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Re: Reduction is listserv volume

Subject: Re: Reduction is listserv volume
From: "" vpowys
Date: Tue Aug 6, 2019 12:02 am ((PDT))
One thing that is happening is that some people cannot now send messages to=
 the naturerecordists group.  I seem to be one of those people.  Hence this=
 tryout, once again.

Vicki Powys
Australia


> On 6 Aug 2019, at 7:32 am, Peter Shute  [naturerecordist=
s] <> wrote:
>
> It's true that the world appears to be moving (or perhaps drifting) to
> social media. I feel this is simply because once you're on Facebook
> (etc?), it's easy. But for many groups where archives of previous
> messages are useful, it can be counter productive. It's relatively
> easy to search the archives of this group before asking a question,
> and many times one will find it's already been answered. Have you ever
> tried search a Facebook group? It can be done, but often the results
> don't take you to the best answer. The end result is the same
> questions being asked over and over. Not to mention fragmented across
> dozens of similar groups that have arisen because the group creators
> either didn't bother checking if one already existed, or went out on
> their own because they got in a huff about the rules of another group.
>
> This mailing list has worked well for many years. It would be a pity
> if it carked it just because new users find it a little difficult to
> subscribe. It's worth the effort.
>
> For the doubters, there are still many thousands of mailing lists
> active. Technical people seem to like them.
>
> Peter Shute
>
>







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