<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Anyone can make a Facebook page about anything. You will sometimes find Facebook pages that are created from information extracted from Google maps.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There is a process within Facebook for the official entity to take over other non-official pages.</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Feb 17, 2024, at 7:13 AM, Vbob via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Ken, et al - I just commented on a post by Michael in the Vintage Electronic Test Equipment Facebook group - a bit of gentle snark about finding stuff… - and used Facebook’s ‘automagic match’ to include a link to the Museum Facebook page in my comment - except that it offered three very similar groups - one spelt with an Ampersand, and another with the word AND, and a third I didn’t explore… try as I might I can’t get it to choose the official page - and now I can’t get it to offer all three choices again, but only the two similar unofficial pages…… need more coffee.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A workaround is to paste the URL into a post - but I do like the cleaner feel of the name being a link in the text of a post or comment.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The ‘Ampersand’ Facebook page splashes in with a invitation to the 2023 Car Show, while one of the ‘And’ pages goes to an unofficial but interesting presentation of the Museum. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum" class="">https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum</a> seems to be the ‘official’ page and opens with a nice shot of the big engines…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20" class="">https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20</a><b class=""><font color="#669c35" class="">and%20</font></b>Steam%20Museum/144134172264489 - unofficial page but <b class="">fairly</b> current</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20" class="">https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20</a><b class=""><font color="#b51a00" class="">&%20</font></b>Steam%20Museum/1095731340460661/ - unofficial page but last post from 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How did we end up with multiple variously updated pages, and who manages it/them/us?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can/should we figure out how to have one official page? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Does any of this make sense? I’m getting lost just thinking about it - and we really REALLY want folks to be able to find the place and be convinced it’s worth a visit.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Vbob</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 14, 2024, at 5:36 AM, Ken Carr via Thursday <<a href="mailto:thursday@newsm.org" class="">thursday@newsm.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--><div class="">
Do you frequent speciality groups on Facebook or other social media sites<div class="">that you have an interest in?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Do yo search out topics such as:</div><div class="">steam engines. electricity. DIY. STEM</div><div class="">trains. mechanics. Machining. Physics</div><div class="">engineering. physics. ham radio. Antique Radios</div><div class="">Makers. History. wireless. Restoration </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How often do you drop a plug for the museum?</div><div class="">It’s easy to do and if we all make it a habit, even more people</div><div class="">will discover us. 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