Hello Vicki and all nature recordists.
Just to record that I have received these (sad) posts regarding the decline=
in listserve volume.
As an amateur I have found your knowledge commitment and friendliness very =
encouraging.
I hope this may continue
Best wishes and happy recording to you all
Peter Annear
Sent from Peter's 'phone
> On 6 Aug 2019, at 03:00, =
om.au [naturerecordists] <> wrote:
>
>
> 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 [naturerecordi=
sts] <> 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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