by Stephen Rodgers
Hey everyone,
We’ve mentioned this was coming for a while, but today we are officially launching the LBC Beacon on Facebook. I know some of you found it already because we turned it on yesterday to make sure all the settings were correct. For those of you who didn’t know about it until now, here’s what you need to know:
- First of all, there won’t be any “new” or “exclusive” content on Facebook. If you’re in the habit of visiting us everyday, then nothing will change. This is just a way for us to alert Facebook users to new content, and possibly introduce some new people to our church.
- You may have noticed that there’s no way to leave comments on Facebook. This is intentional. There’s also no way to leave comments on the Beacon. My personal experience with comment sections has been that they tend to produce far more heat than light. If you want to discuss the articles with the author, then I would encourage you to actually discuss the articles with the author. As in face to face. Preferably over food (if I’m the author, I know that’s my preference!)
- Also, this will enable us to separate the LBC Beacon from my personal Facebook page. Since I might not always be the editor, and since I’d like to leave a working system for whoever replaces me someday, this is important. For the next 10 days (10/01 to 10/10), we will be posting to both my personal page and the official one. Starting 10/11 however, we will only be using the official Beacon page on Facebook.
So that’s pretty much it! If you have a Facebook account and you’d like to receive posts when there are new articles here at the Beacon, then please take a second to click the little icon to the right, and then click the “LIKE” button at the top of the page. And feel free to spread the word to other people who might be interested as well.
Thank you again for all your support.
Pro Rege