GUEST wrote: I hear on the wireless that youngsters use Instagram and tictoc and twitter but I haven't a clue how they work. Nobody that I know uses them.

Twitter is good for advertising events - even after Musk's recent shenanigans. Easier to access, as a non-member, than Facebook IMO.

You could use Instagram
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I don't think you could use tictoc to advertise a gig, but I may be wrong. Unless you create a 'viral' video.

GUEST wrote: Local Facebook diary pages like yours ... look excellent but I'm disappointed at how few folkies seem to click a 'like' or post a comment or question.

Perhaps because many users are, like me, not Facebook members and use it only for information. (I do know some Facebook members, though.)