😜 Remember you’re a... Also I’ve found a picture from his 1st game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaBear Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 6 minutes ago, Tackle said: Lol, showing your age now, I'm 53 & can't remember the theme tune, you must be feckin ancient..... Is this you at your last game 😜 Naaaaah I dye my hair 😂 @Tackleyou know you wanna hear it again. Drum roll ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostly Retired Moderators L3wisD Posted January 4, 2021 Mostly Retired Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Cromulon1994 said: A friend admins it. That's cheating, you can't say that. Will Greenwood will accept a friend request from anyone! It was quite nice to see lots of folks on Facebook groups recommend this place as a safe haven / alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucaslu1709 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Not to mention the whole classifieds section which is arguably the most active in the UK ever since Usedairsoft went kaput, and doesn't push for you to pay (looking at you, Prefired admins). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tackle Posted January 4, 2021 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2021 30 minutes ago, L3wisD said: It was quite nice to see lots of folks on Facebook groups recommend this place as a safe haven / alternative. I always do, did so in fact last night, although I'm not a member of many groups on there, when the question of selling etc comes up I'll always holler AFUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiK Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 36 minutes ago, L3wisD said: It was quite nice to see lots of folks on Facebook groups recommend this place as a safe haven / alternative. Does this mean we have to put LOL at the end or start one-up-manship in every post now??? with the new full on lockdown in England & Scotland there’s not gonna be much pew-pew’ing going off for the next 3 months (2 if we are super lucky) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromulon1994 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 2 hours ago, L3wisD said: That's cheating, you can't say that. Will Greenwood will accept a friend request from anyone! Ah, not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphaBear Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I’m a member of quite a few Facebook groups Including the TM NGRS/MWS and MK23 groups all of which were brought to my attention by peeps on here. And I’ve actually directed people onto AFUK especially when it comes to matters concerning MWS’s as we have the biggest knowledge base all matters MWS. So kudos to our members on here! We seem to know our shit. Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Good riddance to bad rubbish. Airsoft faceache groups were nothing but idiots spouting rubbish and attention seeking wannabe airsoft celebrities desperate for likes and subs for their shitty carbon copy goontube channels. Ukac was one of the worst for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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