Re: Reduction is listserv volume

["Borja Marcos" borjamar]

> On 5 Aug 2019, at 23:32, Peter Shute  [naturerecordists]=
 <> 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.

For example I am not on Facebook and I won=92t be. It=92s a corral whose ma=
in goal is to keep
you inside and do business with your data.

Email lists may be old (they are indeed!) but they can be very effective.

So I hope it doesn=92t die. Maybe one day people will realize that Facebook=
 is a catastrophe
for privacy. And I really don=92t understand manufacturers who rely on it a=
s the main communication
channel with their customers.

If Yahoo keeps declining I think groups.io would be a good alternative.

Cheers,






Borja.