I really take offense at the negativity about Facebook here. While it may be a "private group," it's really open to anyone who wants to avail themselves of it. In my experiences, the conversation is wide open, threads are never "locked" because some administrator feels that a thread has reached the end of it's useful purpose, and nobody that I know of has ever been kicked out of a St. Martin Facebook group. The only thing that will get you kicked out of the SXM FB groups is spamming with advertising. Everyone is welcome to join any one of them. All you have to do is ask.