Facebook is only as banal as what people put on it, which is to say that it's 
incredibly banal, apart from the Birding-Aus group!
Bill
On 10/05/2015, at 5:30 PM, John Leonard <> wrote:
> Many of refuse to use Facebook, as it is the epitome of banality.
> 
> John Leonard
> 
> 
>> On 10 May 2015, at 3:45 pm, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
>> 
>> Wouldn't it be much easier for all, if people used the BA Facebook page to 
>> post images?
>> 
>> Carl Clifford
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10 May 2015, at 2:25 pm, Peter Shute <> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Yes, that's what the early tests were doing. Unfortunately it requires a 
>>> password to open them, and that's a nuisance even if you happen to know 
>>> your password.
>>> 
>>> Peter Shute
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> On 10 May 2015, at 2:14 pm, John Tongue <> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Ah!  So, it's not actually posting images to the list, so much as posting 
>>>> a link on the list that takes you to an image page.
>>>> 
>>>> John Tongue
>>>> Devonport, Tas.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 10/05/2015, at 10:13 AM, TerryG <> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have a look at this line in the email below!   The image is there after 
>>>>> login.
>>>>> 
>>>>> URL: 
>>>>> <http://birding-aus.org/mailman/private/birding-aus_birding-aus.org/attachments/20150510/f53cc72a/attachment.jpg>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 10/05/2015 6:55 AM, John Tongue wrote:
>>>>>> No image here, sorry!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John Tongue
>>>>>> Devonport, Tas.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 10/05/2015, at 1:32 AM, Russell Woodford <> 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi everyone
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Sorry to clutter up your inbox but I am testing the ability of 
>>>>>>> Birding-Aus
>>>>>>> to accept images. This is a poor quality shot of a Brown Thornbill taken
>>>>>>> along the path at Anglesea Foreshore Reserve  - about 240Kb. I intend to
>>>>>>> cap the size of images so we don't create bandwidth or mailbox storage
>>>>>>> problems. If people want to post a higher-resolution image they can do 
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> on our Facebook page. The main mailing list is better for posting trip
>>>>>>> lists, small sized images for discussion and other topics that might 
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> value being archived. That's the essential difference between the 
>>>>>>> mailing
>>>>>>> list and our Facebook presence - all messages to the mailing list go 
>>>>>>> into a
>>>>>>> searchable archive. We have records going back about 15 years.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Russell
>>>>>>> Birding-Aus Owner
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