Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:36:45 -0700
Reply-To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From: Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject: Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
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There are currently 490 subscribers on the gerry.vanagon.com list.
I suspect that your hypothesis is correct. I admin a few other lists and where there used to be ten to a hundred posts daily, there’s now one or two a week. All gone to FB no doubt as it’s more ‘immediate.’ WetWesties for example, 2008 saw an avg of 299.8 messages/month. 2018, the avg is 32.5/mo.
I too miss the chatter. I also miss that chatter being archived.
For historical purposes, the following is the first post to the Vanagon list. (There was a vanagon-L list that preceded it, but those archives are lost to the sands of time as I’m sure this list’s archives will be eventually.)
We’ve had a good run.
Jim
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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 15:01:54 -0600 (CST)
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject: New listprocessor
This is a rather trepid announcement of my installation of the
listprocessor software.
The list is still called vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu, but you can send
help,subscribe,unsubscribe,set vanagon digest messages to
listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu
As soon as I get a welcome message together, I'll post it to the list
so you can forward it to your friends.
If there are any problems, I'll probably see them, but please send mail
to me as gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu if you see them first or you need some
help with something.
Also, if you can spare a few seconds to quickly respond to this note so I
know it got out there somewhere, that'd be nice (I can do that while the
list is still small. <smile>)
Thanks,
--
Gerry
Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379
1984 VW Vanagon Waterboxer 1915
> On Jun 10, 2019, at 3:32 PM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> I figured that this was best sent to a moderator, hence Ben T in subject line.
> The Vanagon list seems to have shrunk to just one or two posts a day, and I'm wondering where everyone has gone. I'm thinking they have all gone to a FaceBook page, but not sure which one.
> I don't do FaceBook, but I checked my wife's account and there is several Vanagon groups; one with 11,000 members! Is that it?
> There was even a small Vanagon diesel group, and what really surprised me was a Central Florida Vanagon group with a couple of hundred members. I didn't know that there was that many Vanagons here in Florida.
> I'd love to know where everyone has gone because I miss the Vanagon chatter. Especially as I am searching for a van again now.
> Thanks, Anthony (NE FL)
