Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:25:38 -0600
Reply-To: Joe T <vanagongl85@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Joe T <vanagongl85@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Do you use TheSamba? My Thoughts
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Hi Steve,
I've been on the Samba Vanagon forum for around seventeen years and am a
regular poster. For watched topics, I get an email alert any time there's a
new post, simple enough.
I like it. I've made good friends there and as I mentioned earlier, I love
the trip reports and great technical posts.
The Facebook groups have put a serious dent in Samba traffic. Similar to
the Vanagon List, it seems to now be primarily made up of a smaller group
of members who post regularly.
And it's not just the Samba. VW Vortex and Rennlist, two other forums I've
frequented at one time or another depending on what my non-Vanagon project
is at the time, have been decimated by defections to Facebook
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 9:02 AM Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:
> Like Mark, I'll never use Facebook or Twitter.
>
> I agree this list will not appeal to people who prefer to use social
> networks, mostly on their mobile devices. I regret that disconnection,
> but I doubt that'll change soon.
>
> On 4/22/21 7:39 AM, Mark McCulley wrote:
> > If there were a modern forum-style vanagon site I would probably
> > join it though.
>
> Mark, and everyone, I'm curious to hear your opinion of TheSamba's
> Vanagon forum?
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewforum.php?f=20
>
> Is that not a "modern forum-style" Vanagon site?
>
> I've posted there a few times.
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=200512
>
> I prefer this list, because it's easier for me to work with emails than
> a web forum.
>
> I also enjoy following web sites with RSS. But that doesn't work well
> for a high-traffic forum. I've tried TheSamba's RSS feeds:
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/rss_feeds.php
>
> But for some reason it just didn't work for me. Maybe the traffic is
> just too high. Maybe it's because it doesn't present threads in a tree.
> Probably a combination.
>
> Maybe I'll build a filtered RSS feed that includes only new topics.
> When I see a topic of interest, I'll add it to my "Watched Topics" on
> TheSamba, so replies are delivered to me via email. (I can't remember
> whether those emails are threaded?)
>
> Tell me: Do you use TheSamba? Through the web? Email alerts on Watched
> Topics?
>
--
Joe T.
Denver, CO
'86 Syncro NAHT/Supercharged ABA 2.0
www.pigpensyncro.com
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