was formerly at https://www.facebook.com/groups/172712250620/
Some interesting numbers to ponder upon...
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Meetup.com
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From July 2013 to April 2014 (10 month periods), there are 27 new members in http://www.meetup.com/Singapore-Unicycle-Hockey-Unicycle-Meetup/
About 9 of the 27 members managed to learn to ride unicycle.
The pick-up rate is not too bad.
However, the facebook page which had been around as early as 2009, has only 19 members, as at 25 April 2014 (more than 4 year periods).
Why is the group not growing?
What are the push factors in the existing group which are repelling new riders away?
What pull factors are lacking there?
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I want to stay politically correct ... let's just say ... unicycling is a pain at the crotch ...
(The membership has a sudden rapid increase to 26, by 25 May 2014. Did my blog accidentally promote the facebook page???)
I am unable to view this facebook page since 28 May 2014, I wonder what has happened. It is growing rapidly in the last 4 weeks, I hope nothing bad happened.
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A local I.T.E. college has a unicycle club. The facebook page
is https://www.facebook.com/groups/566663056712535/
As at 29 April 2014, its facebook membership is at 27, surpassing the former Singapore unicyclist facebook membership!!!
Nice brightly-colored unicycles in the photos. Hope this site remain independent and uncorrupted by commercial influence and pressure.
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Here is another Singapore facebook page - West Unicyclist Singapore
I have no idea why it is not part of the above-mentioned Singapore Unicyclist facebook members .
https://www.facebook.com/west.unicyclistsingapore
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In June I discover another "official" Singapore unicyclist facebook page. It was started in 30 May 2014. I guess it has replaced the previous facebook page which is experiencing stunt growth in the past 4 years or so.
This facebook page started with 1 simple posting.
From 30 May to 1 June (3 days period), this single posting has caused the facebook page to receive 42 "Likes".
The creation of this new facebook page is never discussed in the Singapore unicycle community forum .
How do you explain a 4 years old webpage that managed to only attract 19 members can be replaced overnight by another webpage that attract 42 supporter within 3 days with a single posting?
Is it that a gigantic obstacle that was formerly obstructing its growth had been lifted? Who is that obstacle?
This new facebook page leads to another older Singapore Unicyclist web site which only promote 1 local supplier (the supplier of "team-uni" brand* of unicycle and Qu-Ax unicycle) in Singapore.
*Isn't this private brand own by only 1 person?
You can obtain unicycle from other local sources too:
http://how-to-unicycle.blogspot.com/2014/01/buy-sell-unicycle-shop-in-singapore.html
Better option is to borrow for free while learning (in Singapore):
http://how-to-unicycle.blogspot.com/2014/04/buy-unicycle-beginners-option-b-c-d.html
The Singapore unicycle community forum had been around for a long time and provide richer resources than the facebook page.
Hope the new facebook page can focus on the joy of unicycling instead of becoming another tool to sell "team-uni" private brand of unicycle again.
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http://how-to-unicycle.blogspot.com/2014/05/bait-and-switch-unethical-sales-tactic.html
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