Yahoo EGroup or Facebook for Support Group?

[Davros]

Over the years I have set up, moderated and been a member of quite a number of Yahoo EGroups. They have always worked well and are little trouble once they get going. I am soon going to set up another one for parents with disabled children in my LA BUT now I'm wondering if Facebook is better? I've always avoided Facebook like the plague but people often mention it as somewhere to have groups and small on-line communities

So which should I choose and which would work better? Obviously if Facebook is the "winner" then I'd have to learn how to use it so that is a slight disadvantage. Any advice or opinions greatly appreciated.

I would avoid Facebook. Unless you are extremely careful with settings it can be a bit of a privacy nightmare, in that all sorts of random people could find out say, who is in a group (someone who wasn't a member of a group once posted on MN a membership list of a FB group set up in response to the moldies hooha)!

I tried to set one up on fb, I couldn't get round the fact people had to be my "friend".
yahoo works well(as you know from the workings of ttr) and people have the email option.
I did like google myself.

Good-o, its looking like Yahoo EGroup then. That suits me much better but I thought I'd better check for what works best on behalf of everyone else who will be a member. I'll wait to see if there's any more views.

the one thing I found hard about the yahoo group set up(not TTR, but the school one I run) is people seemed to find it hard to join and to learn their way arround.

I find it extremely difficult 2shoes. But I am getting old and decrepit and have been tired for 15 years now. I find changing my knickers difficult.

We've got a Facebook group for a parents' group in my LA which I helped set up. You don't have to be friends with the other people in it and we have kept it closed so that random people don't nose at us! It's been slow starting but worked for us.
PS Facebook is easy to use but too addictive.

Hi, givemesleep. Just wondering if your group on fb has any links to the steering groups between parents and profs (vaguly discussed here before)Set up via CAF, with aiminghigh money etc. If so wouldn't mind a nosy at your group as we are busy trying to do the same on fb- take a look at all together better north tyneside. Cheers.

Hi DE - yes, it does - it's exactly that. I try to stay v anonymous on here and don't have CAT so can't give you more details - you on TimeToRant?

Hiya, Givemesleep,
I'm not on TimeToRant, unsure wehat this is but will search.
If you want to PM me it's [email protected] or get me on facebook.
Unsure as to what CAT is also, sorry. Thanks.