Is Facebook killing research?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:37 pm
I am no different than everybody else, I have gotten to where I can a like Facebook. During hours of audio review, it seems to fill time fairly well. However, recently I have seen myself and others seeming to spend more time on Facebook trying to debunk these computer know it all's instead of focusing on things to improve my research. These forums used to be a very active place, so what has happened? Are we spending all of our time rehashing old crap that is circulating on Facebook, rather than spending time actively pursuing ideas and knowledge of how to better our research?
Sure, some of the sightings reports there can be insightful. But you have to go through to tons of BS in order to find it. Is that really a help to our research or to the group? I do not think there is very many of us that got into Bigfoot research because of something we read on Facebook. Are we as a group, spending so much time debunking and time and time telling people of the hoaxes out there that were not spending time studying what is needed to keep our research on course. I guess for myself, I have gotten to the point where I really do not care what is on Facebook Bigfoot sites. The more time I waste there, the less time I am spending doing real research.
Is it the and MABRC's spot to try to make accountability to those on the Internet? I do not think so. And I for one am very frustrated with myself wasting as much time on it as I do. We all know there are those that are in it for nothing more than to make a name for themselves. We all know there are those out there that can be computer experts on everything. Is it doing any justice to the field of research and the collection is evidence to hopefully prove the existence of the critter we are out in the woods studying? By no means am I trying to be critical of anyone other than myself, but I see a lot of the MABRC folks on Facebook, beating a dead trees trying to get the nuts to fall out only to get new nuts to replace them.
The only real way of shutting these know it all's up is to continue to do what we do best. Go out to the woods, collect the audio, the video, the thermal, the casts, and the other stuff that we do best. Have we all got to a point where were spending more time disproving other people's stuff and too little collecting their own? For myself, if I shut down Facebook for just a couple hours a week and spent that amount of time doing research on techniques that work from other reputable groups as well as the MABRC would not I be better off? Come on folks, we used to have one of the best forums out there, and now it seems like nobody spends any time here, or if they do, they are not sharing. And I do include myself in this again, I am not pointing fingers at anyone. Having the forums and the good people on it, was what first brought me to the MABRC.
It's time to get back to the basics and do what we do best!
Sure, some of the sightings reports there can be insightful. But you have to go through to tons of BS in order to find it. Is that really a help to our research or to the group? I do not think there is very many of us that got into Bigfoot research because of something we read on Facebook. Are we as a group, spending so much time debunking and time and time telling people of the hoaxes out there that were not spending time studying what is needed to keep our research on course. I guess for myself, I have gotten to the point where I really do not care what is on Facebook Bigfoot sites. The more time I waste there, the less time I am spending doing real research.
Is it the and MABRC's spot to try to make accountability to those on the Internet? I do not think so. And I for one am very frustrated with myself wasting as much time on it as I do. We all know there are those that are in it for nothing more than to make a name for themselves. We all know there are those out there that can be computer experts on everything. Is it doing any justice to the field of research and the collection is evidence to hopefully prove the existence of the critter we are out in the woods studying? By no means am I trying to be critical of anyone other than myself, but I see a lot of the MABRC folks on Facebook, beating a dead trees trying to get the nuts to fall out only to get new nuts to replace them.
The only real way of shutting these know it all's up is to continue to do what we do best. Go out to the woods, collect the audio, the video, the thermal, the casts, and the other stuff that we do best. Have we all got to a point where were spending more time disproving other people's stuff and too little collecting their own? For myself, if I shut down Facebook for just a couple hours a week and spent that amount of time doing research on techniques that work from other reputable groups as well as the MABRC would not I be better off? Come on folks, we used to have one of the best forums out there, and now it seems like nobody spends any time here, or if they do, they are not sharing. And I do include myself in this again, I am not pointing fingers at anyone. Having the forums and the good people on it, was what first brought me to the MABRC.
It's time to get back to the basics and do what we do best!
