Date:         Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:53:20 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: For Ben T - Where has everyone gone?
Comments: To: David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
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I agree with the restriction. If we want to spam we can wait until Friday
or get on fakebook.

Cheers,
Sudhir

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 3:08 PM David McNeely <davmcneely40@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Please do not lift the restriction.  There are other media for other
> stuff.  Just my thought on that matter.  mcneely
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:52 AM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > *"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
> > >
> >
>