For this year's live shows could we not have our own Facebook group page, or Twitter account so that we can interact more "easily"? I find scrolling through the comments, going to the next page, or to the last page really awkward. It'd got to be worth a try? I love the forum but I feel we could make the interaction smoother for the lives.
We can make the live shows an event to which everyone is invited, and then you can attend if you are going to be watching the show that night. That way people not attending will not be bothered by comments/notifications during the show.
What do you think?

I'm not on either Twitter or Facebook

I suspect some people won't be. A Twitter account is easy to open and lends itself more to anonymity

I'm not on Twitter and Facebook either but having looked at various Twitter and Facebook pages - I sometimes find it difficult to navigate the 'conversations'.

Having said that I hardly take part in the live thread while the show is on anyway - I might add a few comments after the show is finished while waiting for the spoiler.

If I want people's opinions - I tend to read this forum, rather than twitter and Facebook - although I do read the Guardian live blog as well after the show has finished.

I am happy to try both formats for those on Twitter and Facebook. I think I will just set a group up initially on Facebook and if people want to join the experiment, happy to add them.

I'm on both Twitter and FB but I like it in here it's easy to follow I'm pretty new to Strictly and I've learned so much from the gang in here. Live shows are the only show I switch all my devices off for .. as soon as it's finished I will join in online. If you set it up pm me please

There is a FB group for the show run by the show (if you know what I mean), but I don't think many people from here use it. Quite a few people use Twitter and post on here too.

I closed my FB and Twitter accounts this year (nothing to do with the show, just decided I didn't want them anymore).

Twitter goes too fast during the show for me. I either post on here or stay away until the show's finished.

Best to try them for yourself. Let us know if you set up a group.

Please stay here, I found the forum looking for spoilers & I love all the refreshing of the pages & the silliness while waiting for the result. I like Twitter, Facebook not so much, but I would rather everything to stay as it is. Pretty please!

FB does not have the moderation that a forum does, so this Forum is better for interaction.

I agree - I think if a FB or Twitter group was set up - it would just be used as an excuse by some to ridicule and sneer at posters on DS. Even though I'm not on Twitter or Facebook or follow any of the blogs, as I said I do read them sometimes, and certain posters/ readers of the forum have used their Twitter pages/blogs to sneer at me and deliberaly twist some of my opinions that I've posted on here. I've seen it directed at other DS posters too. To me it just leads to type of baiting/bullying just because you've dared expressed an opinion some people don't agree with. I don't expect everyone to agree with my opinions I post here, but the sneering, pointing and trying to twist opinions just so certain people can feel superior is ridiculous, particularly as its done by people who aren't shy about posting their own opinions and complaints about the show.

I'm pretty certain what your post describes is the exact reason why the BBC Strictly forum was closed down.

That's a really good point. After all these years I know which posters on here to avoid or ignore. Some posters on here go too far for me, even though they brag about not breaking the T&Cs. I can see FB being a free for all for that kind of poster and I want to enjoy the show, not read spiteful comments made by someone hiding behind their keyboard. At least on here you can move on to a different thread.

Facebook group can be a closed/secret group - the moderator chooses who to accept and block.

There is a Facebook group called "Strictly Come Dancing", which is different to the official BBC page.

It is a very active group. For example, there have been dozens of comments about Jeremy Vine, Ainsley Harriott, and Kellie Bright.

It is a closed group. A minimal level of vetting is applied before people can join. That is unlike Digital Spy, where anyone can join, and anyone who has joined Digital Spy, for any other reason, can see this forum, and comment on it. That doesn't mean there is no controversy. But it is all 'in house'. For example, someone started a thread on the subject of Kellie Bright having been a student of Sylvia Young.

This is a sample of very recent threads....
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