# Why use Discourse over Linkedin, Google, or Facebook Groups?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-use-discourse-over-linkedin-google-or-facebook-groups/10171>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [10월 2, 2013, 8:07오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-use-discourse-over-linkedin-google-or-facebook-groups/10171 "2013-10-02T20:07:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![pekka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pekka/32/102153_2.png) [@pekka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pekka)\
**Post date:** [10월 4, 2013, 12:27오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-use-discourse-over-linkedin-google-or-facebook-groups/10171/9 "2013-10-04T12:27:10Z")

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> [@BhaelOchon](#):
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> Maybe I’ve been sheltered in my 12 years of software development, but that’s the strangest request I think I’ve ever read.

It’s totally not. Watch a 20-year-old-kid browsing the web for a while. How often do they check FB versus their E-Mail?

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