{"id":41570,"date":"2026-02-22T18:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/?p=41570"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:45:09","slug":"ribs-only-2-0-a-thriving-fb-community-at-6k-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/ribs-only-2-0-a-thriving-fb-community-at-6k-members\/","title":{"rendered":"RIBs ONLY 2.0: a Thriving FB Community at 6k+ Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RIBs-ONLY-2.0-FB-6000-members.jpg\" alt=\"RIBs ONLY 2.0 FB 6000 members @ RIBs ONLY - Home of the Rigid Inflatable Boat\" class=\"wp-image-41571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RIBs-ONLY-2.0-FB-6000-members.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RIBs-ONLY-2.0-FB-6000-members-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RIBs-ONLY-2.0-FB-6000-members-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dear Members,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for being part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/ribsonly2.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our Facebook group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your support, participation, and positive energy mean so much. This community continues to grow and thrive thanks to each and every one of you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why RIBs ONLY &#8220;2.0&#8221; on Facebook?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer is simple: I created both. But, the original RIBs ONLY Facebook group was hacked. It was no longer under my control. Honestly, it shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s why I promptly started&nbsp;<strong>RIBs ONLY 2.0<\/strong> because the topic is something I truly care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve tried to encourage as much people as possible to leave the old group. If people stay there, they basically support the hacker and are endorsing what he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So tell it to your friends and family to make the switch! Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Members, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for being part of our Facebook group. Your support, participation, and positive energy mean so much. This community continues to grow and thrive thanks to each and every one of you! Why RIBs ONLY &#8220;2.0&#8221; on Facebook? The answer is simple: I created both. But, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ribs-only"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RIBs-ONLY-2.0-FB-6000-members.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ribsonly.com\/2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}