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Which are the largest of Asheville’s 523 Facebook groups?
 
Feb 14, 2009  12:46 AM
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523 Facebook groups in Asheville

The 30 largest groups are:

You know your from Asheville if … 3274 members
Asheville, the Best Frickin city in the universe 2630 members
In Memory of Trooper David Shawn Blanton 2380
Social Media Club 1576
You know you’re from Randolph County when … 1228
AC Reynolds HS Alumni 1173
UNCA 1160
Pete Seeger is Happiness 1088
United Way 1047
Police Explorers 1014
UNC Basketball 08-09   948
In Memory of Baby Tye Blanton 945
Trinumeral Festival 746
Save Burton Street 676
Katie’s Kreations 645
Toubab Krewe 645
Penland School of Crafts 605
I love Asheville (whether you’re from there or not) 600
Pray for Christie 554
Lindy Focus 513
Rep your track club 503
Phi Delta Theta Tennessee Roadtrip 2008   485
Protest is not a Crime 471
Spirit of Black Mountain College (75th Anniv. Celeb) 418
Asheville School Anyone 410
Asheville Community Theater 276
Help one girl sell 12,000 Girl Scout cookies in Asheville! 270
Asheville Tourists 243
Asheville Start Competition 237
UNCA Class of 20011 237

 
Reply #1 • Feb 14, 2009  11:22 AM
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feel free to join my group.  All the cool kids are doing it.

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Reply #2 • Feb 14, 2009  02:03 PM
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Props to some others out there well worth a mention:


Asheville Free Book Exchange
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52403051676

Quality Forward/Asheville GreenWorks
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29673134042

Asheville City Chickens
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51042041339

Asheville Local Foodies (ALF)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47246796282

Sidewalks For Asheville Now (SFAN)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=500416072

WNC Alliance
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30074931455

Handmade in America
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62593096468

Asheville Downtown Association
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29911119984

Friends of Asheville Public Transit
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39884516426

HATCHfest
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10738456574

Asheville Wordfest
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38852001836

Asheville Mardi Gras
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=54757104281

The Spirit of Black Mountain College 75th Anniversary Celebration
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16144105162

North Carolina Stage Company
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18434654451

Arts 2 People
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37878592542

Lake Eden Arts Festival**~*
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207407747

The Asheville Hiking Meetup
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10151501922

Laurey (from Laurey’s Catering) Bikes
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52613771471

Mountain Xpress
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34266323401

WNC magazine
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32787324758

WNCW 88.7 Fans
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2209204316

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Reply #3 • Feb 14, 2009  02:30 PM
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True enough, JBo. Bigger’s not always better. Thanks for injecting your own filter.

Secondary note: But size in this case connotes democratic inclinations, and so is descriptive of our communal self.

 
Reply #4 • Feb 14, 2009  04:49 PM
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Here’s another good one:

End Homelessness in Asheville (313 members)
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/175605?m=96aaaf39

I see your point, but it could also be a lack of networking and connection, not necessarily an accurate depiction of the community populous.

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