# Discourse 论坛与社交媒体对比 **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [2018年七月30日 22:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-vs-social-media/93511 "2018-07-30T22:04:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\ **Post date:** [2018年七月31日 09:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-vs-social-media/93511/6 "2018-07-31T09:17:21Z")
First off, Discourse _is_ a social medium 😉 Second, take a look at my stats: > [@Facebook Groups - Zuck is coming for us](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-groups-zuck-is-coming-for-us/64437/49): > > So I did a quick straw poll of my users and so far it’s looking like: 18% refuse to touch Facebook for the purpose 74% prefer to use my Discourse instance over an equivalent FB Group 4% happy to use either 4% prefer Facebook So the message from my main Discourse forum is the vast majority prefer Discourse over FB trophy The challenge for me is turning that into an instance that at least covers its costs … slight_smile In summary, don’t be put off by the competition from inferior (if free to use) “Groups” features on the main platforms, just do it! If you fail, _if_, you at least will have tried! --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-vs-social-media/93511)._