Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 10:19:32 -0400
Reply-To: Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Pete O <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Upgrading the Vanagon list
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Facebook seems to have become the default way to quickly find opinions on
vanagon issues, even eclipsing The Samba. Would be great to see an upgrade
to this list involving the ability to post or attach pix.
Pete Owsianowski
On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 1:59 PM Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
> Like David McNeely,
>
> I too am overly satisfied with the list in its current state but would
> prefer an easier or more direct way to send photos. I have also noticed
> the drop in chatter - perhaps we now know everything there is to know or
> have saved all of Dennis' posts and don't require as much feed-back - or
> our vans are all purring like kittens and conducting themselves like the
> new vehicles they once were...Nah, I don't think so.
>
> It is inevitable that we will need to make some forward movement toward
> change at some point - the question is how much.
>
> Bruce
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 6:08 AM Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Feeling a bit sad at the decline in the vanagon mailing list. last time
> I
> > tried I could not query the server about how many subscribers there
> are. I
> > remember when it was about 1500 and there was so much traffic I only read
> > threads I was directly interested in.
> >
> > I go way back in online communities to before the internet was available
> to
> > the public. I have no problem with using a listserv and prefer it to
> > anything like a msg board or social network group. I can see why new
> > people would find it daunting to use this list though. The email only
> > configuration interface is very different for people who are only
> familiar
> > with pointing and clicking. "I need to do what to
> > subscribe/unsubscribe/change my settings???" I want to read old messages
> > about replacing my poptop seals. uhhhh, "Searching the entire collection
> > will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!" Here's a
> pic
> > of my instrument cluster repair. What? I can't attach a photo?
> >
> > I recommend migrating the Vanagon list to a modern platform such as a
> > google group. I did this recently for an email list that I have admin'd
> > for about 20 years and it was pretty painless. It has all the controls
> and
> > features I had on the previous platform, and more. This could revitalize
> > the list by attracting new members who now look at the instructions for
> > subscribing, scratch their heads and click away. I think the Vanagon
> list
> > is an asset to the community worth saving. It seems to be on a course to
> > dwindle away to nothing like other lists I've been on over the years.
> >
> > Edward
> >
>
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