Facebook has become a more valuable resource to Texas cavers than
CaveTex.
Recently cavers have been posting interesting historical photos, and socializing
in a way that was never done on CaveTex.
Just in the past few days, there have been interesting discussions about
Mr. Jasek's caver panorama shots.
Maybe a few of you haven't got on Facebook yet, but nearly ever Texas caver has.
Many are having productive discussions amongst themselves that were
not possible on Cavetex.
Last year, several large caver gatherings benefited from the Events
planning feature
of Facebook. This feature is ideal for planning caving gatherings.
As mentioned before, several grottos have their own Facebook page, as does
several caving organizations in Texas.
Below is an example:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=28567352179
I am not saying CaveTex is obsolete. It is just a different form or resource
for communicating.
Potentially there are dozens of Texas cavers on Facebook that are not on
CaveTex, and also hundreds of people that could potentially be good cavers
or make some form of constructive contribution to the protect caves and
bats.
I have made a faithful effort to move all my ranting to Facebook, and
many of the other
things I used to post about. Most other cavers have too.
It does not look like Facebook is going away anytime soon. All the latest
cell-phones have Facebook built into them, as will the upcoming portable
tablet gadgets, that cavers will soon be travelling with on their road-trips.
The only logical course now is to find ways to use Facebook to make caving
in Texas even more fun, or productive. For example, a cave rescue call-out
might be more productive on Facebook, or an invitation to the Kiwi Dig project.
You would just need to create a page for those and invite your Facebook friends
to join, and eventually you would have a base of support for that
particular project.
For example,
http://www.facebook.com/CaveDive
Anyone wishing to continue this discussion may do so at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191886334161087
David Locklear
co-host of the East Texas Caver's Cookout
http://www.facebook.com/pages/2nd-Annual-East-Texas-Cavers-Cookout/126749377360713
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