Date:         Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:51:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com>
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*"I too miss the chatter."*

hi Jim,

if you don't mind a suggestion...I know this board is for vanagon
discussion only, excepting Friday which we can discuss anything we like...
I'd suggest lifting the restriction the *"vanagon discussion only"* and
allowing members to discus anything they like, any day. As an example, if I
come across something interesting or funny but not related to VW/vanagon, I
have to wait till Friday to post.. then there's big chance that I forgot it
completely and not posting anything at all...

so my idea by lifting the restriction will allow more traffic on the board
and more chats...

thanks

dan

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 8:37 PM Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:

> 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
>