I thought I would just give my opinion too since… well… I can.
I agree that Facebook was getting confusing and sometimes overwhelming. In fact I had stopped visiting as regular as I would have liked for that reason.
But the Facebook was also mobile friendly, and though I consider myself quite techy, it has been a long time since I used a computer or laptop at home. Instead I use my mobile device, anywhere, everywhere.
I first found Keto via Reddit. It was actually Keto that made me get used to how Reddit works and now I use it daily more than any other social network or forum combined. I discovered Facebook group was via Keto Ninjas FB group whic I had found via the podcast. 2KD FB group while small was fun to visit and keep up. Then not so much.
So I completely understand the need to move away from it and the need to get information organized. I too got OCD throughout the years.
Now the forum… I don’t find it mobile friendly. Maybe it is considered to be so… but I don’t naturally gravitate towards it when I am browsing my phone. Even if I added the bookmark right on my homescreen.
It’s not my place to make decision on this particular one and I thank Cark and Richard for all the work and motivation have given through the whole of last year.
I think the error (perhaps error is a strong word) was to create a group rather than a page. Group are intimate and I believe both Carl and Richard did not thing the podcast would have catapulted like it did.
Forum is a great if we know what to search, if we want to read articles and just browse the different articles FB Page is good enough.
Though being a fan of Reddit, I would say why not a subreddit, which is naturally selective, and the have a blog/forum like this one compiling all the info folks might want to search, share or direct to. But moving people to a different platform is always tricky.
The decision has been made. It doesn’t take away any of the work already done and perhaps we should all just get used to it. I just fear it might lose some of the appeal.