Do you enjoy social media?

Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Telegram … both Gruppo Italiano Frattura (IGF) and Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale (FIS) are active on all these social media. They are mainly used to spread news and info about the IGF activities (the organization of events, for example) and to inform our community about the papers publication on the IGF journal. 

Analyzing the IGF social media, here you find some more details:

• Facebook (IGF): it is used to spread the info about the events organized by IGF, the publication of issues on Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale or on Procedia Structural Integrity, or, even, the organization of events that could be of interest for the IGF community. Sometimes, the IGF Facebook page is used to stream live the events organized by IGF. This page is also used to collect the pictures of the events organized by IGF,
• Facebook (FIS): it is dedicated to spread the info about the publication of papers on FIS, the publication of issues or, even, the activation of new services. 
• YouTube (IGF): this channel is active since 2011 and it is used to publish the presentations that were held during the IGF events (since IGF19, Milan 2007). More than 1300 videos are available, with more than 650 subscribers. The IGF YouTube channel is also used to stream live the events organized by IGF.
• YouTube (FIS): this channel is active since 2018 and it is used to publish Visual abstracts. Since July 2018, all the papers published in FIS are connected to Visual Abstracts, trying to offer a quick view of the paper content. 
• LinkedIn & Twitter: the activity on these platforms is similar to the Facebook (IGF) page.
• Telegram: It is mainly used to publish news about the IGF activities and FIS publications.

Do you have any suggestions to improve our social media activity?

We are now thinking about the possibility to activate a podcast platform ... do you think it will be useful for our community? 

In case of a positive answer, do you think that this platform will have to be focused on the IGF journal (publishing "audio abstracts", for example) or will have to publish interviews or podcasts on topics of interest for our community? 

Please, share your thoughts about it. Any suggestions will be welcome!